Destrehan NewsLocal news for Destrehan, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Judge: Defendants are competent- June 26, 2008 A St. Charles Parish judge on Tuesday found two people accused of separate capital crimes competent to stand trial.http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/judge-defendants-are-competent?fromrss=1 State superintendent able to skip bid process- June 24, 2008 BATON ROUGE - State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek should be able to sidestep public bid requirements for educational consulting contracts, the full Legislature has agreed.http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/state-superintendent-able-to-skip-bid-proce... Legislative notebook: Bill would lower lawsuits against health care workers during disasters- June 24, 2008 BATON ROUGE - Doctors and other medical professionals should be immune from civil damages for injuries suffered by patients while in a post-hurricane disaster, except in cases of "willful misconduct," the full ...http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/legislative-notebook-bill-would-lower-lawsu... Continue reading "Destrehan 17-year-old dies of an overdose"- June 22, 2008 A 17-year-old River Ridge youth died of a drug overdose Sunday while visiting a Destrehan home, according to the St.http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/continue-reading-destrehan-17-year-old-dies... Now in Twin Falls- June 20, 2008 Get weather by ZIP code, city, state, airport code or country: Weather by E-mail: Get forecasts and storm alerts delivered to you.http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/now-in-twin-falls?fromrss=1 Continue reading "Storm dumps 5 inches of rain in an hour in St. Charles Parish"- June 18, 2008 A vicious thunderstorm clocked 35 mph winds and dropped more than 5 inches of rain in Destrehan and Luling Tuesday afternoon, flooding streets and knocking down trees.http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/continue-reading-storm-dumps-5-inches-of-ra... Juveniles suspected in vehicle vandalism- June 15, 2008 Glass broken, items stolen in Destrehan Saturday, June 14, 2008 River Parishes bureau Several streets in the Ormond Estates subdivision in Destrehan were the target of vandals who smashed vehicle windows, stole ...http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/juveniles-suspected-in-vehicle-vandalism?fr... Senate panel OKs airport bill- June 13, 2008 A Senate committee Thursday advanced a bill to create a state board to take over Louis Armstrong International Airport and negotiate compensating New Orleans for it, but amended the proposal to make it harder ...http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/senate-panel-oks-airport-bill?fromrss=1 Continue reading "Mosquitoes with West Nile found in Destrehan"- June 7, 2008 Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus were found in Destrehan last week, and parish residents are being urged to take protective measures such as wearing repellent with DEET.http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/continue-reading-mosquitoes-with-west-nile-... Get flood insurance, disaster chief urges- June 5, 2008 More than 500 St. Charles Parish homes have flooded more than once since the federal flood insurance program began in 1978, and parish homeowners have filed nearly 4,000 flood-related insurance claims since ...http://www.topix.net/city/destrehan-la/2008/06/get-flood-insurance-disaster-chief-urges?fr... |