Belle Chasse News

A former New Orleans police sergeant, a former Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy and a Westwego man all pleaded guilty today in federal court to their roles in a insurance fraud scheme.

Conjuring images of Gen. George Patton inspecting his troops during World War II, three Army generals in town for a command change ceremony stood in the back seat of a vintage command car Saturday, observing the soldiers who stood at attention in the morning sun outside a hangar at the air station in Belle Chasse.

The Baton Rouge Assembly will present 16 debutantes at its annual ball Nov. 23 at the Baton Rouge River Center.

BELLE CHASSE, La. - The Plaquemines Parish Council has approved a resolution that will greenlight a $1 billion levee project that will help protect the southern part of the parish and the vital evacuation route of Highway 23.

Growing up the son of a World War II veteran in a small Upstate New York town, Peter Lennon , facing being drafted during the Vietnam era, said his father urged him to consider military service.

Keep your children busy this weekend with the great events scheduled in our community.

Marine Military Academy cadet Isaac Phillips has been selected to attend a Summer Leaders Academy at West Point in June.

NEW ORLEANS - The federal fisheries agency says that by the start of next year's shrimp season, all trawls should be required to include trap-doors for endangered and threatened sea turtles.

The fair grounds in Belle Chasse will be set May 17th through the 20th for the Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival.

KENNER, La. - Two men have been arrested on charges that they would tow cars that appeared to be abandoned in Kenner and sell them for scrap to a Belle Chasse salvage yard.

Maj. Gen. Luis Visot , the Puerto Rican-born career U.S. Army officer who currently leads the Army Reserve's largest command from Belle Chasse, will be reassigned to Fort Bragg, N.C. He has led the 377th Theater Sustainment Command for almost three years.

Dave Klanica and his two sons, Patrick and Benjamin, roamed from table to table observing the model planes, ships, tanks and cars on display at the recent 19th annual Flying Tigers Scale Model Builders Great South Tiger Fest .