Jean Lafitte News

A California bank this week took possession of the island's long-neglected historic Jean Lafitte Hotel after its owner defaulted on a $10.8 million loan.

The land excursion for the "Mister Jug" crew, after 12 hours of fighting the seas, quickly became a battle with water once again.

Except for a few low-lying areas, the Town of Jean Lafitte escaped major flooding from Hurricane Gustav's storm surge.

Enter at your own risk, New Orleans. That was the message from Mayor Ray Nagin, who gave residents the go-ahead to return to the Crescent City on Wednesday night at midnight, but with several warnings _ many ...

The town of Jean Lafitte is at risk of flooding this evening as storm surges from the Gulf of Mexico continue to push into Bayou Barataria and threaten overtopping the banks.

Still facing a high tide that will exacerbate Gustav's surge, authorities in the town of Jean Lafitte are rushing this afternoon to plug low spots along Bayou Barataria, whose waters are getting increasingly ...

Just off Privateer Boulevard in the hamlet of Jean Lafitte, Ronald Dufrene and a small crew of shrimpers are bedding down for Hurricane Gustav in the safest place they know: the cockpit of the hulking trawler ...

DESPERATE to avoid a repeat of the Katrina catastrophe in 2005, New Orleans prepared to begin mandatory evacuations today as another deadly hurricane, Gustav, bore down on the city.

A voluntary evacuation for Grand Isle began Friday afternoon at 4. Voluntary evacuation for Jean Lafitte, Crown Point, Barataria and area outside the levee protection system will begin Saturday at noon.

Jefferson Parish is urging residents to limit the items they place at the curb on Friday and Saturday to household garbage and trash.

An advisory committee today gave top billing to a Slidell company to haul garbage from Jefferson Parish curbsides beginning next year.

LSU AgCenter will be conducting a three part diabetes educational series beginning at 2 p.m. Aug.

Repairs to a dilapidated drawbridge near Jean Lafitte will begin Sunday night, and the work will put a crimp in the late-night travel plans of Barataria residents.

Opelousas-Eunice Public Library Performing Arts Series offers its last free performances for all ages at 10 a.m. today at the Liberty Theatre.

Just after sunrise, the bleary-eyed shrimpers motored into Salt Bayou one after another, ending another night of trawling the mud bottoms in this far-off edge of Lake Pontchartrain.

The town of Jean Lafitte is getting another boost to its flood protection as officials prepare to construct about two miles of concrete floodwalls along Bayou Barataria.

Continuing a recent trend, the town of Jean Lafitte's 2008-09 budget is stuffed with nearly $12 million in capital improvements, paid for through a combination of federal, state and local money.

' The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded to a small business in Kenner an $8 million contract to enlarge a West Bank levee.

Opelousas, LA- Planning is now beginning for the newly designated Atchafalaya National Heritage Area and your input is needed! As St.

Jefferson Parish residents are expected to get a first look today at the competing plans to take on the massive garbage hauling duties in unincorporated Jefferson and the Town of Jean Lafitte.