Metairie company Southern State Renewable Energy's $40 million project includes eight 498-foot-tall wind turbines that would be placed on coastal land near the Port of West St. Mary.
Deputies with the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Department are investigating a shooting which occurred at the Plantation Inn in Bayou Vista around 8:30 this morning.
Since last night, the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office had been searching for 22-year-old Justin D. Price of Morgan City after his boat was found floating on the water without him.
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office Water Patrol starting search just after 8:30 last night for Price...
Just received word this morning that two schools in St. Mary Parish are closed today due to no electricity. West St. Mary High School and B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School have cancelled classes today.