Avondale News

A close game early got out of hand late for Gila Ridge in a 59-49 loss to Avondale-La Joya.

The 15 unions at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to extend their work contract by two years.

Slidell Police are looking for two runaways from the Slidell area. The first is 14-year-old Geornerika Washington; she is a black female and is described as being 5'4" and 130 lbs.

A 14-year-old girl, her 1-week-old baby and their 16-year-old cousin went missing Sunday, but they were returned to their families Wednesday afternoon.

NEW ORLEANS Slidell police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who allegedly ran away from her home with her newborn daughter and her teenage cousin.

Two people died in separate traffic crashes Tuesday on the west bank of Jefferson Parish.

DONNA WHITE, age 46, a resident of Avondale, Louisiana, and DANIEL KINNEY, age 44, a resident of Whitesville, Kentucky, were charged in a one-count bill of information with mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

A 35-year-old man was shot to death early Saturday just blocks from his home in Avondale, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

A 700-foot oil tanker from the James River Reserve Fleet broke free of its moorings Friday morning and ended up a half-mile downstream.

An Avondale woman and her sister's boyfriend were indicted in federal court Monday in connection with the embezzlement of nearly $13 million from a Gretna fuel company.

At Pier 88, along the Hudson River in New York City, the Navy's newest vessel officially entered the fleet, during Saturday's commissioning ceremony of the USS New York.

USS New York passing Ellis Island. Image i'mjustsayin . The USS New York, with eight tons of steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center forged into its hull, pulled into New York this morning.

Just as Louisianians did a few weeks back, New York residents are getting a close-up look at the new Navy warship U.S.S. New York.

AP A Navy assault ship built with steel from the fallen World Trade Center and named in honor of the city and state that were home to the twin towers is making its inaugural visit there.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Navy assault ship USS New York sails through the Mississippi River Tuesday, Oct.

We told you in August about the Monroe company that earned the federal contract to supply the USS New York with fresh fruits and vegetables while it was docked in Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans.

Many New Yorkers profess ignorance. Is it a cruise ship? What do we need it for? Will it be a target? In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit New York transits the Mississippi River, after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, October 13, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Geri Cavaretta of Madisonville, La., listens to the National Anthem before watching the USS New York sail down the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday.

The USS New York, billed as America's newest warship, was crafted with 7.5 tons of steel taken from the Twin Towers following the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001. The steel was welded into the ship's bow and will be arriving in New York for an official commissioning ceremony on November 7, 2009.

The USS New York?

Many New Yorkers profess ignorance. Is it a cruise ship? What do we need it for? Will it be a target?

Those are just some of the questions a handful of New Yorkers asked about the Navy warship which was launched Tuesday at Northrup Grumman's shipyard in Avondale, La.

The amphibious assault vessel was built with 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The ship, which can carry up to 800 Marines, is on its way to New York where it will be formally commissioned in early November.