Estelle News

The story of the Opelousas Guards, also known as Company F of the 8th Louisiana Infantry during the American Civil War, will be told Saturday by Harvey Wier, a descendent of a member of the company.

From her front porch, Estelle Duncan can see straight over the wall into Jackson Barracks.

STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN POAG Fourth grader Travon McCann holds a frog he earned for passing the LEAP this school year at Estelle Elementary School in Marrero on the last day of school for all Jefferson Parish public schools Monday, May 25, 2009.

Elder Olander Cassimere Sr. would have preached the Mother's Day service at noon at the Lower 9th Ward church where he was pastor.

On a recent morning, art class spilled into the school's front lobby, where students sprawled across the floor, painting self-portraits and using whatever was handy -- an empty flower pot, a cardboard box -- to ...

Having declared it impossible to make changes to East Jefferson magnet schools in time for the next school year, attorneys with the Jefferson Parish School Board plan to ask for more time to craft an east bank ...

A car chase involving a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy ended with a fiery crash that destroyed two homes in Harvey on Friday afternoon and the suspect at large.