Terrytown News

Jefferson Parish sheriff's investigators have arrested five men and are looking for a sixth in connection with a series of armed robberies of Hispanics in the Monterey Court area of Terrytown.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office today released details of a murder investigation that led them to an armed robbery ring which targeted Hispanics in Terrytown.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. to discuss recent arrests in several armed robberies and a fatal shooting involving Hispanic workers on a single street in ...

A New Orleans area lawmaker who suggested the state should consider paying poor women to undergo sterilization as a way to shrink welfare rolls was stripped Monday of his position as vice chairman of the House ...

A proposal by the state health secretary to fill in an $81 million deficit in the Medicaid program remains stalled after lawmakers Friday again refused to approve the plan to balance the budget.

State Rep. Frank Hoffmann said he will seek a leadership position on the House Education Committee following the resignation of its chairman.

CAMERON - What was to be a leisurely fishing trip turned into a frantic recovery mission for a Leesville man.

Three West Bank residents and a Lafourche Parish man were arrested Wednesday in connection with a burglary at a Terrytown bank that netted them roughly $355,000. Christopher Lee, 27, of 3717 Silver Maple Lane, ...

A suburban New Orleans legislator has proposed revisiting an idea from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke: paying poor women to undergo sterilization as a way to shrink welfare rolls and government costs.

Hurricane Gustav might have temporarily rattled Terrytown Elementary, but when the school reopened Monday after a week-long hiatus, all signs of the storm were subtle at best.

Officials have released the following... Jefferson Parish will begin its Publicly Assisted Evacuation Plan on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8 a.m. for those residents who need assistance to evacuate the parish.

The biggest concern about Tropical Storm Fay on Friday night was where the storm's rain was going to fall and if it could lead to flooding, parish officials said.

A 23-year-old man's attempt to show his girlfriend a pistol ended in tragedy Monday night when the gun fired, killing her, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

The Downtown Economic Development District of Monroe is seeking letters of support to apply for the Louisiana Main Street Program.

SUSAN POAG/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE A firefighter sprays down the roof near the corner of a house as David Crockett Fire Company , Harvey and Terrytown firefighters helped fight a house fire at 2 Willow Drive in ...

A New Orleans man has been booked as an accomplice in a fatal beating in Terrytown in May, the second arrest in the incident.

Several West Bank fire departments will participate in a training session Saturday when they burn the old Plantation Golf Course Club House in Terrytown.

A Terrytown man was indicted on his eighteenth birthday Thursday in the rape of a child.

The House has agreed with the Senate that a veto session is unnecessary, House officials reported Tuesday.

The House has agreed with the Senate that a veto session is unnecessary, House officials reported Tuesday.