Plaquemine News

An artista TMs rendering shows a portion of The Parks of Plaquemine between Montgomery Boulevard and Planters Canal near Belle Chasse, La.

Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent TROOP A- NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release December 19th, 2009 Louisiana State Police Troop A will conduct a DWI Sobriety Checkpoint Saturday, December 19, 2009 in Iberville Parish on LA Hwy 1 at the Dow Federal Credit Union located north of Plaquemine.

Medicaid agents are again meeting with residents at the Iberville Parish Health Unit after a vacancy in personnel since September, the parish's chief administrative officer, Edward Songy, told the Parish Council on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, residents across South Louisiana are still dealing with the nasty aftermath of flooding from heavy rains the day before.

PLANTED: ExxonMobil began chemical production at its Scenic Highway facility in 1940.

I read with great interest an article in The Town Talk that said the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan was calling for an overhaul of the college programs that prepare teachers to teach.

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education agreed Thursday to release three Caddo schools from state monitoring for the rest of the 2009-10 school year and possibly next year, pending results of future growth target scores.

Police arrested a Plaquemine man accused of breaking into an acquaintance's house late Saturday night and physically attacking her with his fists and a knife.

Industrial developers are showing new interest in the nearly 1,000-acre Pointe Sunshine megasite downriver from Donaldsonville, an Ascension Parish economic developer said.

Desiree Patricia Bourgeois, of Baton Rouge , and Adam Emile Pizzolato, of Baton Rouge , will be united in marriage on December 11, 2009, at Saint John the Evangelist Church in Plaquemine.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development posted changes in Mississippi River ferryboat schedules through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at New Roads, Plaquemine, St.

One of the suspects in a group of men that allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics from the Walmart in Plaquemine has been identified.

Dr. Gerald Posner was considered by many to be a pioneer in the field of local obstetrics and gynecology.

Women international conference breakfast: 8 a.m., Hilton Hotel, 201 Lafayette St., with Prophetess Jackie Harewood, of Baton Rouge, and the Rev.

Seven people involved in a three-vehicle wreck Wednesday were taken to a Baton Rouge hospital for treatment of injuries, the Police Department reported.

Thanksgiving may be just around the corner, but already several stores have put up Christmas decorations.

The Christmas shoplifting season is in full swing, as stores have reported several cases of people walking out without paying for merchandise.

Criterion Catalysts, which forecasts hiring 90 people at its Port Allen facility, will shift production from a California facility when the Louisiana site begins full production next year on La.

Continue dividing and transplanting hardy perennials. I suffered palsy of the check-writing hand when I bought enough rudbeckia to go across a bed that parallels my street.

Authorities have arrested seven people involved in a string of area burglaries, said Capt.