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New Orleans ranked as the most popular destination for the July Fourth holiday weekend on priceline.com's annual survey of the top 50 destinations.

St. Bernard Parish will break ceremonial ground Tuesday on an expanded and improved facility for homeless animals.

A 72-year-old man from Picayune, Miss., has pleaded guilty to defrauding Louisiana's Road Home program, set up to help residents recover after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

ST. BERNARD, La. - A toddler drowned at a pool in St. Bernard, according to St. Bernard Sheriff's spokesman Steve Cannizaro.

Officials from the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating two separate boat crashes in St.

An early-morning ground-breaking in St. Bernard Parish today ushers in a busy couple of days of kicking off Hurricane Katrina reconstruction projects.

St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro is hosting three ground breakings this week, and another five next week.

A 32-year-old Chalmette man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Violet. State police say Adam Eugene died shortly before noon Sunday when his motorcycle hit the curb and went off Louisiana Highway 39 in St.

A 32-year-old Chalmette man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Violet. State police say Adam Eugene died shortly before noon Sunday when his motorcycle hit the curb and went off La.

With a program heavy on sentiment and statistics, St. Bernard Parish officials and leaders of Habitat for Humanity celebrated the "decommissioning'' of a huge volunteer camp Thursday.

One day after WDSU NewsChannel 6 shared neighbors' complaints of someone dumping sewage in St.

Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: May 28, 2009: Daniel L. Callais, age 29 of 2117 General Pershing Violet, LA Was arrested on an Outstanding Attachment for Failure to Appear at Slidell City Court Larry L. Moore Jr.

St. Bernard Parish residents said someone has been dumping sewerage in their neighborhood and their complaints to the parish have gone unreturned.

A St. Bernard Parish man who was robbed of $3,600 as he tried to buy marijuana returned to the area later to confront the robbers and was shot in the leg, authorities said.

A St. Bernard Parish man who was robbed of $3,600 as he tried to buy marijuana returned to the area later to confront the robbers and was shot in the leg, authorities said.

Local filmmaker Matt Faust accepts his award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Amateur filmmaker Matt Faust's poignant experimental essay "Home" clocks in at less than six minutes, but in the world of short films, it's becoming something of a big deal.

A church group who traveled to Louisiana a year ago to build new homes for Hurricane Katrina victims is going back to fix up existing homes still in need of repair.

Cat killer suspect arrested in Violet as owner mourns $3,500 feline by Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune Friday May 01, 2009, 9:30 PM Ever since Raja arrived by airplane from California in late 2007, Linda Authement and her daughter, Jaylin, had marveled at the intelligence of the rare $3,500 Savannah cat they had saved for years to buy.

The Holiday Inn New Orleans West Bank Tower got a one-year, $14 million renovation before its recent reopening.

Investigators have arrested a Violet on charges of shooting his neighbor's cat. Police have booked Rene P. Desselle with aggravated cruelty to an animal and illegal discharge of a weapon, according to St.