Destrehan News

Motorists who usually use the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling as a means to cross the Mississippi River will face a challenging three days as the Department of Transportation and Development closes the northbound side for repairs starting tonight.

A meeting to discuss ways to memorialize and preserve two cemeteries in the Bonnet Carre Spillway drew about 30 people ranging from a descendent of one of the former landowners to the progeny of the African-Americans and their enslaved ancestors who are buried there.

Bones uncovered at a South Louisiana slave cemetery where black Union veterans were buried after the Civil War will likely be reburied nearby to ensure their reinterment doesn't disturb other graves, federal authorities have announced.

Residents, particularly those who may have relatives buried in the Kugler and Kenner cemeteries located in the Bonnet Carre Spillway, are urged to attend a meeting Wednesday in Destrehan where the Army Corps of Engineers will discuss long-term management plans for the sites.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said Kameron Sears, 19, of Destrehan and Damien Landry, 20, of Metairie were both charged with possession of marijuana.

The northbound lanes of the Hale Boggs bridge will be closed at 7 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb.

Arrests Trontez M. Simmons, 22, 137 Sharon Ave., Boutte, was arrested Jan. 29 and booked with simple battery, second degree battery, battery on a police officer, resisting an officer and two St.

St. Charles Parish V.J. St. Pierre Jr. has abolished the parish's contract monitor's office and moving its function into the public works department.

Around 1929, two cemeteries dating to the 1800s that hold the remains of enslaved African-Americans and their close descendants, were plowed over to make way for the Bonnet Carre Spillway flood control structure in St.

The St. Charles Parish public school district recently honored its top students during an awards reception at AMC Elmwood Palace 20 Cinema in Harahan.

P. Joey Murray III has been reappointed to the Port of South Louisiana Board of Commissioners by Gov.