Harvey News

A minivan packed with children blew a tire, clipped a delivery truck and rolled on a Louisiana interstate Saturday, killing five people and critically injuring another 10, state police said.

Oakwood Center isn't far from Ricky Bryant's Gretna home. But it didn't stop him from getting a 4:30 a.m. start on the busiest shopping day of the holiday season thanks to his sister.

Although the hurricane season ends at the end of month, residents in Westwego are already preparing for next year's storm season.

A handful of school librarians across the country are opening packages from Lerner Publishing to find an enclosed book from Elaine Landau's Best Dogs Ever series dedicated to them.

Repairs are continuing on the Lapalco Bridge over the Harvey Canal after a barge struck the span, Jefferson Parish officials announced.

William Patterson of Terrytown never denied killing Tyronne Temple more than four years ago.

HARVEY, La. A man shot in Harvey during a drug deal gone bad died at University Hospital Thursday, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Col.

A Jefferson Parish jury rejected a Harvey man's claim of self-defense and convicted him Thursday of second-degree murder in the death of a Marrero man who was shot 17 times during an argument five years ago as Hurricane Ivan bore down on the region.

Authorities say a 45-year-old Luling woman is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from two Harvey car dealerships.

A Harvey man has been booked with attempted kidnapping after authorities said he tried to abduct an elderly man he cared for as a home health aide.

Jefferson Parish officials closed the Lapalco Boulevard bridge to car traffic indefinitely after a crane barge trying to leave the Harvey Canal slammed into one of the bridge's pilings early Tuesday.

Problems encountered during Tropical Storm Ida have prompted the Coast Guard to reconsider new rules designed to protect neighborhoods during inclement weather.

Mr. Dawson, a physician and member of the state Board of Medical Examiners, possesses the education, professional resume and perspective needed to represent this district.

With three property taxes set to expire at the end of the year, Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No.

A barge carrying a crane struck the Lapalco Bridge early Tuesday morning, forcing the bridge's closure, according to Jefferson Parish officials.

A 19-year-old West Bank man was shot to death Sunday evening, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT schools and the central office will be closed. Langston Hughes Academy, a charter school supervised by the RSD, is open and will dismiss at 2 p.m. Operations and security personnel will report to the district's Welcome School at 2239 Poydras Ave.

Members of the Patriot Guard Riders, a national organization of 170,000 members, salute the casket of Army Pfc.

Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted a Harvey man with second-degree murder Thursday, in the death of a man gunned down in a home's back yard.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand today announced the arrest of a Second District Patrol Division officer on a rape charge.