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St. John budget proposal reflects tight economy
St. John the Baptist Parish administrators plan to spend as much money as they take in next year, according to a proposed 2010 budget.
St. John contending with increased industrial emissions, report finds
Most of Marathon Petroleum Co.'s 42 percent increase in emissions was due to paint use during its expansion, according to Nicole Brien, environmental coordinator for the Garyville plant.
St. John asks industry for help to improve water system
As officials continue to examine how to clean a malfunctioning $3.3 million water filtering system, St.
La. economist blasts 'job-killing" Obama policies
Proposed cap and trade laws to stem the production of greenhouse gases will have an outsized effect on industrial manufacturers in the River Parishes, economist Loren Scott told an economic development forum on Monday.
Two streets in St. John the Baptist Parish will be resurfaced with a $1 million state grant, a parish official said Tuesday.
Developer Converts FEMA Trailer Park into RV Resort
Mark Anderson is converting a former FEMA trailer park in Convent, La., into the Sugar Hill RV Resort.
Marathon Petroleum recognized for making former sludge pit site ready for new uses
Last year, Marathon Petroleum Co. got a clean bill of health for about 15 acres once used to dispose of oily sludge at the company's Garyville refinery, and Tuesday, it got the same clearance for two former sludge storage pits .
LaPlace boil order could stand until Wednesday
A break in a major water line Monday morning prompted St. John the Baptist Parish officials to issue a boil order for the LaPlace area, which has been beset with drinking water problems in recent years.
San Francisco Plantation in Garyville, Louisiana
San Francisco Plantation is noted as "The Most Opulent House on the River." The San Francisco Plantation is in Garyville, Louisiana along River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Attorney General's Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested a Denham Springs man who allegedly owes $140,000 in child support payments.
Illegal immigrants used counterfeit ID cards, federal prosecutors allege
Federal prosecutors say the illegal immigrants were subcontractors at Marathon OIl in Garyville.
St. John schools make plans for using sales tax revenue surplus
Expansion of the Marathon refinery in Garyville is credited with producing a sales tax revenue surplus for the St.
A man who worked at a Louisiana petroleum refinery has been charged with calling in a false report of a bomb threat.
St. John the Baptist Parish adult education program moves to new home
Adult education students Corey Brown, 23, Rachel Guillory, 33, and Holly Landry, 28, work on computers Thursday at the old Garyville Grammar School.
Bidding to start on school upgrades
The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board is planning to take bids for the first group of projects in a five-year, $46 million capital improvement effort, consultants said Thursday.
St. John alternative school makes fresh start
The St. John Redirection Center, a school for expelled students, has a new location this school year and is continuing a new operating system started at the old school site in January.
First day attendance up in St. John
Attendance was up by more than 400 students in St. John the Baptist Parish on the first day of school Thursday, compared to the first school day last year and in 2007.
School program move draws questions
The St. John the Baptist Parish school for expelled students will move to the Leon Godchaux Alternative Programs campus in Reserve this fall, a decision some School Board members criticized for being made without board approval or public input.
St. John Sheriff's Office arrests two Garyville men for early morning robbery and shooting
The St. John Parish Sheriff's Office arrested two Garyville men this afternoon and booked each with second degree robbery in an incident earlier today in the 200 block of Little Hope Street in Garyville.
Garyville woman pleads guilty to embezzling from Metairie Bank and Trust Co.
A former Metairie Bank and Trust Co. vice president pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling $395,000. Maria May, 63, of Garyville admitted before U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance to stealing the money between September 2003 and June 2008, according to court records.
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