Chalmette News

Swift currents and bends in the river have helped in the cleanup of the oil spill that led to this week's closure of the Mississippi at New Orleans, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Friday.

A Hopedale man with a prior conviction for a sex crime was arrested Thursday on charges of attempting to rape a Chalmette woman outside a bar, according to the St.

One day after a collision on the Mississippi River threatened the water supply of St.

A collision between a 600-foot tanker and a tugboat pushing one barge has closed the Mississippi River at New Orleans.

While St. Bernard Parish's adult prison was reopened less than six months after Hurricane Katrina, the Sheriff's Office had trouble finding a home for the parish's other offenders: juveniles.

A course for election commissioners in St. Bernard Parish will be held Monday. The class begins at 7 p.m. in the Parish Courthouse in Chalmette, 1101 W. St.

National Geographic : Near New Orleans a small oil-slickened dog was seen wandering in Chalmette, Louisiana, as cleanup crews recovered oil from a ruptured refinery tank on September 6, 2005.

The Corps of Engineers will discuss plans for the St. Bernard Parish hurricane protection system during a meeting tonight in Chalmette.

The National Park Service plans to fix damage Hurricane Katrina caused to the Chalmette National Cemetery in St.

A St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office surveillance camera helped authorities crack a copper burglary case.

I often get e-mails and phone calls about dogs and cats in need of someone to love them.

' Almost three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, yet thousands of people are still struggling to rebuild their homes and lives.

The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting today in Chalmette to discuss plans for the Bayou Bienvenue and Bayou Dupre control structures, Caernarvon floodwall, Chalmette loop levee, Inner Harbor ...

A Mandeville woman was arrested for burglary in a Chalmette home she claimed to be interested in buying.

Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: July 3rd, 2008: Tremaine Brown, age 19 of 1803 Brookter Street, Slidell, LA Was arrested on an outstanding warrant for Probation Violation from ...

Nation Weather Service radar indicated a thunderstorm with strong gusty winds near Arabi and heading east.

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for extreme South Central Orleans Parish, Extreme Northwestern Plaquemines Parish and West Central St.

Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: July 2nd, 2008: Tonya Duncan, age 28 of 164 Pinecrest Drive, Poplarville, MS Was arrested for Theft under $300.00 by shoplifting merchandise ...

When a bunch of far-flung columnists were in town last week, I included St. Bernard Parish in our bus tour of the devastation caused by Katrina.

St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stephens will be sworn in to a seventh term in office Tuesday in Chalmette.