Refinery nears end

LAPLACE – Demolition of the old Godchaux-Henderson Sugar Refinery is nearing its end, with the only remnants being a smokestack and a water tower, Port of South Louisiana Executive Director Joseph Accardo said…

Report cards offer mixed results

LULING – On the one hand, eight of St. Charles Parish’s 19 schools failed to show the necessary percentage of growth toward a state standard of academic excellence. On the other hand, six of the eight schools are already at that goal, but dropped a few percentage points in maintaining that position…

St. James schools improve performance

VACHERIE – The Louisiana Department of Education recently released School Accountability Report Cards for Principals and the news statewide generally looked grim…

Highway meeting postponed until December

LAPLACE – A meeting planned today to review possible ways to relieve the chronic high-water problem at U.S. Highway 51 at Interstate 10 was rescheduled to Dec. 3…

Mt. Airy man found not guilty

EDGARD – Raydell Scott of Mt. Airy was recently found not guilty in his two-day trial for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm…

Board fires project manager

LULING – The contract manager for several major school construction projects was abruptly fired at the Nov. 13 meeting of the St. Charles School Board in a 6-0 decision. Carothers Construction Inc. officials tried to gain the ears of the board members during the meeting to argue their side, but the board proceeded with the dismissal, saying only it wanted “to go in a different direction.”…

Man arrested after beating incident

LAPLACE – A 44-year-old man was recently arrested after he allegedly beat and kicked his estranged wife and a male friend of his former wife…

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