A lawn full of stickers is no fun to bare feet! After summer stress, many lawns in the area are bare in patches, or thin from drought and heat. This allows weeds to colonize the gaps in soil coverage, which can include lawn spurweed (Soliva sessilis), also known locally as burweed, stickers, and “ouch!”. Pets and children who may walk on a lawn with spurweed can come away with painful pokes from the burs. Usually, when gardeners notice the weeds that produce these painful burs, it’s too late in the season to apply an herbicide to treat the problem and prevent the formation of the spike covered seeds.

On Tuesday, October 17, lawyers for the Save Our St. Bernard (SOS) group appeared before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans to state their view on why their case against the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) deserves to go to trial. But according to SOS lawyer Sidney Torres, the ruling for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals won’t be released until about a month in the future—as the court needs time to deliberate and weigh all sides of the appeal.

The October 14 primary election came to a close this past weekend with St. Bernard Parish voters both electing new local officials and setting the stage for upcoming run-off elections. In this election parish residents had the opportunity to vote in races for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, 1stSenatorial District State Senator, 103rd Representative District State Representative, parish president, and every council seat as well.

Twelve exceptional educators were recently recognized by the St. Bernard Parish Public School System as its Teachers of the Year for the 2023-2024 school year.

At the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of St. Bernard on Tuesday, October 10, the club awarded its Quarterly Lifesaver Award.

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Several members of the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office attended the Family Violence Program of St.

What madness?! The United States is in a crisis and our so-called leaders go on vacation! Our nation is threatened with war on two fronts, Russia and China. Millions of illegal immigrants are overrunning our borders.

Your one vote is so very important. Never ever think it won’t matter if you skip this one election because you won’t know how significant it was until after the election results are tallied.

Former President Donald Trump just can’t keep his mouth shut. He rants and raves against anyone who crosses his path.