Harvey News

Stephen Crawford first set foot in a classroom at the age of 8, shortly after his physically and emotionally abusive father punched him in the face and kicked him out of a car in the middle of a Metairie neighborhood.

Rachel Variste, left, and Jessica Honore, were arrested for allegedly stabbing other women in two separate incidents in Harvey.

Cyrus Casby, then 19, is escorted in 2004 by Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Detective Jeffrey Rodrigue, left, and Lt.

The Jefferson Parish Council will consider Wednesday a special district that could make infrastructure improvements to Manhattan Boulevard.

Loyola University New Orleans honored four graduating students with its highest honor, the Ignatian Awards for Outstanding Senior and Graduate Students.

Nakeith Sparkman, left, was convicted of second-degree murder by a Jefferson Parish jury Thursday night.

Fisher High students and their teachers for a Southeastern Louisiana University English 101 dual enrollment class dressed for career day, depicting themselves as an artist, a trawler, a "Men in Black" operative, a dirt bike racer, a retiree, a body builder and a college student, Several Fisher High seniors have not yet graduated, but already have ... (more)

The search for Terrilynn Monette continued Monday as two local towing companies and a diver worked to pull several vehicles from Bayou St.

Opponents of tolls on the Crescent City Connection were able to build on momentum after a judge called for a new election.

You can't tell by looking at her, but as a baby, 6-year-old Rain came close to dying of congestive... Adam Levine performs with Maroon 5 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 3, 2013.

Calling it another step toward improving the quality of life on the West Bank, Jefferson Parish officials have broken ground on project designed to fix streets flooded by Hurricane Katrina.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for New Orleans and northern Jefferson Parish, including Timberlane, Metairie, Marrero, Harvey and Avondale, until 5 p.m. Thursday.

Evelyn Whitney Singleton, 71, a native of Westwego and a resident of Morgan City, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 9:10 p.m., at Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City.

None of it's missing. It's all been accounted for. That's the bottom line." - Mayor Johnny Shaddinger, of $11,000 in donated money.

The Jefferson Parish School Board will be convening in a special session on Tuesday, April 30 to approve their support or opposition for a number of legislative bills.

The Jefferson Parish Council will consider a resolution to ask the Legislature to fund the West Bank Major Crimes Task Force, comprised of several law enforcement agencies., including the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and Gretna Police Department.

There was not one dull moment during this year's Jefferson Parish Department of Parks and Recreation 2013 Spring Prom for the disabled population.

Police investigated a shooting near the intersection of Mandeville Street and Industry Street in Gentilly that left an unidentified man wounded.

Frankie Hookfin Jr., left, Davante Robertson, Charlie Gumms and Lashawn Davis were arrested and booked in connection with a quintuple shooting that occurred in Harvey on Monday, April 22, 2013.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until 12:30 p.m. for northern Jefferson Parish and New Orleans, including Timberlane, Metairie, Marrero, Kenner, Harvey, and Avondale.