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Parish president threatens to build wall over downstream impact from EBR developments Play Video
November 19, 2018 6:33 PM
PLAQUEMINE- Iberville Parish President Mitch Ourso is threatening to "build a wall" if development in East Baton Rouge continues without consulting his parish about the downstream impacts. Ourso sent a strongly worded letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers voicing the parish's objections to a proposed residential development... more » -
Iberville Parish spends thousands to house inmates during jail renovations Play Video
December 11, 2017 6:44 PM
PLAQUEMINE- Iberville Parish Leaders are having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to house more than a hundred inmates outside the parish as the jail is fixed. The jail was closed in August due to HVAC and asbestos concerns. The renovations cost nearly $766,000. Currently, inmates are being housed... more » -
Plans to drill for brine cause fears about sinkhole in Iberville Parish Play Video
April 26, 2016 5:38 PM
WHITE CASTLE- More than 150 residents in Iberville Parish are on edge, fearing an environmental disaster. This comes after they received letters in the mail recently saying a company is planning to drill wells for brine production. Many are having flashbacks to the Bayou Corne sinkhole that emerged not... more »