Starbucks says guns no longer welcome in its stores
NEW YORK -- Starbucks says guns are no longer welcome in its cafes, though it is stopping short of an outright ban on firearms. The fine line that the retailer is walking to address the concerns of...
View ArticleJefferson Parish arrest reports, Sept. 12-15
The following arrests werereported by law enforcement agencies in East Jefferson and the West Bank. Sept. 12 Antonio Calvin, 20, 1443 Atlantic Ave., New Orleans, was arrested in the 500 block of Wall...
View ArticleTexas football player, 12, dies after ant bites
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A 12-year-old boy died after apparently having a severe allergic reaction to ant bites he suffered while warming up during halftime of a South Texas middle school football...
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View ArticlePoverty rate stuck at record 46.5 million; Louisiana has 2nd highest rate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an...
View ArticleEye on Jefferson: JP millage rates for water; flood insurance hikes
WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTVJefferson parish leaders say it could result in a cut to services, and put a measure concerning millage rates for water and sewerage back on the...
View ArticleRep. Scalise's conservative caucus presents alternative to 'ObamaCare'
WASHINGTON - Conservative House Republicans, led by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, are ready to unveil their alternative to "ObamaCare," a plan that would provide generous tax breaks to people who...
View ArticleSt. Bernard Parish releases water quality reports
St. Bernard Parish Government has released the water quality reports on the parish's website. Residents and businesses can visit www.sbpg.net and click on "Water Quality Report" link to see monthly...
View ArticleAlgiers-Canal Street ferry route returns to pedestrian-only Monday
The Algiers-Canal Street ferry route will return to pedestrian-only service beginning Monday, (Sept. 23), the state transportation department has announced. The M/V Frank X. Armiger, which has been...
View ArticleTulane student mugged at Freret and Lowerline intersection, police say
A Tulane student was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday around 11:30 p.m., according to a statement from the Tulane University Police Department. TUPD said the student was walking west on the 7400 block of...
View ArticleSign ordinance loosened, and Covington and Mandeville face employee...
The Covington City Council put a nagging sign issue to rest Tuesday night, adopting a package of ordinances to loosen the city's sign ordinance. At issue was whether people could legally post signs...
View ArticleJefferson Parish will continue Meals on Wheels program at full capacity,...
In June, the Jefferson Council on Aging announced that due to rising costs, the volunteer program Meals on Wheels would be forced to cut the number of seniors and disabled residents that its...
View ArticleJefferson Parish millage election forum is Oct. 2 in Elmwood
Attention all east bank residents, Jefferson Parish will hold a forum on Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the Joseph S. Yenni Building, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd. to educate citizens about...
View ArticleWeek Two NFL power rankings
Week 2 Power Rankings: 1.) Denver (2-0)- Playing the best football of any team through two weeks without question. 2.) Seattle (2-0)- Best team in the NFC right now and with that kind of home field...
View ArticleWeek Two NFL power rankings
Week 2 Power Rankings: 1.) Denver (2-0)- Playing the best football of any team through two weeks without question. 2.) Seattle (2-0)- Best team in the NFC right now and with that kind of home field...
View ArticleNew Orleans digital music company is aiming to set an industry standard
The music technology firm Audiosocket, which started in Seattle but movedits headquarters to New Orleans at the urging of its New Orleanian co-founderand CEO, has built a library of music and...
View ArticleHeroin overdose leads to murder charge
Houma, La. - A 34 year old man from Houma has been arrested a charge of murder after his friend died from an apparent heroin overdose. Jason Parfait called Houma Police to his home in the 200 block of...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office West Bank crime report, Sept. 17
This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods...
View ArticleMatthew Flugence held without bond for first-degree murder in Ahlittia...
Matthew Flugence, 20, was ordered held without bond Wednesday, after a magistrate commissioner ruled there's enough evidence to hold Flugence on a charge of first-degree murder in the July death of...
View ArticleDetroit went broke slowly, analysis from Free Press says: Jarvis DeBerry
When Detroit, the city that has long served as synonym for American manufacturing, filed for bankruptcy in July, there was no shortage of people leaping to explain why that city's population and...
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