Laplace News

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The Reserve-Edgard ferry is still on the chopping block in this year's state budget, but St.

The U.S. Attorney's office says a 34-year-old Laplace man and a 26-year-old New Orleans woman have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pass counterfeit money.

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Wayne L. Jones has released the following information.

With summer upon us, local groups and theaters are busy scheduling kid-friendly outings to entice families to get out and about.

St. John the Baptist Parish authorities say a 26-year-old Gulfport man, who drove to LaPlace to attend a school graduation ceremony for his young children, raped his former wife Monday morning inside her home.

St. Charles President V.J. St. Pierre on Monday threatened to veto the Parish Council 's abrupt change of the engineering firm hired to supervise a $1.2 million sewer system improvement project.

Around June of 2007, as Sue Schindler was hard at work at her job as a corporate mechanic at Lakefront Airport, she and her co-workers heard some kittens crying.

The River Region Chamber of Commerce and the Louisiana Small Business Development Center will present "Business Resources to Grow Your Business," Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the St.

A break in a water line between St. John the Baptist Parish's well in Ruddock and its water treatment plant in LaPlace has been repaired, but the plant will remain shut down until the line is pressure tested, St.

LaPlace residents are being asked to conserve water a break in the line from the parish's water well in Ruddock is repaired.

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Wayne L. Jones has released the following information.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Orleans says a LaPlace man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison after being convicted on charges including tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

On Thursday night they took part in a graduation ceremony at the Joy Theater and received a special congratulations from former President Bill Clinton.

A fiery flaring of chemicals from the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Norco Tuesday night, accompanied by a large plume of smoke, was the result of a heater unit failure that forced a shutdown of a portion of the refinery, the state Department of Environmental Quality confirmed today.

A LaPlace man wanted for an Old Metairie carjacking in April was arrested in St.

St. John the Baptist Parish will seek a $5 million loan from the state to link its water-treatment plants in Edgard and Reserve, and continue the refurbishment of the Reserve treatment plant .

Michael and Sharon Felterman of Patterson wish to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Ashlynne Ann Felterman, to Terry Joe McIntosh, son of Terry McIntosh Sr.

Day three of the first degree murder trial of Baton Rouge rapper Torence Hatch, a.k.a. Lil Boosie trial begins with 19-year-old Michael "Marlo Mike" Louding taking the stand.

A St. John the Baptist Parish school bus carrying 21 students from Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler in LaPlace Monday afternoon, sending at least seven children and the bus driver to area hospitals, authorities say.