DWI reports from Orleans sheriff's office, Dec. 23-30
This list of people booked with driving while intoxicated and related charges from Dec. 23-30 was provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. Clifford E. Jenkins, 46, 10950 Jefferson Hwy.,...
View ArticleIf he runs for Congress, would you vote for Edwin Edwards or support his...
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, 86, said he hasn't madea decision about a possible Congressional run next year, but has said he'sreceived "a lot of encouragement" from supporters. If he ran for...
View ArticleLandrieu, Bagneris launch latest TV ads in New Orleans mayoral race
The latest salvo of television advertising in the race for the next mayor of New Orleans is a good bellwether for the state of affairs for both incumbent Mayor Mitch Landrieu and his challenger,...
View ArticleNOPD: 2 men suspected in several New Year's Day armed robberies in the Marigny
New Orleans police are looking for two men wanted in at least two separate armed robberies which took place early on New Year's Day in the Marginy. The robberies took place within minutes and blocks...
View ArticleJoin the dialogue about local higher education
Do you have questions or concerns about local higher education that merit discussion?I'm asking because I'm going to be on "Informed Sources" on Friday (Jan. 3) at 7 p.m. on WYES-TV. My topic will be...
View ArticleSt. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office 2014 budget reflects less spending on...
The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office has adopted a $3.8 million budget for this year, representing a 25 percent decrease in spending from the agency's tumultuous 2013 during which Coroner Peter...
View ArticleThe Chris Cox move, flood insurance plea, Gretna parking: Jefferson Parish...
The relationship between Jefferson Parish President John Young and the Parish Council is a strained one. Now the departure of Young's top aide, chief operating officer Chris Cox, removes perhaps the...
View ArticleSeelos healing Mass will be celebrated in New Orleans: Community Report
A Blessed Seelos Birthday Healing Mass with the Sacrament of Anointing will be held Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. at the National Seelos Shrine in St. Mary's Assumption Church, 919 Josephine St., in New Orleans....
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Col. Bill Davis discusses the NOMMA move
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View ArticleWalmart looking at north Slidell as site of second Neighborhood Market store
On the heels of a store it is planning on Pontchartrain Drive, Walmart appears poised to build a second Neighborhood Market grocery store in Slidell. The company is now eying a location on Robert...
View ArticleCourt orders city to tear down Newcomb Boulevard fence, the Lens reports
New Orleans drivers will once again be free to use Newcomb Boulevard as a throughway to get from St. Charles Avenue to Freret Street after the state Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the city...
View ArticleMarine Corps influenced charter high school in Algiers comes to life
Confronted with moving a 360-student high school to a new campus during the holiday break, retired Marine Corps Col. Bill Davis said he likened the monumental task as military logisticians do in...
View Article10 whooping cranes released into wild in south La.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ten young whooping cranes have been released into the wild after spending nearly a month at the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in south Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of...
View ArticleSuspects sought for Marigny armed robberies
New Orleans, La. - The NOPD is searching for two suspects who held up three people at gunpoint Wednesday. Police say it happened around 1am in the 1000 block of Frenchmen Street. The victims were...
View ArticleChallenge to Texas abortion law to be heard by federal appeals court Monday
A federal appeals court was set to review a Texas law that led to the closing of many abortion clinics in the state, a case that ultimately appears to be bound for the U.S. Supreme Court. A...
View ArticlePearl River/Slidell Project Graduation schedules first meeting of 2014
The second general meeting for this year’s Pearl River/Slidell Project Graduation celebrations - and the first meeting of 2014 - will be held Jan. 14. All meetings are held at 7 p.m. at the Slidell...
View ArticleJefferson Parish hard freeze warning provides hard wakeup call
A hard freeze is inconvenient and potentially dangerous, butit does not rank among the most urgent of weather emergencies for mostresidents. Yet hundreds of Jefferson Parish residents received text...
View ArticleHard freeze tonight for both sides of the lake; take full precautions
New Orleans, La. - Frigid conditions take over across south Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana. An arctic blast of air is settling across the United States prompting hard freeze warnings all the way...
View ArticleWashington Post: Koch brothers set up unrivaled network of political influence
WASHINGTON - The Washington Post Monday reported that conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch have created a political network of "unrivaled complexity built around a maze of groups that...
View ArticleJefferson Parish flood rates dipped in October, bucking rising trend across...
Homeowners in unincorporated Jefferson Parish who purchased flood insurance through the federal government saw their average annual premium decrease in October, an unexpected dip as several rate...
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