It’s the first-ever election for the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District, which includes Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Charles, and St. John the Baptist parishes.

It’s the first-ever election for the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District, which includes Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Charles, and St. John the Baptist parishes. “Despite the unusual ...

A mound of white chemical powder piles up near the south fence of the Atalco refinery in St. James Parish on May 23, 2025. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) One of the more notable incidents occurred ...

The proposed site of Green Leaf Dispensary medical marijuana pharmacy in St. John the Baptist Parish. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) Pecantte owns dispensaries in Houma and Morgan City. His ...

A sugar cane field is at the site of the proposed Greenfield Holdings grain terminal project near the Wallace community in St. John the Baptist Parish. The company walked away from its plans for a ...

St. John the Baptist Parish leaders also noted that residents who do not have insurance or are underinsured can go to New Wine at 1929 Airline Highway in LaPlace to fill out an application Monday ...

This aerial photo shows Edgard, Louisiana, and the industrial facilities in Garyville across the Mississippi River. Edgard is one of the majority black communities within an 11-mile stretch in St.

Strong storms moved over Southeast, Louisiana Thursday, causing widespread power outages. This has resulted in the St. John the Baptist Parish School District to switch to virtual learning Friday.

Now they plan to use it to further their mission of preserving the history of Black descendants of the River Parishes and protecting their environmental health. The Descendants Project, an ...

JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation is getting more than $25,000 to assist with repairs to the Sorapuru House in St. John the Baptist Parish.

Louisiana Sugarcane Cooperative located in St. Martinville processes sugar from nine parishes. Ag. Division Manager John Hebert said the sugarcane yield from the summers crop were the effects of ...

Environment Lighthouse network expands, as St. John Parish opens Louisiana’s largest resilience hub for solar energy and storage As St. John, the nation’s most climate-vulnerable place, opens the ...