Gretna News

Members of the public are invited to the Gretna City Park Observatory on Tuesday afternoon to watch a transit of the planet Venus, among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena.

An attorney for a Bridge City man accused of killing the sole witness to a murder wants the indictment tossed out on technical grounds, alleging that prosecutors improperly charged him, court records show.

John McDonogh Day was celebrated for the 122nd time at McDonogh Cemetery, with Demetria Aultman-Hamilton, principal of McDonogh 26 Elementary, introducing Mayor Ronnie C. Harris, who acted as master of ceremonies.

By the time he was arrested two years ago hiding in a backyard shed in Metairie, Ronald Ohlsson of Gretna already had five burglary convictions and one for selling marijuana dating to the late 1970s.

A Gretna man serving a 100-year sentence stemming from his shooting a miniature golf course owner during an armed robbery in 1994 will appear in a 24th Judicial District courtroom in Jefferson Parish today in his quest for a new trial.

The Louisiana Senate has signed off on a new redistricting plan for the 24th Judicial District Court based in Gretna and sent it along to Gov.

While most campuses began their summer pause on Wednesday and Thursday in Jefferson Parish public schools , seven locations experienced a halt in their annual rhythm.

Authorities have arrested an Old Metairie man who they say lied about being robbed at gunpoint to cover his beating at the hands of drug dealers.

The Senate has signed off on a new redistricting plan for the Gretna-based 24th Judicial District Court and sent it along to Gov.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for Archie Jefferson , the brother of ex-U.S. Rep.

A Marrero man wanted for heroin distribution in Gretna was arrested in Arkansas on Monday after a shootout with bounty hunters in a strip mall parking lot.

Today is the end of the 2011-12 term for elementary school students in the Jefferson Parish public system .

The owner of a Metairie massage parlor and one of her masseuses were arrested after the employee exposed her breasts and offered to masturbate an undercover officer, arrest reports said.

The Gretna City Council will hold a special meeting tonight to discuss the emergency demolition of a home in the Garden Park Estates subdivision.

It was standing room only at Kate Middleton Elementary School in Gretna on Monday as proud family members gathered to watch their graduates.

Four metro area high schools have made a Newsweek list of 1,000 top public high schools in the nation.

HARVEY, La. - Songs that filled the school cafeteria during kindergarten graduation would have otherwise brought happy tears from proud parents, but the tears at Friday's ceremony were because Homedale Elementary is closing its doors in Harvey.

Byron Ross , 24, allegedly shot Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detective Solomon Burke on June 23, 2010, while Burke and other deputies went to the LaBella Motel on Jefferson Highway to serve a search warrant on Ross' room.

The Crawfish Cook-off will be Saturday at Mel Ott Park, with jambalaya available for those who don't want to eat crawfish.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a Harvey man accused of robbing a couple last month, but they are still searching for his accomplices in the crime.