Plaquemine News

The past few weeks in Louisiana have demonstrated there are certain things economic developers armed with the taxpayers' checkbook can accomplish, and others they can do little about, especially during the current recession.

A large crowd of state, area and local elected and school officials greeted Gov.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pitre of Opelousas, LA, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Alison Marie Pitre, to Eric Scott Garcille, son of Mrs.

Louisiana will spend nearly $96 million from the state economic development "mega-fund" on a new Monroe car plant and a new chemical plant in Iberville Parish near Baton Rouge.

The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday authorized Mayor Mark "Tony" Gulotta to notify the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority that the city may choose to opt out of its agreement with the cooperative for next year.

For the second time in this legislative session, Gov. Bobby Jindal will ask lawmakers to tap the state's mega-projects fund, basically a bank account the state can use to offer incentives for major economic development deals.

Protestors in the city of Plaquemine say a local businessman is costing their community to lose historical information.

A specialty chemicals manufacturer based in France will build a $362 million plant in the chemical belt of Iberville Parish to make polymers, including some that can be used in oil wells to produce more petroleum, company and state officials said Friday.

Despite efforts to save it, the demolition of an historic early 1900s home in Plaquemine is underway after the owner got the go-ahead to tear it down following months of fighting.

People in Plaquemine say a business owner is trying to tear down a piece of history.

Rescue workers in Iberville Parish are on the scene of what was a fire at the Georgia Gulf facility in Plaquemine.

Plaquemine Mayor Mark "Tony" Gulotta is scheduled to address the Iberville Council on Aging at noon Wednesday about a new electrical power contract the city is negotiating with an energy supplier, a news release said.

New details tonight surrounding the battle to re-open North Iberville High. A lawsuit against the school board was filed.

PLAQUEMINE, La. - Retired welder John Rosso can't stand to see things go to waste.

"Faith is a simple word that means so much. More than anything else, even food, I need faith.

BATON ROUGE - A proposal to ban smoking in bars and gambling facilities was resoundingly defeated Tuesday by the Louisiana House, which embraced arguments of personal freedom over debate about health safety.

Two men died Tuesday night after an all terrain vehicle they were riding on was struck from behind by a sport utility vehicle, Louisiana State Police said today.

Two people are dead after a terrible accident involving an ATV and an SUV in Iberville Parish.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries performed a routine 'fish sampling' in a gully that leads into Bayou Plaquemine Brule late last week, department spokesman Adam Einck said.

A French chemical company is considering paying $400 million for 800 acres along the Mississippi River near Plaquemine that it would develop a plant on, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate .