Luling News

The United Way of St. Charles will host its Success by 6 summer kickoff program for St.

St. Charles Parish President V.J. St. Pierre Jr. has vetoed the Parish Council's move to replace an engineering company on a sewer system repair project, saying the last-minute change at the May 21 meeting may have violated the state open meetings law.

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.

Huey P. Long Bridge: The bridge will be closed in both direction from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 12:01 a.m. May 21 to remove old deck steel stringers.

Slowing down neighborhood speeders is easy with the right type of hardware, but St.

Interstate 10-Causeway Boulevard interchange: Southbound Causeway will be reduced to one lane at the Veterans Boulevard overpass Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Loyola Avenue at the Union Passenger Terminal: Loyola Avenue will be closed weekends to accommodate work on the streetcar line.

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

Interstate 10 between U.S. 11 and Irish Bayou: The right and center westbound lanes will be closed from 8 p.m. today through 5 a.m. Monday, for concrete patching.

Some St. Charles Parish residents have been demanding that the Parish Council find ways to slow down speeders in their neighborhoods.

Barataria Boulevard between Lapalco and Ames boulevards: Alternating lane closures will be enforced in both directions tonight and Wednesday night, 8 p.m.-5 a.m., to install thermal plastic pavement.

ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. A teacher at a Luling middle school has been arrested, on child molestation and indecent behavior charges, officials with the school system and sheriff's office confirmed.

Value added assessments and the increasing burden of standardized tests on students and teachers were among the concerns educators voiced during a town hall meeting with state Superintendent John White in Luling on Wednesday.

Sherman Jones of Destrehan High and Colton Rachal of Hahnville High have been named the 2012 recipients of the St.