Venice News

Alan Macken, principal of Hammurabi, says the south Florida-based company appreciates the value of strong structures to withstand Category 4 hurricane winds, but says theya TMre hard to come by.

There are several studies that prove this. UCSB's study is rather bold right up front in it's findings: Next time you step on a glob of tar on a beach in Santa Barbara County, you can thank the oil companies that it isn't a bigger glob.

Using a new construction system designed to stand up to hurricane-force winds, crews have begun building two fire station projects in Plaquemines Parish.

He says the pistol fired by accident West Bank bureau A Venice teenager has been indicted by a Plaquemines Parish grand jury on a manslaughter charge in the April death of his girlfriend.

FISHING REPORT FOR LOUISIANA & GUATEMALA VENICE: Capt. Kevin and crew found a honey hole about 100 miles out of Tiger Pass...He was back on his spot for a 24 hr trip on The STRIKE ZONE TOO Wednesday night.

Well the crew from Lake Charles returned on Monday from Guatemala. One of the five booked a four man trip for May of this year and another angler on the trip booked 12 anglers for next March 17, 2010.

Gun had been reported stolen Friday, April 03, 2009 St. Bernard bureau A Venice woman was killed in a shooting Wednesday evening and her boyfriend has been arrested in the incident, Plaquemines Parish authorities said Thursday.

Caption: Isaiah Washington The Huffington Post First-Ever Interactive Pre-Inaugural Ball - Arrivals Washington DC, USA .... Former GREY'S ANATOMY star ISAIAH WASHINGTON has reportedly moved out of his Los Angeles home following a row over unpaid rent.

The offshore fishing in Venice in the past week has come to a STOP..BAD WEATHER Guatemala on the other hand is on FIRE....Yesterday I had a group from Lake Charles on their first day of fishing out of three.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network 2009-03-25 08:51:04 - Former GREY'S ANATOMY star ISAIAH WASHINGTON is reportedly facing legal action and eviction from his Los Angeles home in a row over unpaid rent.

Donald Trump Jr., who runs the development and acquisitions branch of the Trump empire.

Plaquemines Parish officials will gather Friday to hold a grand opening for a new skate park in Boothville-Venice. The park is located on Louisiana 23 across from Boothville-Venice Elementary School.

A collection of masks decorate a wall at Ann and Laura Guccione's Bywater art studio.

Today's thunderstorms will give way to the week's second front and, come Friday, we will see the end the string of 70-degree afternoons.

BATON ROUGE - When speckled trout get finicky, flounders founder and sheepshead get sheepish, south Louisiana fishermen can count on drum, the black kind and the red varieties.

If Plaquemines Parish is going to get better hurricane protection, then it's going to need more than levees, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said.

For inshore saltwater fishermen, adjusting to daily tidal flow is second nature.

A Houston oil-production company has been ordered to pay hefty fines for dumping saltwater into a federal wildlife refuge about eight miles northeast of Venice.

New Orleans' recovery czar told the State Bond Commission Thursday that the city expects private developments will take full advantage of a special post-hurricane financing method before the program reaches a ...

The Coast Guard rescued a man suffering from chest pains today off a recreational vessel, 20 miles south of Venice, La., near the Southwest Pass in Cave Bay.