Metairie News

The annual Family Gras event right outside Lakeside Mall in Metairie wrapped up this evening, and luckily, festival goers say the show went on despite mother natures attempts to stop the fun.

On its 35th anniversary, thousands lined the streets as the Krewe of King Arthur's 28 floats rolled past.

The 76-year-old woman killed in a fatal accident Saturday night on Interstate 10 has been identified as Claire Lajaunie of Metairie, according to John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish coroner's office.

When Metairie resident Marilyn Reynolds climbs down the ladder from float No. 4 in the Krewe of Isis parade on Saturday, it will be the end of an era.

Given the recent controversy between Roland Martin and the gay rights group, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation , surrounding some statements and Tweet postings of Roland Martin during the recent Super Bowl game; in your opinion the response of GLAAD to Martins' statements is: B: a justifiable, vigorous and vocal objection to a national ... (more)

For those of you that live in the New Orleans area, be sure to come out and catch the Krewe of Caesar parade tonight on the traditional Metairie route.

Brother Gale Condit , vice principal of development at St. Paul's High School in Covington for the past 11 years, has been named president of Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie.

It's like a Carnival float in reverse. Arc Enterprises' new "Catch and Release" float doesn't throw beads and baubles to parade-goers: The decorated trailer provides a place for revelers to pitch their surplus beads and baubles at the end of the parade.

"So far, so good," said Allen when asked about his first Mardi Gras. " getting ready to get some big beads though." "My fiance is in the Army.

Shortly after arresting Ronald Ohlsson for robbing a neighborhood bar in Metairie, deputies said he apologized and blamed his heroin addiction in admitting he knocked off three lounges in East Jefferson in less than two weeks.

Dwayne Blair , 31, 1005 Central Ave., Westwego, was arrested Feb. 3 in the 4600 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie and booked with simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, simple burglary and possession of stolen property over $1,500. Raymond Heim , 55, 2012 Cartier Drive, LaPlace, was arrested Feb.

More cars and trucks on Jefferson Parish roads, the inevitable byproduct of widening Interstate 10 through Metairie and expanding the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River, formed a central theme among those who took the microphone at the Regional Transportation Management Center.

This week's "Lagniappe" takes a closer look at Family Gras in Metairie, the new venture by Papa Grows Funk and M Bistro's twist on local favorites.

It is carnival time in the city and this weekend there are many parades and fun things to do in and around the city.

With rain in Friday's parade forecast, a half dozen Krewes are hoping they won't have to reach for their umbrellas.

A 23-year-old Metairie man who is linked to three shootings, two of which were fatal, is facing carjacking, weapons and murder charges in a federal investigation that spans New Orleans and Jefferson Parish.

Sitting in front of a packed Jefferson Parish courtroom Thursday, Ryan Lassabe observed that no one appeared in support of the man convicted of killing and raping his mother, Sandra Adams, in Lafreniere Park six years ago.

Original Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli is back in his hometown this weekend to headline Tipitina's on Saturday, Feb.

Long-time priest HOUMA Services for long-time priest the Rev. Hubert Broussard will be Friday.

Anyone who knows her and has seen inside her home is certain of one thing: Debbie Sherman knows a thing or two about decorating.