Reserve News

Thirty-five years ago, the St. John the Baptist Parish Police Jury decided there wasn't enough money to continue the anti-poverty program that employed Richard "Dale" Wolfe.

St. John the Baptist Parish president candidates Perry Bailey of Edgard, Gary "Buddy" Boe of LaPlace, Gerald Keller of Reserve, Natalie Robottom of LaPlace and Richard "Dale" Wolfe of Reserve talk in front of high school students Monday, March 15, 2010 during a youth forum at East St.

Two students accused of setting fire to a bathroom at East St. John High School on Tuesday were arrested, according to authorities.

St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested three Reserve men and are searching for a fourth in connection with dogfighting after Animal Control officers witnessed the men fighting two pit bulls Monday in the 300 block of Homewood Place, authorities said.

Gerald Keller believes the next St. John the Baptist Parish president needs to stem the flow of moving vans out of the parish.

Where's the tenant? That's the question one St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority commissioner is asking the Parish Council.

A St. John the Baptist Parish district judge is considering an appeal from the state Attorney General's office that she reverse a previous ruling to vacate an indictment charging an 8-year-old boy's stepfather, mother and stepbrother with murder.

St. John the Baptist Parish residents will cast ballots starting Saturday to decide on a new parish president and whether to renew a 1-mill property tax that pays for housing juvenile offenders.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened enrollment for the Grassland Reserve Program throughout Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Ed Walker, longtime commander of the 917th Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, will step down from that post Saturday and transfer his command to a new leader, Col.

Narcotics detectives in the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office , along with officers from the Special Operations Response Team, converged on a house in Reserve on Thursday afternoon and arrested a man described by authorities as a "midlevel" drug dealer who sold from his home.

St. John the Baptist Parish's recreation programs are not what they should be, candidates for parish president told the parish's Recreation Advisory Board earlier this week.

Several groups in St. John the Baptist Parish are planning forums or meetings in which residents can hear the political views and platforms of the candidates for parish president.

The director of the St. John the Baptist Housing Authority used an agency credit card to make more than $2,000 in personal purchases last year, an analysis of the charge account statements has found.

Two St. John the Baptist Parish Council members say they want the parish to break free of an exclusive engineering contract for drainage work in the parish just as a $9.7 million improvement program gets under way.

Port of South Louisiana commissioners say they want more information before moving to build a $5 million administrative building on the grounds of the port's Globalplex port facility.

The first test case in the national litigation over Chinese-manufactured drywall is about to get underway in U.S. District Court in New Orleans as seven families from Virginia seek to be compensated for the cost of repairing corrosion in their homes from an overseas manufacturer that has ignored the court proceedings.

St. John the Baptist Parish recorded its first homicide of the year Saturday night after a man was shot and killed in the 200 block of Joe Parquet Circle in LaPlace, authorities said.

The Northeast Louisiana Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America installed its new officers for 2010 at a recent dinner in Monroe.

Not long ago, Derrick Shepherd was considered a promising politician. He was a former Army Reserve judge advocate general who was a rising star in metro New Orleans politics.