Marrero News

A Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted a Marrero man Thursday in the death of his 3-month-old daughter, who died from what authorities say was "shaken baby syndrome." Raymond Riego Jr.

The Friends of Dag's House, the Louisiana Boxer Rescue and the Gulf South Doberman Rescue groups will sponsor a dog wash June 10.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a Marrero man after authorities say he told two different stories about an alleged robbery.

For nearly a year now, they've been consumed by the possible scenarios and what-ifs, as their relentless search for answers continues.

The Justice Department has yet to decide whether it will pursue a death sentence for Cyrus Casby, who as a Marrero teen-ager was accused in the deaths of four people, including his 19-month-old daughter, in a Harvey apartment.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for Archie Jefferson, the brother of imprisoned former U.S. Rep.

A Marrero man wanted for heroin distribution in Gretna was arrested in Arkansas on Monday after a shootout with bounty hunters in a strip mall parking lot.

Three men awaiting trials in unrelated homicides were charged by a Jefferson Parish grand jury Thursday in new indictments, accused in two cases of committing additional crimes.

An Algiers man with a felonious background was convicted Thursday of a firearms charge, after he was caught atttending funeral services at a Marrero church last year armed with a stolen Ruger semiautomatic pistol, its extended magazine fully loaded with 9mm bullets and another bullet in the chamber.

The idea of a wing tailored to arts instruction at Lincoln Elementary School for the Arts in Marrero made it into the original bids to rebuild the school, got dropped by the Jefferson Parish School Board last year over cost concerns, was revived by School Board members aiming to redesign the wing and lower costs but on Wednesday failed again to win ... (more)

The chief executive officer of the Algiers Charter Schools Association , Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, will leave her post when her contract expires in June.

Quoting scripture and expressing her family's lingering pain, Karen Green looked across a Jefferson Parish courtroom Friday to the man convicted of killing her father on Easter Sunday in 2008.

Students at Lionel Collins Montessori School in Marrero added a bit of color and whimsy to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival with hand-painted banners that hung in the children's area.

On the last day of school before spring break, Waggaman Alternative School students were given an opportunity to participate in a special day of fun - "Spring Fling." The activities included an on-site van equipped with video games both inside and out, a face-painting booth and a mobile sports center where students could practice their football, ... (more)

Students are invited to sign up for the Jefferson Parish public school system's upcoming driver-education session.

It's great to wake up during Jazz Fest days and not have to worry about the weather.

A Jefferson Parish jury has convicted a man of killing another man in Marrero. Samuel Jones , 42, is scheduled to be sentenced to mandatory life in prison on Friday for his conviction of second-degree murder and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A string of violent crime in New Orleans has some families searching for their own personal protection.

In March they held a sweeping raid where they cited eight stores for selling it and arrested eight people they believed were making the material.