School Board Approves Budget for 2026-2027

At their May 26 meeting, the St. Bernard Parish School Board unanimously approved their projected general fund and special revenue fund budgets for the 2026-2027 school year.

St. Bernard Sheriff ’s Office Helps Place Flags at Chalmette National Cemetery for Memorial Day

Several deputies with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office joined community volunteers on the morning of Friday, May 22 at Chalmette National Cemetery to help place American flags at the headstones of thousands of veterans laid to rest there in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 25.

POINT OF VIEW

Some elements in Iran have every reason to despise the United States. In 1952, we overthrew the government there. It was about oil then, as it is about oil now. Britain controlled Iran's oil and profited handsomely.

PEACE & JUSTICE

Here’s what we learned from the first U.S. Senate primary last week, where incumbent Senator Bill Cassidy was defeated. If you want to be successful, continually attack your opponent. Make no effort to be positive at all.

New US Senator For Louisiana

We don’t know who Louisiana’s new U.S. senator is yet. But we do know who the next senator won’t be: the incumbent, Bill Cassidy.It used to be in Louisiana that voting For new or increased Taxes or For your own Pay Raise was political suicide.

CALLING IT HOME

We have been watching several hotspots of misspending fraud on a national basis and locally. The losses of federal money tax dollars paid by citizens through fraud are in the billions.

Letters to the Editor

Proud of the Past - Committed to the Future Louisiana has spent the past two decades doing the hard, unglamorous work of protecting people, jobs, and culture along our coast. The past record deserves a fair review.

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

In the 1960s Amy Vanderbilt created a correspondence course called Amy Vandermilt Success Program for Women. The course consisted of many booklets that taught interested women about very aspects of social life and what we call today, lifestyle.