With only four members present the St. James Parish Council met Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and breezed through their agenda in just eighteen minutes.
Editor’s note: The writer is a member of First Community- Antioch Baptist Church
The Winbush-Chriswell Scholarship Foundation Board and members would like to invite the public to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and attend the annual Ecumenical Commemorative Service on Monday, January 20, The traditional Wreath Laying Ceremony will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the intersection of King Avenue and Fifth Street in Lutcher,
Twenty-third Judicial District Judge John Smith has ruled that St. James Parish, the Parish Council, and the St. James Planning Commission violated the State’s Open Meeting law in May of 2019 when they met in secret, with officials of Wanhua, to discuss Wanhua’s land use application to build a chemical plant in District 4.
St. James Parish Sheriff Claude Louis, Jr. hosted a breakfast for business owners on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the St. James Parish School Board’s Public Relations Building.
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