Terrytown News

Under Oakwood : Hired low bidder The Three C's Properties Inc. for $1.5 million to improve subsurface drainage around the Oakwood Canal in Terrytown .

Hundreds of parents and students are trying to figure out what's next for their children after the Jefferson Parish school board voted to close seven schools, including five on the West Bank.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a second suspect in connection with the armed robbery of a man and woman in Terrytown late last month.

A Harvey man convicted last week of killing United Cabs driver William "Billy" Kerner IV is scheduled this morning to be sent to prison for the rest of his life.

The Terrytown Civic Association recently hosted its monthly meeting that included a presentation by former Terrytown resident and local electrician E.J. Deubler.

Denise and Evan Baumberger have volunteered their time at Our Lady of Prompt Succor's Tomato Festival since their two daughters were students at the Chalmette school in the late 1980s.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a Harvey man accused of robbing a couple last month, but they are still searching for his accomplices in the crime.

The Jefferson Parish Animal Shelters will temporarily close its doors Thursday to hold evacuation drills.

Shortly before 9 p.m. Monday, about 14,000 customers in Algiers and Terrytown lost electrical power after an Entergy substation caught fire , said Philip Allison, an Entergy New Orleans spokesman.

A Jefferson Parish jury has started deliberating on whether Jamario Alexander of Harvey killed United Cabs driver William "Billy" Kerner IV.

Almost a year after veteran cabdriver William "Billy" Kerner IV was gunned down by his passenger on a residential Terrytown street, the trial for the man accused of firing the fatal shots is scheduled to start this morning in a Jefferson Parish courtroom.