Marrero News

Workers in Gretna have the go-ahead to start construction on a new $1.75 million facility to house a nonprofit organization that works with the disabled.

For the casual observer, a peek into the classroom of Brittany Tucker and Chris Kamenstein might raise eyebrows.

A Jefferson Parish jury rejected a Harvey man's claim of self-defense and convicted him Thursday of second-degree murder in the death of a Marrero man who was shot 17 times during an argument five years ago as Hurricane Ivan bore down on the region.

Deputies say that a double shooting in Marrero late Tuesday night claimed the life of one of the victims, a 18-year-old woman.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting that claimed the life of a woman and wounded a man.

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies are investigation a shooting in Marrero that left a woman dead and a man wounded.

A 19-year-old woman was killed and a 20-year-old man was injured late Tuesday night in a shooting in Marrero.

A stretch of vacant land just south of the West Bank Expressway has been identified as a preferred site for Academy of Our Lady's new $30 million campus in Marrero.

A Marrero teenager was arrested Monday after authorities said he brought a handgun to L.W. Higgins High School in Marrero.

A Gretna woman was killed while walking down the street last week and her family is still trying to get information on exactly what led to her death.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans this week urged clergy and parishioners in its 100 or so parishes to use "reasonable caution" at worship to slow the potential spread of swine flu in church.

Louisiana residents had mixed reactions about former Congressman William Jefferson's 13-year sentence handed down Friday in federal court in Virginia.

MARRERO, La. A Crimestoppers tip led to the arrest of a murder suspect Thursday in Marrero, according to JPSO spokesman Col.

"A nation that forgets its history loses its identity and a nation that forgets its hero's renounces its honor"-- Archbishop Philip Hannan, New Orleans, WWII veteran At 4:30 a.m. the Louis Armstrong Airport in New Orleans was lumbering to start a new day.

I'm sure you are just as excited as I am about the Saints great 7-0 start! We will continue to work hard at practice and in our classrooms each and every day to make sure that we continue this success.

One of the last FEMA trailers in Jefferson Parish, sitting in Wally Gordon's backyard in Marrero, has been in place so long that new construction around it is blocking its removal.

A sign warns motorists of stop-light cameras as traffic lines up at Clearview Parkway and Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie.

For most of us, high school graduation is a happy time, but what if your diploma wasn't worth what you thought? The WDSU Problem Solvers have been getting complaints from students who say that's exactly what they've discovered.

A Harvey man who says he was wrongly beaten by Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies during a traffic stop in Marrero pleaded innocent Tuesday to a charge of resisting arrest by force.

After getting a tip, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies and agents from the U.S. Marshal's Office arrested a Marrero man for an April murder, according to JP spokesman Col.