As part of on-going testing of St. Bernard Parish’s readiness capabilities, the Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will conduct a scheduled test of its Emergency Siren System on January 11, at approximately 1 p.m. The test will last for approximately three minutes. This test will also include a broadcast on our AM [...]
National Park Service prepares historic Chalmette site for annual honor Nearly 200 years since the start of the war pitting British and American forces against each other once more, the battles fought and the ideals upheld are still honored. St. Bernard Parish, for it’s part in one of the defining battles of the War of [...]
Los Isleños Heritage & Cultural Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 10, at 7 p.m. in the Isleno Center at the Isleno Museum Complex at 1357 Bayou Road, St. Bernard. Plans for the Isleno Fiesta ‘12 will be discussed. Volunteers are needed and all are invited to attend this very important [...]
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility officially announced that it would halt any and all pending settlement payments for Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill claims. This action, the direct result of a recent U.S. Eastern District Court order, would require a certain percentage of private and governmental settlements be put in escrow, paving the way for payment [...]
Decemer 5 — Bottom row: Holly Nunez (twelfth grade); Middle row, from left: Henry Mai (ninth grade) and Candace Stephens (ninth grade); Top row: Davon Mitchell (eleventh grade) and Zeke Keirsey (ninth grade); Not shown: Carrie Luebbert (tenth grade). November 28 — Baldwind Bioc (eleventh grade), Lisa Nguyen (ninth grade), Dynisha Hugle (twelfth grade), Sydney [...]
St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s detectives are seeking information on an apparent ring involved in numerous thefts of 4-wheel all-terrain vehicles in the eastern part of the parish in the past several months, Sheriff-elect James Pohlmann said. More than fifteen ATVs, some worth as much as $10,000, have been stolen and sheriff’s detectives have received information [...]
It’s easy to forget that when there are women living at a Battered Women’s Shelter because of domestic problems, such as the one in Chalmette, their children are likely to be there with them. The Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division and Chalmette’s Knights of Columbus Council donated numerous Christmas gifts Dec. 22 for some 25 youngsters [...]
The New Orleans Hornets basketball team will host Hoops & Clovers: 4-H Night with the Hornets. This is a great opportunity for 4-H Club members and their families to attend a professional basketball game featuring the New Orleans Hornets versus the Chicago Bulls. The game will be played at the New Orleans Arena on Friday, [...]
At the last 2011 Council meeting, held on December 20, members debated the merit of repairing a major aspect of the current parish clinic. The council went over several possible plans to pay for the repairs for a broken CT scan unit, weighing the possibility of spending tens of thousands of dollars on repairs or [...]
Girl Scouts is turning 100 in March, and is currently recruiting new members and volunteers in St. Bernard Parish. Girl Scouts in St. Bernard Service Unit 428 are holding a recruitment event on Monday, January 23, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Gethsemane Lutheran Church at 2825 Paris Road, Chalmette. The event is an opportunity [...]
