Metairie News

Kristen Leigh Hillburn of Metairie is the 2013 valedictorian of Archbishop Chapelle High School.

Mt. Carmel Academy in New Orleans presented diplomas to 226 students during commencement ceremonies May 20 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner.

The Al Copeland memorial, a tribute to the flamboyant businessman who died in 2010, is planned for Lafreniere Park in Metairie.

The sponsor of a House-passed bill that would delay the impact of Louisiana's new teacher evaluations said Thursday action on his proposal is being unfairly delayed in a state Senate committee, as the session nears its June 6 adjournment.

The Academy of the Sacred Heart held its 126th graduation ceremony recently. Brooke A. Bourgeois of Metairie is the salutatorian of the Class of 2013.

A pickup and box trailer jackknifed and the trailer rolled over on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway on Thursday morning, forcing the closure of the southbound span.

Reynaldo Garcia, 23, of Metairie, was indicted Thursday by a Jefferson Parish grand jury, with the aggravated rape of a 12-year-old girl.

Theresa Wood, 20, was booked with aggravated battery for allegedly pouring boiling water on her boyfriend's back.

The Jefferson Parish Charter Advisory Board plans to hold its final hearing Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Joe S. Yenni Building, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., in Elmwood.

Louis Prima Jr., right, and singer Sarah Spiegel bring their act to the Max Lounge in Metairie on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013.

New Orleans Domino's Pizza franchise owner, and president of RPM Pizza, Glenn Mueller has debuted a Domino's Pizza store location in New Orleans featuring a brand new Domino's retail store design.

Formosan termites swarm around a streetlight in the 6500 block of Hastings Street in Metairie on Wednesday night.

Louisiana's judges would get steady pay raises over the next five years under legislation approved late Wednesday by the Louisiana Senate.

Authorities have tied Jackie Williams, 49, to a string of car dealership burglaries in Kenner, Metairie and Harvey.

After a group of local environmental groups filed suit challenging a recent vote to halt a new statewide energy-efficiency program without public comment, the Louisiana Public Service Commission plans to revisit the issue next month.

The Marlborough region on the tip of New Zealand's south island possesses ideal conditions for sauvignon blanc.

Long-time vet METAIRIE - Services for long-time vet Dr. Thomas Melius, Jr. will be Thursday.

NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM for the Sisters of Mount Carmel include, from left, Sisters Paula Derise, Kathy Farrelly, Lawrence Habetz , Mary Ellen Wheelahan, and Sheila Undang .

Since the money was discovered stolen, the school board has made steps to address the problems, but parents said these are issues that shouldn't happen at all.

In the idealistic educational strategy that Salman Khan spelled out Monday evening to an enthralled audience at the University of New Orleans , students learn at their own pace from the thousands of YouTube videos his enterprise has turned out for a worldwide audience on everything from art history to organic chemistry to differential calculus.