Arabi News

Moments before the wind and the rain, a tornado on Wednesday afternoon hopped northeast through a section of Arabi before disappearing into nearby marsh farther north.

The Louisiana Department of Education will release the 2012 Spring test results Wednesday afternoon at a news conference in Jefferson Parish.

The St. Bernard Parish Housing, Redevelopment and Quality of Life Authority Commission will hold a meeting 3 p.m. today at in the Parish Council Chambers, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, to nail down a plan to dispose of the 2,000 Hurricane Katrina-ravaged and still-vacant Louisiana Land Trust lots that still dot the parish.

While progress has been slow, the Maumus Center in Arabi will soon be receiving a makeover.

Following the St. Bernard Parish Council's adoption of a three-year redevelopment and disposition plan for some 2,000 Louisiana Land Trust properties , the parish commission overseeing the properties will hold meetings this week to nail down how to best handle the vacant lots.

St. Bernard Parish President Dave Peralta says a museum dedicated to the history of sugar will be built inside an old jail.

The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office is trying to identify a suspect in several vehicle burglaries and an auto theft in Arabi in the early morning hours of May 13.

At least one St. Bernard Parish narcotics deputy shot a 28-year-old New Orleans man on Tuesday afternoon in Arabi after the suspect attempted to escape by ramming his car into one deputy and nearly striking others, according to information obtained from sheriff's officials and neighbors.

St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputies shot a man this afternoon after he allegedly tried to hit several deputies with his vehicle, in Arabi the St.

ARABI, La. Deputies shot and wounded a suspect who tried to run them over following a drug raid at a Arabi home Tuesday afternoon, according to the St.

Still about three months from completion and at least four months until it opens for patients, the St.

Louisiana cooks the best food in the country, said Zac Caramonta. Why shouldn't we also be known for brewing the best beer? If all goes as planned, Caramonta will open Gnarly Barley brewery in Hammond by the start of next year.

Anna Olivier and Mary Ledbetter don't just work in the Stardusters beer booth at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell.