St. Bernard Sheriff’s Offi ce Detective Sgt. Jeffrey Vega received the 2024 Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust - Crimestoppers Outstanding Service to the Community Award Friday, March 1 at the 39th Annual Crimestoppers Award Luncheon.

St. Bernard Parish Government is pleased to announce that four largescale coastal restoration projects have advanced in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) process. Coastal parishes, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), and participating federal agencies voted for the Biloxi Marsh Shoreline Protection Project #1 and the Hopedale Marsh Creation Project #2 in the Pontchartrain Basin. Additionally, the East Lake Lery Shoreline Restoration project was voted #1 and the Wood Lake Marsh Creation project was voted #2 in the Breton Basin. The CWPPRA Technical Committee will review the proposed projects and conduct the next round of agency voting on April 4, 2024.

Over the past decade, I have shared many times of personal joy and sorrow within the St. Bernard community.

As mentioned in an earlier article Jim Delery, Liz Williams of the Southern Food Beverage Museum, and I are putting together a two-day celebration highlighting our Sicilian community’s contributions to St. Bernard and the region.

This is a big election week all over America. Super Tuesday is the name given to the holding of presidential primaries and caucuses in 15 states and one US territory, all who will hold elections on March 5, 2024.

It’s a Wrap! The Louisiana Legislature actually saved us a few bucks by finishing up their Special Session several days early. Some of the major measures passing both houses and expecting Governor Jeff Landry’s signature are Concealed Carrying of Firearms Without a Permit, Expanding the Methods used to Administer the Death Penalty, Increasing Penalties for Carjacking and Distribution of Fentanyl, Expanding Drug Courts, Changing the Age of Juvenile Offenders, and Restrictions to Parole and Probation.

Atheism declares there is no God, agnosticism says there could be a God and Christianity proclaims there is a God. Christians live by faith that is the product of the heart, soul and mind.

25 YEARS AGO • Jacqueline Smith, with her aunt, Lillian Gross, enjoyed a trip to New York. They went sight-seeing, did a lot of shopping and took in a few Broadway shows.

February 26, 2024 24-0216-C, Brittany Serigne vs. Alexander Dauzat, Divorce.