Belle Chasse News

The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is coming to the aid of the animal shelter in Belle Chasse.

Last week I attended a "public square" meeting hosted by WLPB-TV and heard everyday people discuss a wide variety of issues addressed by the 2009 Louisiana Legislature.

The "Plaquemines Pride" ferry boat will return to service Thursday afternoon, allowing the resumption of the normal two-ferry schedule from the Belle Chasse landing.

Louisiana lawmakers ended their regular legislative session Thursday after nine weeks.

Louisiana Legislature Hiding Governor Jindal If you really think that Louisiana Governor believes in open Government? Try hiding the Governor.

Furry friends at a Plaquemines Parish animal shelter got some cool relief on Friday.

Ahh yes, summertime in south Louisiana. National Weather Servce radar indicates a strong thunderstorm south of Belle Chasse in Plaquemines Parish.

Bills important to the Port of New Orleans and the fate of a master plan for the post-Katrina development of New Orleans may be dead for the session after they were left on the House and Senate calendars Monday as the deadline for final passage passed.

The weapon was one gold lame boot. The victim: An early-morning patron at a French Quarter bar known for welcoming drag queens and their paramours.

Lance Burke, left, of Belle Chasse-based Oil Mop LLC, loads one of the 10 barrels discovered recently near the Samuel Da TMAgostino Park.

Local leaders are opening a new Off-Road Park in Plaquemines Parish. The Plaquemines Off-Road debuted on Sunday in Belle Chasse, just west of Highway 23.

Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: June 10th, 2009: Nathan A. Lee, age 19 of 1380 Maple St.

Only one boat is operating at the Belle Chasse Ferry landing after another ferry suffered propeller damage from hitting debris in the Mississippi River, according to Plaquemines Parish spokesman Kurt Fromhurz.

There's a political storyline that deserves mention amid headlines dominated by budget cuts and cigarette taxes: the rough session endured by state education Superintendent Paul Pastorek.

Let's hope last week's state House of Representatives vote, by its 86-18 margin, will drive the final stake through the heart of 'Rootin' Tootin'' Ernest Wooten's harebrained effort to put more guns on college campuses.

The House voted 86-18 today to kill a bill that would have allowed qualified students 21 and older and faculty members to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.

A Belle Chasse man has been booked with attempted rape and burglary after Gretna police say he forced a woman into an apartment at gunpoint Friday and threatened to tie her up and rape her.

State Rep. Ernest Wooton, stung by the state House's dramatic rejection of his bill to allow concealed weapons on the state's college campuses Thursday, complained that he had been outmaneuvered.

The House overwhelmingly killed a bill Thursday that would allow qualified college faculty and students 21 or older to carry firearms on campuses, but the chief sponsor of the measure said he may retool the measure and bring it back next year for another try.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration scrapped the centerpiece of his sex offender proposals on Tuesday after deciding the post-prison "civil commitment" program would be too expensive, a health department spokeswoman said.