Jindal adviser Garret Graves discusses East Bank levee authority lawsuit...
Garret Graves, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority chairman and coastal adviser to Gov. Bobby Jindal, on Thursday discusses the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East's wetlands...
View ArticleTom Tyson, the Algiers Point turkey
Tom Tyson, the turkey at 112 Olivier St., will sit out another Thanksgiving. He’s too old, too tough, and too smart to be eaten, and prefers cat food and grain corn to corn bread stuffing and sweet...
View ArticleCovington Police Chief Tim Lentz demonstrates the scarcity of psychiatrists
Covington Police Chief Tim Lentz, who lost a friend to suicide as teenager, demonstrates the scarcity of psychiatrists in St. Tammany Parish.
View ArticleHarahan Police Chief Joe Lorenzo on department pay raises
Interim Police Chief Joe Lorenzo says he seeks to pay his officers a competitive wage. If a new millage is passed by voters in April, it could help him do so.
View ArticleCASA Jefferson celebrates National Adoption Day
CASA Jefferson has been celebrating a week of activities to mark National Adoption Day. Today, Nov. 22, 2013, CASA held a press conference in Gretna to promote adoptions in the New Orleans area. CASA...
View ArticleAcademy of Our Lady in Marrero learns they have won a Kelly Clarkson concert
Academy of Our Lady students in Marrero go wild Friday, Nov. 22, when they learn they have won a private Kelly Clarkson concert in a State Farm safe driving contest.
View ArticleSunken shrimp boat on Bayou Des Allemands
Roy Lunk talks about sunken shrimp boat on Bayou Des Allemands in St. Charles Parish
View ArticleJudge-elect Barron Burmaster's Last Day at the DA's office
Barron Burmaster, the Crown Point Republican elected Nov. 16 to the Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court bench, resigned an almost 23-year career Friday (Nov. 22) as an assistant district attorney. Only one...
View ArticleAt school that has lost students to violence, hope endures
Lance Zarders, who was killed in 2008, inspired NET Charter High School Principal Elizabeth Ostberg to start the school.
View ArticleKenner Mayor Michael Yenni's Thanksgiving message
Kenner Mayor Michael Yenni, wife Michelle Swanner and baby Reagan Swanner Yenni offer this Thanksgiving message for the people of Kenner.
View ArticleSen. Brodi White says, "We're not killing the city."
Sen. Brodi White talks to the Louisiana Press Club on Nov. 25, 2013 about the St. George incorporation movement.
View ArticleJudge Barron Burmaster takes oath of office
Ten days after he was elected in a runoff to replace retiring Juvenile Court Judge Nancy Amato Konrad, Judge Barron Burmaster received the oath of office Monday (Nov. 25) and immediately began...
View ArticleJudge Nancy Amato Konrad, on 33 years at Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court
Retired Judge Nancy Amato Konrad was the first woman ever to be elected as a judge in Jefferson Parish. She's also the first woman ever to be elected to a parish-wide seat in Jefferson Parish. Konrad,...
View ArticleU.S.- Iran nuclear deal could be a landmark for Obama administration, local...
This weekend's nuclear pact between the United States and Iran could lay the groundwork for a historic treaty to stop Iran's nuclear activities. Local experts weigh in on the deal, which is expected to...
View ArticleHeroin fuels surge in deadly overdoses in New Orleans area
Nola.com | The Times-Picayune criminal justice managing producer Ginny LaRoe talks with Jefferson Parish crime reporter Michelle Hunter and graphic artist Dan Swenson about the spike in heroin-related...
View ArticlePaid parking's impact on Gretna's small businesses raised
Businesswoman Christine Shields questions the financial impact on small businesses and their employees under Gretna's paid parking program for downtown.
View ArticlePatrick Comer, founder and CEO of Federated Sample
Patrick Comer, co-founder and chief executive officer of Federated Sample, a New Orleans firm that runs an exchange for market researchers and companies that maintain pools of market survey takers,...
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