Convent News

Where potato chips, shaving cream and wallboard should have been, St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's narcotics detectives said they found something else.

Convent, Louisiana wide receiver Jarvis Landry had no pressure on him during his brief trip to Knoxville for Tennessee's one day camp for skill players.

CONVENT, LA, June 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Fernand J. Rome, Owner of Rome Greenhouse, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of plant cultivation.

Louisiana officials should be encouraged by steel maker Nucor Corp.'s decision to begin buying land in St.

Bishop Robert W. Muench will preside as the Revs. Frank Uter, Donald Blanchard and Gerald Burns celebrate the 40th anniversaries of their ordinations with special services.

St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, dedicated in 1831 in Convent, is the second St.

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These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send e-mail to citydesk@tpmail.com with MEETINGS in the subject line or a fax to 504.826.3007. --- ...

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send e-mail to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line or a fax to 504.826.3007. --- ...

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send e-mail to citydesk@tpmail.com with MEETINGS in the subject line or a fax to 504.826.3007. --- ...

An announcement will likely be made Wednesday regarding contract negotiations for nearly 24,000 refinery workers who are part of a union, a worker familiar with the talks tells WAFB 9NEWS .

Oil company officials and a union representing about 24,000 refinery workers nationwide continued contract negotiations Sunday, averting a walkout at facilities that process a large percentage of the country's ...

With time running out, union leaders and oil company officials in the New Orleans area and across the country are meeting Saturday in an attempt to avert a walkout by United Steelworkers refinery and production ...

I understand there once was a church where the Christopher Inn now is on Royal Street, fronting Washington Square.

The Spanish Custom House, the oldest residence on Bayou St. John and perhaps the oldest in the city, will be sold at auction next month after the heirs of the deceased owner decided they were unable to care for ...

For a half-century, the serene Cenacle Retreat House in Metairie has provided a place for women to reflect and meditate.

Staff Reporter LUTCHER a " Authorities in St. James Parish arrested a Garyville man in connection with a shooting at a Lutcher nightclub that left five people injured in the early morning hours of Christmas ...

Hours after a popular Christmas Eve gathering in St. James Parish, gunfire broke out at a local bar, leaving five injured.

Saint James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin says a Garyville man has been arrested in connection with shootings that left five people injured outside a Lutcher nightclub.

The bonfires that light the banks of the Mississippi River in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes might be a Christmas Eve tradition, but the real work begins weeks earlier.