Gretna News

Almost 100 miles of the Mississippi River were closed to shipping Thursday after a barge and a tanker collided early Wednesday and spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the heavily trafficked ...

Terrytown volunteer firefighters work to contain apartment fire on Nell Place on the West Bank.

Transportation authorities have resumed service on the Gretna-Jackson Avenue and Belle Chasse ferries this morning.

The Coast Guard has stopped 59 ships from traversing a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico Thursday while hundreds of workers tackled the difficult task of cleaning up ...

St. Bernard Parish has re-opened its water intake systems from the Mississippi River following successful testing of the water, the parish government announced Thursday morning.

A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said.

Mike Baudoin, Public Utilities Director for the City of Gretna, in foreground, and Andy McMenamin, a field supervisor, check the diesel floating on the water surface near the City of Gretna's water intake on ...

The Chalmette, Jackson/Gretna and Canal/Algiers ferries are docked this morning because of a diesel spill on the Mississippi River caused by a collision between a tugboat and an oil tanker, according to a ...

Almost two months after Jefferson Parish prosecutors announced they will retry a former death row inmate in a 1986 homicide, Robert Tassin moved a step closer to a second trial after a Monday hearing in which ...

In a final flurry of activity before Saturday's annexation election for Timberlane Estates, grass-roots groups and neighborhood associations have been circulating fliers and even government documents to ...

Orleans Parish voters have renewed four measures that will allow the continued tax millage assessments for the city's public schools.

A state senator from Jefferson Parish criticized Gov. Bobby Jindal this morning after the governer vetoed a bill that would have created a third minority judgeship on the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna.

A 13-year-old girl with a medical condition needing medication regularly has been missing since July 8, and deputies are asking for the public's help in locating her, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's ...

In a move that has shocked some parents and led others to question the reasoning behind it, Gerard LeBlanc has announced he is leaving his post as the founding principal at Thomas Jefferson Senior High School ...

The question surfaces at neighborhood cocktail parties, backyard barbecues, even in passing while neighbors cut the grass: "for?" or "against?" This central dilemma facing Timberlane Estates residents has ...

After repeated pleas from local law enforcement officials, state funding for the West Bank Major Crimes Task Force has been added to Gov.

While thirty-six unopposed Jefferson Parish candidates won automatic election today, a few seats up for election in the fall ballooned with contenders.

Races for state Senate, judgeships and an open spot on the Harahan City Council began to take shape Wednesday, when qualifying opened for the Oct.

Representative Steve Scalise says his constituents are suffering because of the energy crisis.

Whether you can legally shoot off fireworks in your back yard depends largely upon where you live.