Westwego News

Anyone who sees a downed power line should immediately call 1-800-ENTERGY. FEMA: To report trailer damage, call 888-294-2822. Red Cross: 888-229-8191 or 504-620-3105. The Westwego area is considered off-limits. Residents should use care when leaving their homes because of downed power lines.

A SWAT roll that took place on the West Bank has ended after a 35-year-old man surrendered to police.

A perfect storm of disparate elements combined to bring to the surface the possibility of changing the structure of the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans, but it was the people who weathered that storm who put a positive spin on the situation.

The Coast Guard, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Jefferson Parrish Sheriff's Office are searching for a missing boater whose vessel was discovered adrift and unmanned Saturday morning in Bayou Sengette, near Westwego.

A naive young couple's car breaks down on a desolate road. Who do they turn to for help? Why, to the same mad transsexual scientist who has been "helping" stranded innocents for three decades, of course.

Aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes is scheduled Friday night on both sides of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish.

Southern Star Amusement was at Tuesday's State Bond Commission meeting in Baton Rouge.

New Orleans Bikefest Motorcycle Rally & Music Festival Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 West Bank Expressway, Westwego.

A push to increase Westwego 's drinking water and wastewater treatment rates has fizzled out after residents and most city officials emphatically denounced the proposed increases .

Louisiana's 2009 state performance score for public schools gained 4.7 points over last year for an overall score of 91, a number described as significant progress by state education officials.

The city of Westwego will allow the owner of the house where a 3-month-old girl died from rat bites in July to repair the structure.

In the past two years, the city of Westwego has spent more than $4 million on a variety of capital improvements, but with the city's finances tightening, some Westwego city council members are feeling buyer's remorse.

For the second time in two months, vandals have disabled an SUV automated to write speeding tickets in Westwego.

For the second time in two months, vandals have disabled an SUV automated to write speeding tickets in Westwego.

N.O. sends 29 to next round of Fox's 'So You Think You Can Dance' Friday, October 02, 2009 Dave Walker A whopping 29 dancers from the New Orleans auditions were advanced to the Las Vegas semifinal round in Wednesday's New Orleans audition episode of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance." The series featured numerous uplifting dance performances, but ...

An automated vehicle that writes speeding tickets in Westwego was set on fire last week, the second act of vandalism against the vehicle in two months.

The Westwego City Council has decided to borrow $1.15 million to finance improvements at the city's troubled sewerage plant, but city officials still aren't certain how they are going to repay the loan.

A Westwego city councilman interested in a job with Jefferson Parish cannot seek the position because parish personnel rules prohibit elected officials from working in civil service positions, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's office.

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded two contracts worth $16 million to raise six miles of levees south of Marrero and Westwego.

Cry: The Music of Johnnie Ray -- Prytania Theater, 5300 Prytania St. Cabaret-style concert featuring Johnnie Ray's hits, performed by Philip Melancon with Dave Maleckar and Vic Shepherd, noon today.