Grand Isle News

The act of buckling up, studies have shown, remains the most effective means of preventing injury and death in an automobile crash.

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster.

Shrimp season opened Monday morning, and fishermen headed into state waters with a certain amount of optimism following years of dismal catches.

Family and friends filled the Alario Center in Westwego on May 10 for the Jefferson Community Action Programs Head Start graduation.

Capt. Vernon Ledoux caught this large red snapper last summer off the coast of Grand Isle during the federal season.

GRAND ISLE, La. It is a small island where the population explodes in the summer: Grand isle.

Jefferson Parish voters defeated an $11.1 million property tax that undergirds capital investment in the water system for unincorporated areas, Grand Isle , Harahan , Jean Lafitte and Kenner .

A Louisiana Supreme Court committee found Friday that Hilary Landry, who is seeking election Saturday to a Jefferson Parish judgeship , broke the rules that govern judges and judicial candidates' ethical behavior in at least two attack pieces her campaign has used against her opponent Scott Schlegel in recent weeks.

I can't sugar coat it. There are lies being told to trick people into voting for these tolls." - Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser With voters in three parishes scheduled to vote Saturday on whether to renew Crescent City Connection bridge tolls another 20 years, opponents on Thursday made an eleventh-hour push against the so-called ... (more)

Jefferson Parish Assessor Tom Capella sent a letter to parish property owners indicating three tax renewals on the May 4 ballot would result in higher 2013 tax bills if approved.

Tornado warnings remain in effect until 1:15 p.m. for eastern southeastern Jefferson and southeastern Lafourche parishes, and for west central St.