St. Bernard Parish Schools are disinfecting everything several times per day as the coronavirus has found a foothold in the New Orleans area

Start-up St. Bernard organizers, the Meraux Foundation and St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation, announced the three finalists selected to compete in the $100,000 business competition: CORE: Louisiana Counseling & Recovery Center, LLC, Green Street, and Jessie. The Sixth annual Start-up St. Bernard competition is being held on Monday, March 23, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Meraux Foundation’s Docville Farm (5128 E. St. Bernard Hwy., Violet).

Joseph Davies Elementary Terrific Kids for January 2020: Stanford Etienne, Alexandria Claflin, Maddox Battistella, Braylie Areas, Jacob Faust, Edward Viada, Brayden Watson, Jada Andrews, Liam Barlow, Marcy Vasquez, Bella Wilson, Jack Gorbaty, Justin Reyes, Andrew Norrell, Lola Reyes, Emily Bigner, Delaney White- Stein, Arianna DiVincenti, Olivia Vitrano, Hayes Canty, Kenley Jackson, Ambrie Areas, Madison Montelongo, Dillon Wortmann, Alton Peters, Marley Santiago, Marlon Robertson , Mackenzie Plumstead, Atentine Lewis and Emma Guerra.

The Louisiana Department of Education has released the names of 21 students selected as regional finalists in the state’s annual Students of the Year competition. Isabella Held, a fifth grader at Joseph J. Davies Elementary School was one of the 21 students named as a finalist.

The New Orleans Mission and the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office have formed new partnership that they hope will help struggling addicts in St. Bernard Parish find recovery instead of ending up behind bars. During a special event today at the New Orleans Mission’s Giving Hope Retreat in Lacombe, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann announced the department’s participation in the New Orleans Mission’s Operation Angel initiative. St. Bernard is the third law enforcement agency in the Greater New Orleans area to adopt this program in partnership with the New Orleans Mission.