Garyville News

St. John the Baptist Parish schools will cut 19 teaching positions in the fall, part of a move to make staffing more efficient, school officials said.

GO Zone program lagging in N.O. Monday, June 22, 2009 Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds have proven a powerful economic development tool in many parts of the state, igniting such major industrial projects as the expansion of the Marathon refinery in Garyville.

Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds have proven a powerful economic development tool in many parts of the state, igniting such major industrial projects as the expansion of the Marathon refinery in Garyville.

Harold Johnson, 63, is in shock -- disbelief even. He held a piece of paper from the assessor's office so tightly, it was seconds away from ripping.

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board received $13.7 million more in revenue than projected this year, and spent nearly $10 million more than budgeted.

Authorities arrested three St. John the Baptist Parish men Thursday in connection with a May drive-by shooting in Garyville, a Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

Evaluation committees Wednesday hashed out plans for a new classroom building at West St.

The state Tax Commission has agreed to take a comparative look at home sales to determine whether market values immediately after Hurricane Katrina were skewed by what the assessor in St.

The St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office has arrested a LaPlace man and booked him with first degree murder today in connection with a shooting at a graduation party in Garyville on Saturday night.

Evaluation committees for the first five St. John the Baptist Parish School Board capital projects will begin meeting today at the board's office in Reserve.

Gas prices may have fallen far from the $4 a gallon mark of last summer, but that has not stopped Marathon Petroleum Co.

The little white houses are disappearing. As FEMA's temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ended in the state Friday, those distinctive trailers are being vacated.

A massive expansion of the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Garyville is nearing completion.

Pipefitter George Matthews prepares a pipeline for installation at Marathon's Garyville, La., refinery.

St. John the Baptist Parish school officials are preparing for a $3.6 million cut in state aid next year.

She admits scamming Red Cross after storms Saturday, April 04, 2009 River Parishes bureau A Garyville woman pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to wire fraud in connection with American Red Cross disaster assistance money, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office said.

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board is considering whether to advertise for a new parish sales tax collector or renew its contract with Assured Compliance Inc., the accounting company that has collected parish taxes since 2004.

The Port of South Louisiana has voted to take batture property in Reserve for a new finger pier at its Globalplex dock but will leave out the land in front of St.

A man working on a tug boat near Edgard accidentally fell into the Mississippi River Tuesday night and later died, according to a spokesman for the St.

New standards for ozone emissions set to go into effect next year may force residents in Jefferson and St.