Chalmette News

Louisiana senators Monday rewrote the state's $25 million operating budget for next year, rejecting the deep cuts pushed by House Republicans that the Jindal administration said would devastate health care services and public colleges.

Given our recent Katrina experiences, New Orleans people know all about welcoming back beloved neighborhood institutions that had to go dark for a while.

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Tommy Rigsby said he has spent every Memorial Day since 1982 at the ceremony in Chalmette.

Deep in the heart of the Louisiana's swamp lands, a cast and crew battled the elements in 1918 to produce the hit silent film "Tarzan of the Apes." Bossier City native Al Bohl said he overheard a Morgan City native talking about the film and, according to his website, how real monkeys and apes were used "to add realism to the silent motion ... (more)

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 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.

Tewan W. Leonard , 19, 414 Incarnate Word Drive, Kenner, was arrested May 16 in the 2800 block of Loyola Drive and booked with use of a firearm in connnection with controlled-dangerous substances/violence, felony carrying an illegal weapon, illegal possession of stolen firearms and marijuana possession.

Two dozen dancers ages 6 to 15 will grace the stage of the Chalmette High School Cultural Arts Center tonight during the New Orleans Ballet Association's 2012 Spring Performance.

Jane Wolfe's porch just off Audubon Park is as pleasant a place to spend an afternoon as anywhere around New Orleans.

Volunteers are sought to help prepare Chalmette National Cemetery for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

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.

The first time I met Amanda Hill, she told me about her dream jar. It was the only thing she salvaged from her grandmother's home after Hurricane Katrina.

More than 300 members of the Chalmette High School Class of 2012 will cross the stage of the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center in cap and gown this evening in the final act of their high school careers.

Denise and Evan Baumberger have volunteered their time at Our Lady of Prompt Succor's Tomato Festival since their two daughters were students at the Chalmette school in the late 1980s.

As Louisiana lawmakers wrestle with deep spending cuts proposed by the state house, the Jindal Administration is warning if the cuts are not reversed, some vital state services may fall victim to the budget ax.

CHALMETTE, La. - The popular Chalmette restaurant that burned down three months ago had hoped to reopen Tuesday but said it will be another couple of weeks.

The St. Bernard Parish Council this afternoon will hold public hearings on its millage, which it's expected to keep at its current rate, and on .

For many years Ricky Graham has been known as the clown prince of New Orleans. Quite clearly he has the ability to do it all - act, sing, dance, write, direct and produce.

National members of the United Steelworkers Union are in Baton Rouge for a Friday rally and series of meetings with its local members from the ExxonMobil chemical plant and refinery where there's dissension among the union's ranks and a dispute with the company.

Louisiana House members disagreed Thursday over whether they should use nearly $270 million in one-time money to piece together next year's budget or if they should more deeply cut public colleges and health care programs.