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  • Woman almost threw away $10,000 lotto ticket

    April 8, 2013 12:19 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A St. Helena Parish woman said she almost threw away her Powerball ticket for the March 23 drawing. Then she dug it back out of the trash to check the numbers, and discovered she'd won big. Joyce Womack, 41, of Greensburg claimed her $10,000 prize at... more »
  • Ethel man killed in single vehicle accident

    January 29, 2013 10:16 AM

    GREENSBURG - State police say a 21-year-old Ethel man died in a single vehicle crash in St. Helena Parish. The accident happened before 8 p.m. Monday and La. Highway 38 west of Greensburg. Troopers say Evan Vides was westbound when his pickup failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway... more »
  • St. Helena budget has surplus

    December 19, 2012 10:26 AM

    GREENSBURG - The St. Helena Parish Police Jury has adopted a budget for 2013 that would keep expenditures below projected revenue and add money back to the parish's fund balance for only the second time in four years. The Advocate reports general and special fund revenue for 2013 are projected... more »
  • St. Helena board approves bid to revamp building

    November 30, 2012 8:41 AM

    GREENSBURG - St. Helena Parish high school students could be dining in a new cafeteria next school year. The school board approved a low bid Thursday for renovations of the former technical college building next to the high school campus. Blount Construction, of Walker, won the contract with... more »
  • Neighbor charged with murder of 76-year-old

    September 15, 2012 12:33 AM

    GREENSBURG- A man who lives less than two miles from the murder scene where John Nelson Hornsby was found dead faces charges for the killing. Michael Lynn Halford was arrested Friday. Investigators said DNA evidence connected him to the 76-year-old's murder. Hornsby was found dead, his house burned... more »
  • Body found in St. Helena now a homicide

    August 8, 2012 3:57 PM

    GREENSBURG - Sheriff's deputies in St. Helena Parish today said a person found dead in front of their burned home was murdered. Detective Joe Chaney with the parish sheriff's office said an autopsy found John Nelson Hornsby, 76, suffered blunt force trauma to his head. Hornsby was found... more »
  • St. Helena test scores up despite setbacks

    June 6, 2012 5:50 PM

    GREENSBURG - Budget problems and school takeovers are some of the challenges the Saint Helena School District has faced in recent years. Despite the issues, the district had the biggest improvement in student test scores: 43 percent of students scored at basic or above levels in core subjects this... more »
  • St. Helena hires legal expert to craft new sex law

    April 2, 2012 8:45 AM

    GREENSBURG - The St. Helena Parish Police Jury has hired Scott Bergthold, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based lawyer whose practice specializes in helping local governments draft laws that regulate adult businesses. Police Jury Vice President Thomas Wicker tells The Advocate Bergthold was recommended to the police jury by the Moral Alliance of... more »
  • St. Helena students get success makeover

    August 11, 2011 6:18 PM

    GREENSBURG-- Take a walk through St. Helena Central High School, and you won't just notice that things look different. You'll notice they feel different, too. After years of failing test scores, the system has a new superintendent. The high school has a new principal, and the two are teaming... more »
  • Two teens flown to hospital after fall from Ferris wheel

    May 14, 2011 7:59 PM

    GREENSBURG - Two teens were flown to a hospital in Baton Rouge after falling from a fair ride at the St. Helena Parish High School, according to emergency officials. Chief Michael Martin said the teens fell from the Ferris wheel at the fair, and were flown to Our Lady... more »
  • Shotgun-wielding robber sought by St. Helena deputies

    April 25, 2011 3:31 PM

    GREENSBURG - Authorities hope surveillance photos of a man taken before an armed robbery in St. Helena Parish will help them identify the robber. Deputies said the man used a shotgun to rob Bebo's convenience store north of Greensburg around 9:30 p.m. Friday. Surveillance cameras at the store... more »
  • Man faces reconstructive surgery after hammer attack

    January 25, 2011 6:06 PM

    ST. HELENA - A man faces reconstructive surgery on his face Thursday after he was attacked with a hammer outside a St. Helena grocery store. Alvin "Mooney" Amacker walked out of the normally quiet M & M Grocery Store near Greensburg, when deputies say Charlie Morris, Jr. hit Amacker's... more »
  • St. Helena man attacked with hammer after leaving store

    January 25, 2011 3:16 PM

    ST. HELENA - "Mooney" Amacker is waiting on reconstructive surgery at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, after he was attacked with a hammer Saturday night outside the M & M Grocery Store near Greensburg. Deputies with the St. Helena Sheriff's Office are looking for Charlie... more »
  • Pastorek: Ailing St. Helena schools need help

    January 14, 2011 10:13 AM

    GREENSBURG - State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek told the St. Helena School Board that the school system is like an ailing patient who needs healing. Pastorek said Thursday night that one solution would be the state taking over the system's two remaining schools. St. Helena's middle school is already... more »
  • Man wanted after groin stabbing in St. Helena Parish

    November 9, 2010 3:34 PM

    GREENSBURG – Authorities in St. Helena Parish are looking for a man accused of stabbing another man in the groin. 48-year-old Charles Thompson is wanted in suspicion of aggravated second-degree assault after the stabbing Monday evening. Investigators said the victim went to the home of Thompson’s sister to get some... more »
  • Greensburg man arrested for felony theft

    April 14, 2010 2:57 PM

    A Greensburg man accused of felony theft has been arrested. State Police say Delvacgio Gynn Wicker had negotiated a number of checks from the Local 707. The Local 707 is a labor union for security officers employed at Entergy Nuclear Power Plant in St. Francisville. The checks, totaling... more »
  • School arsonist sentenced

    March 16, 2010 12:51 PM

    The guidance counselor who pleaded guilty to simple arson and simple burglary in connection with the fire at St. Helena Central High School in November of 2008 has been sentenced to five years hard labor. District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux confirmed the sentence Tuesday. Lisa Cryer, 43, of... more »
  • Roofing contractor seeks payment

    March 12, 2010 6:55 AM

    Roofing Enterprises Inc. operation manager Guy Huffine told the St. Helena Police Jury he will shut down work on the St. Helena Parish Hospital roof unless he is paid. Huffine told the police jury this week that the parish owes $213,590 for work completed to date. Jury President Thomas Wicker... more »
  • Deputies arrest trio in Greensburg beating death

    March 4, 2010 7:19 AM

    Three men were arrested by the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office in connection with the slaying of a Greensburg man, who was found in a ditch Tuesday morning. Deputies say a passing truck driver spotted the body of Roy Lee Patterson lying in a ditch in the Pine Grove area.... more »
  • St. Helena sheriff wants new jail

    February 25, 2010 7:34 AM

    St. Helena Parish Sheriff Nathaniel Williams wants a new jail and he would like to place it in the parish industrial park. Williams told St. Helena Parish police jurors Tuesday that the current 60-year-old parish jail in Greensburg is in need of much work. He said a new jail would... more »
  • Construction worker dies after falling 20 ft.

    February 16, 2010 8:14 PM

    A construction worker died after an industrial accident this afternoon near the 3000 block of North Sherwood Forest. Baton Rouge Police say the preliminary investigation shows two male employees from Southland Steel Fabricators of Greensburg, La., were working on a construction project around 4:15 p.m. for the East Baton Rouge... more »

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