Plaquemine News

Four Georgia Gulf contract employees underwent hospital treatment Tuesday night after being exposed to chlorine at the company's plant in Plaquemine, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Officials are investigating the cause of a chlorine gas leak at the Georgia Gulf plant in Plaquemine, according to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office.

"We are raising a litter of puppies, and I have been weighing them every morning on a little kitchen scale.

The 49-year-old Plaquemine man realized recently that he won a $250,000 Mega Millions prize from two months ago.

PLAQUEMINE, La. - Employees of the Iberville Parish's Head Start program may reapply for their positions at an upcoming job fair.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a second suspect today in connection with a murder and attempted robbery back in March at a Plaquemine hotel.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIGLSU Chancellor Michael Martin, right, talks with Iberville Parish School Superintendent Ed Cancienne Jr.

The state-run Recovery School District announced Thursday the names of the six principals who will lead the north Baton Rouge public schools it plans to run in the 2012-13 school year.

An 8-year-old girl from Hammond is in fair condition after two pit bulls mauled her face, arms and legs.

PLAQUEMINE, La. - Chemical maker Shintech Inc. is planning to spend $120 million to build a plant making a key ingredient for latex paints.

We would like to sincerely thank the two gentlemen who assisted us on April 11 at Exit 169 when we... PLAQUEMINE, La.

Tim Isbell is a staff photographer for the Sun Herald and a lifelong student of the Civil War.

Until recently, Mervin Medine hadn't thought much about Nolan Ruiz since both of them were elementary school students 80 years ago.