Marrero News

DeJean Turner, 25, of Marrero, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday for participating in an April 2009 armed robbery that left Leonel Rodriguez dead in Terrytown.

Devin Gallina, left, Enrique Rayon, Dustyn Plaisance and John Giambelluca were arrested Friday after 61 pounds of marijuana was seized during a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office drug investigation.

Peter Nguyen of Harvey is valedictorian of Thomas Jefferson High School in Gretna.

Kathy Q. Le, daughter of Ket and Hang Le of Marrero, is valedictorian of the Academy of Our Lady Class of 2013.

Stephen Crawford first set foot in a classroom at the age of 8, shortly after his physically and emotionally abusive father punched him in the face and kicked him out of a car in the middle of a Metairie neighborhood.

On May 4, just before the first pitch was thrown out to mark the start of the 2013 baseball season in Waggaman, there was a dedication ceremony to formally rename Waggaman Playground after Glenn Camardelle, who served as the playground supervisor and coach.

Dwayne Magee, 21, of New Orleans, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for killing Kevin Jackson during a drive-by shooting in Marrero last year.

A 56-year-old crewman was medevaced from a tug and barge about 125 miles south of Southwest Pass in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday by a Coast Guard air crew.

Cyrus Casby, then 19, is escorted in 2004 by Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Detective Jeffrey Rodrigue, left, and Lt.

The FBI and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office have arrested Ronald Leach in the robbery of the Capital One bank branch on West Bank Expressway in Marrero on Tuesday.

Louisiana State University students Tuesday celebrated their first-ever Lavender Graduation, honoring accomplishments of LSU's lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, queer and questioning population and their supporters.

A man robbed a Marrero Capital One Bank Tuesday morning. The FBI said it believes the robber is the same person who robbed another Capital One branch in Gretna in April .

It's estimated that tens of thousands of people die from healthcare associated illnesses every year in the United States.

A 28-year-old man who admitted he played a role in the slayings of two men in eastern New Orleans in 2007 must spend 17 years in prison, a federal judge recently decided.

Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week.

From lap dogs to big playful dogs, pretty kitties and playful pups, the animal shelters on the West Bank and in East Jefferson Parish have all sorts of dogs and cats looking for good homes.

An urban and small stream flood advisory is in effect until 2:30 p.m. for the area marked in black.

Evelyn Whitney Singleton, 71, a native of Westwego and resident of Morgan City, died Sunday at Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City.

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for two men accused of beating a man with a baseball bat, and have only their nicknames to go by.

Applications can be picked up from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Marrero Community/Senior Center, 1861 Ames Blvd., and Friday at Jean Lafitte Town Hall, 2654 Jean Lafitte Blvd., Lafitte.