Gretna News

Shortly after arresting Ronald Ohlsson for robbing a neighborhood bar in Metairie, deputies said he apologized and blamed his heroin addiction in admitting he knocked off three lounges in East Jefferson in less than two weeks.

An investigation launched after a complaint to Crimestoppers Inc. led to the arrest on an Old Jefferson man on drug charges Thursday.

Dwayne Blair , 31, 1005 Central Ave., Westwego, was arrested Feb. 3 in the 4600 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie and booked with simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, simple burglary and possession of stolen property over $1,500. Raymond Heim , 55, 2012 Cartier Drive, LaPlace, was arrested Feb.

SUSAN POAG / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Judge John Molaison, Jr. , chief judge of the 24th Juicial District CourtThursday, February 9,2012 was among several judges who spoke in support of keeping open the Gretna Finance Station post office in downtown Gretna during a meeting at Gretna City Hall to obtain comment on the proposed closing of the Gretna ... (more)

A Norco man in prison for killing a Kenner woman in 1995 was denied parole Wednesday.

A substitute teacher has been arrested after he slammed a textbook and kicked a chair injuring a student at Shirley Johnson-Gretna Park Elementary School on Tuesday.

City leaders are sending a message to the U.S. Postal Service after learning that the downtown post office could be shut down.

St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said enforcing the parish's ban on fireworks during the July 4th and New Year's holidays "would take the National Guard" to be successful.

Jamal Taylor , 25, of 7841 Heather Drive, Avondale, was arrested Jan. 9 in the 200 block of Derbigny Street and booked with aggravated second-degree battery, illegal use of a weapon, aggravated criminal damage to property and aggravated cruelty to animals.

St. Charle s Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne has released the following information.

Carnival gets underway on the West Bank this weekend as the parades return to their longtime Algiers-Terrytown route.

Motorists looking to avoid congestion at the intersection of Stumpf Boulevard and the West Bank Expressway in Gretna will no longer be able to use the Franklin Avenue cut-through after the city closed the street Friday.

A New Orleans man suspected of killing a teenager from a rival neighborhood gang pleaded guilty Friday in exchange for an 18-year sentence.

Metairie grandmother Sandra Adams died within five minutes of being struck by a Ford Expedition, and she could have been sexually assaulted after her death, a forensic pathologist for defendant Edmundo Cerda-Anima testified today.

Robert Fulton won unanimous approval to become finance chief for Jefferson Parish public schools at a School Board meeting Wednesday, where he received praise from Acting Superintendent James Meza and questioning about his credentials from board member Ray St.

Edmundo Cerda-Anima admitted he hit Metairie grandmother Sandra Adams with his vehicle in Lafreniere Park then drove her to a canal bank and sexually penetrated her with his fingers.

When the Mistick Krewe of Comus first took to the streets on Fat Tuesday in 1857, members appeared in the glow of flambeaux, hand-held torches that lit up the New Orleans night.

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A Metairie man was booked with attempted murder after his mother told Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies that he tried to kill her Tuesday, allegedly for the second time in less than a year.

A vehicle running into her from behind left Allesandra "Sandra" Adams a quadriplegic who would live no longer than half an hour, but her injuries also indicate that she was sexually assaulted while she was still alive, a forensic pathologist testified Wednesday.