Lisa Nelson made history Tuesday.
The District 2 parish councilwoman was named the first black female to lead St. Martin Parish’s governing body, and she heads up that body’s first all-black slate of officers.
Neighbors of the family whose home burned off Bergeron Road here late Saturday have identified the man who died in the blaze as Robert C. “Robby” Knight, 36.
A woman and a child escaped without serious injury.
Louisiana State Police are still investigating the Dec. 29 shooting death of 34-year-old Kendall Alexander by his wife, Crystal Alexander, 33, a deputy with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Department.
Meanwhile, the deputy is on administrative leave, according to SMSO Mag, Ginny Higgins.
St. John’s Restaurant, the popular but cramped eatery in the 200 block of East Bridge St. owned by local cattleman Chip Durand, may spread its wings in 2014.
Durand wants to buy the old Talley Co. pecan warehouse at New Market and Hamilton streets, which is owned by the city.
Eddie James Sonnier got sick while burning garbage at Louisiana State Penitentiary and died last month in the prison’s infirmary. He was buried at Angola the day after Christmas with nobody but fellow inmates to see him off.