Laplace News

The right lane of Interstate 55 south in St. John the Baptist Parish will be closed through Wednesday, state Transportation and Development officials said.

A man accused of killing his girlfriend's grandfather in a Bucktown apartment and, with her help, driving the body to West Virginia nearly five years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's detectives are investigating three incidents involving three girls who have told authorities they were accosted near a school bus stop, and school officials say they are reviewing where buses drop students off.

A St. John the Baptist Parish school bus carrying six students was struck from behind Friday by a car driven by a teacher.

ST. JOHN, La. -- The I-55 North and Southbound Ruddock Exit Ramps are closed due to high water and debris in the roadway caused by Tropical Storm Ida, according to Department of Transportation.

A 42-year-old LaPlace man was sentenced to five years in prison in connection with the fatal shooting of his longtime friend.

Fourth-grade students at Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School raise their hands to answer math questions Thursday.

In debutante circles and at the Southern Yacht Club, Mrs. Thomas Airey Parker II and Mrs.

Police arrested a Montz man in connection with an accidental shooting that left a Laplace man dead, according to Kenner PD spokesman detective Brian McGregor.

St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputies booked a Reserve man with aggravated burglary after a home invasion, where authorities say he hit another man several times with a claw hammer.

Authorities arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with a Monday night homicide, where the 19-year-old victim was found lying against a car in the middle of a LaPlace street, St.

After a new round of inspections, a dozen day care centers in Louisiana have had their licenses revoked, and two of them are in the New Orleans area.

The state social service agency Tuesday announced closure of a dozen child-care centers throughout the state that posed safety risks to children.

The charter and recreational fishing communities are still in an uproar over the sudden announcement last week by the NOAA Fisheries Service that the recreational quota of 1.368 million pounds on amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico had been reached -- after which it closed sport fishing last Sunday.

As officials continue to examine how to clean a malfunctioning $3.3 million water filtering system, St.

A LaPlace woman pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to defrauding the American Red Cross of $17,045 in hurricane disaster assistance in 2005.

Louisiana's attorney general and local district attorneys have urged storm victims who feel contractors have cheated them to file complaints with their offices.

The Westwego City Council and Mayor John Shaddinger are once again wrangling about who has which powers in the city and this time they've decided to get the Louisiana attorney general involved.

Proposed cap and trade laws to stem the production of greenhouse gases will have an outsized effect on industrial manufacturers in the River Parishes, economist Loren Scott told an economic development forum on Monday.

LaPlace Oaks resident Lyndell Wilson takes a walk Tuesday with her nephew, Mekhi Joseph.