Harvey News

Worried about the spread of blight and the loss of a link to their neighborhood's history, residents around St.

HARVEY, La. -- Behind this Harvey daycare center is a leaning utility pole. Get closer, and see that a large chunk of the pole has split and come free.

Thomas Liv McKenzie , 18, 3400 Kent Ave., Metairie, was arrested Feb. 1 at the Kenner jail and booked with illegal possession of stolen firearms.

Two high-profile Jefferson Parish school system construction projects encountered hiccups recently, but officials said work is proceeding without interruption.

Described by federal authorities as the driving force behind much of the violence and narcotics in a West Bank community, the Harvey Hustlers and their enforcement arm, the Murder Squad, ran a criminal enterprise that showed no mercy in defending its turf or retaliating against debtors or witnesses to its operations.

An official with a Harvey volunteer fire department has been arrested on a theft charge in connection with the use of taxpayer money.

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A dozen men have been indicted on federal racketeering charges linked to a West Bank drug trafficking ring called the "Harvey Hustlers" and its enforcement arm, the "Murder Squad," which allegedly committed kidnappings and at least one murder.

Grass cutting: Gave H&O Investments a three-year contract capped at $2.5 million to cut the grass on parish medians and thoroughfares.

A teenager carrying a handgun and wearing body armor was apprehended at this year's Martin Luther King parade on the West Bank, in an event that periodically had been marked by violence, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

Giovanni Brown was 16 when he and another teen forced their way into a home in an upscale Harvey subdivision in 1999, armed with pistols and intent on mayhem.

A Metairie man has been arrested for allegedly masturbating in front of an 8-year-old girl on her way to school.

In a rare display of muscle, the state's contractor licensing board revoked the licenses Thursday of two firms that have been at the center of controversy in Louisiana's beleaguered home-elevation grant program.

Jefferson Parish public school officials tonight unveiled a list of five schools and one central office site they are flagging for possible closure after applying a formula that factors in academic performance and enrollment trends.