Avondale News

An Avondale woman and her sister's boyfriend were indicted in federal court Monday in connection with the embezzlement of nearly $13 million from a Gretna fuel company.

At Pier 88, along the Hudson River in New York City, the Navy's newest vessel officially entered the fleet, during Saturday's commissioning ceremony of the USS New York.

USS New York passing Ellis Island. Image i'mjustsayin . The USS New York, with eight tons of steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center forged into its hull, pulled into New York this morning.

Just as Louisianians did a few weeks back, New York residents are getting a close-up look at the new Navy warship U.S.S. New York.

AP A Navy assault ship built with steel from the fallen World Trade Center and named in honor of the city and state that were home to the twin towers is making its inaugural visit there.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Navy assault ship USS New York sails through the Mississippi River Tuesday, Oct.

We told you in August about the Monroe company that earned the federal contract to supply the USS New York with fresh fruits and vegetables while it was docked in Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans.

Many New Yorkers profess ignorance. Is it a cruise ship? What do we need it for? Will it be a target? In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit New York transits the Mississippi River, after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, October 13, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Geri Cavaretta of Madisonville, La., listens to the National Anthem before watching the USS New York sail down the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday.

The USS New York, billed as America's newest warship, was crafted with 7.5 tons of steel taken from the Twin Towers following the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001. The steel was welded into the ship's bow and will be arriving in New York for an official commissioning ceremony on November 7, 2009.

The USS New York?

Many New Yorkers profess ignorance. Is it a cruise ship? What do we need it for? Will it be a target?

Those are just some of the questions a handful of New Yorkers asked about the Navy warship which was launched Tuesday at Northrup Grumman's shipyard in Avondale, La.

The amphibious assault vessel was built with 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The ship, which can carry up to 800 Marines, is on its way to New York where it will be formally commissioned in early November.

A Terrytown teenager was killed in Marrero on Monday night, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for another teen in the slaying.

Facing a stiff head wind from the nationwide economic slump, construction is poised to begin on the first office building at a new Avondale technology park that Jefferson Parish business leaders remain optimistic will be a long-term success.

The U.S. Navy ship New York sit in the Mississippi River as it awaits it's Christening Ceremony at Northrop Grumman shipyard on March 1, 2008 in Avondale, Louisiana.

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say the body of a man who had been shot multiple times was found early Monday morning in Avondale.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's homicide investigators are searching for clues in the murder of a man whose body was found early Monday morning near the intersection of Bishop Drive and Travis Drive in Avondale.

New Orleans area residents are being urged to line the levees Tuesday morning for a send-off for the USS New York, a locally-built Navy ship named in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

An effort is underway to get residents to line the levees along the Mississippi River on Tuesday when the New York, built with steel from the World Trade Center's destruction in the 2001 terrorist attacks, leaves Avondale for the Big Apple.

A Kenner man already charged with murder in an alleged kidnapping last year now faces additional charges, including allegedly burning the car used in the homicide.

Four Union Pacific railcars derailed Tuesday afternoon in Waggaman near South Kenner Avenue and Live Oak Boulevard.