Saint Charles Parish, LA

Through investigation, detectives identified 45-year-old Todd Anthony Adams from St. Rose, as the person responsible and issued a warrant for his arrest.

Sheriff Champagne announces that an arrest was made in the death of Morlon Vinnett that occurred Friday, May 20, 2022, at approximately 11:30 pm. On Friday, May 20, 2022, at approximately 11:30 pm, deputies with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a deceased male located in a parking lot in the 100 block of St. Rose Avenue in St. Rose, LA.

ST. ROSE — On Friday, May 20, 2022, at approximately 11:30 p.m., deputies with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a deceased male located in a parking lot in the 100 block of St. Rose Avenue in St. Rose, LA. The deceased has...

Hahnville, LA – St. Charles Parish President Matthew Jewell, Department of Public Works officials, T. Baker Smith and members of the St. Charles Parish Council will hold a town hall meeting in the Edward A. Dufresne Community Center on Thursday, May 26, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the findings of the Master Drainage Plan and projects to come from it specific to the Ama and Hahnville area.

LAPLACE — St. John Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre announced May 17, 2022 that three SJSO officers were among 21 graduates of the Peace Officer Standards and Training program (POST) conducted at the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Training Facility in Luling. The 15-week program included training in firearms, physical fitness, Louisiana criminal and traffic law, writing reports, conducting interrogations and general investigative techniques.

Anyone with information regarding this incident(s) is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-877-903-STOP. Citizens do not have to give their name nor testify and could receive up to $2,500. ARRESTEE: Griffin, Donquiel W, 22, Male – 311 Hahn Street in Hahnville, LA. LOCATION: Hills Lane and Old Spanish...

Hahnville, LA – St. Charles Parish has been approved for a private property debris removal program (PPDR) through FEMA, covering private property debris removal and demolition. DebrisTech will be assisting residents with this program beginning the week of May 23. PPDR involves removal of potentially eligible storm-generated debris from...

Hahnville, La. – St. Charles Parish children under 18 years of age and individuals with special needs who attend a state-accredited school are invited to join the Department of Community Services for lunch and fun activities through its free summer food service program. The program will be held Monday...

LULING — Sheriff Greg Champagne was honored to present the Award for Valor to Corporal Adam “Bud” Coley of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office during a staff meeting on May 10. On November 16, 2021, deputies with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to...

St. Charles Catholic defeated top-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas, 2-0 in the Division III baseball state championship game Monday night at Southeastern Louisiana University.

LAPLACE — Under the leadership of Coach Wayne Stein, St. Charles Catholic has for the first time in school history claimed the state title in both football and baseball. Just three days after receiving their state championship football rings, the Comets hopped on a bus to Hammond to face top-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas in the Division III baseball finals. Junior Michael Hotard threw seven complete innings, paving the path for a 2-0 state championship victory Monday night at the Pat Kenelly Stadium in Hammond.

During the Memorial Day Holiday, about 10,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide will be out on the roads to remind drivers and passengers to buckle their seatbelts. In 2020, 10,674 unbuckled passenger vehicle occupants were killed in crashes in the United States. This was a 14% increase from 2019. An early study from January – June 2021 estimates an increase of about 18.4% of people who died from traffic accidents in the United States. That’s the largest number of projected fatalities in that time period since 2006. (Information taken from NHTSA.GOV)

A recent pay raise for school employees in St. Charles Parish prompted the superintendent of Lafourche Parish to respond with an open letter. In a letter posted on Facebook, Lafourche Parish Superintendent Jarrod Martin said a pay raise in neighboring St. Charles Parish announced last week will place St. Charles's starting teacher salary above that of veteran...

RESERVE — During the April 2022 regular commission meeting, the Port of South Louisiana board of commissioners elected Mr. Ryan Burks as Chairman for 2022-23. Burks, who was appointed to the board of commissioners in 2020 by St Charles Parish President Matthew Jewell to represent St. Charles Parish, succeeds Mr. D. Paul Robichaux, who served as Commission Chairman since 2014. Under Robichaux’s tenure, the Port of South Louisiana welcomed new industrial partners including Yuhuang Chemical and Formosa; saw expansions at, but not limited to, Monsanto, Noranda Alumina, Globalplex, and the port’s Executive Regional Airport; began the construction of the port’s Business Development Center; acquired the MV Nathan Folse, a state-of-the-art security vessel; and participated in Memorandums of Understanding with Cuba and the Panama Canal Authority.

Sheriff Tim Soignet announced that the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office has a man in custody in connection with a 2021 rape and kidnapping of a 13-year-old victim. Marlon Rios, 28 of Gonzales, La was apprehended on outstanding warrants for the Terrebonne Parish investigation, during a traffic stop conducted by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s office, where Rios was the driver of the vehicle.

St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne is proud to announce that on Saturday, April 23rd 2022, approximately 60 preteens and teens from St. Charles Parish attended the St. Charles Parish 2022 Youth Leadership Symposium. This four-hour event was held at the St. Charles Parish Public Schools Professional Learning Center in Luling, LA.