Harahan News

Jefferson Parish closed out 2009 with at least 68 homicides, a spike compared with the previous year and a number that includes several slain children.

Discouraging economic reports seemed inescapable this year, but narrow the focus to local restaurant news and you might have thought 2009 was a boom time.

Durr Heavy Construction, The Shaw Group, the New Orleans Police Department's 3rd District and the New Orleans Beacon of Hope Resource Center joined to provide 50 students at Mary Bethune Elementary in New Orleans with 50 new bicycles for Christmas as part of a community policing initiative.

Determining that bids from eight of nine contractors must be thrown out because forms were filled out improperly, the Slidell City Council on Tuesday awarded a $3.8 million contract to build a second municipal building in the Olde Towne area.

The past week has not been kind to homeowners near Midway Drive in River Ridge. Water covered streets and entered homes several times.

Employees of Durr Heavy Construction try workout equipment in the company's new on-site fitness center.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Posted on December 12, 2009 at 6:31 PM army1 said on December 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM Not only is there street flooding in River Ridge and Harahan there are also homes in the area that have anywhere from 2-6 inches in the house.

Owen "Big Daddy O" Tufts celebrates his 60th birthday with a show Saturday at Ruby's Roadhouse.

More than 40 people applied to be Mandeville's new police chief, according to records obtained today by The Times-Picayune. Mandeville interim Mayor Edward "Bubby" Lyons made selecting a new head for the department, which has been without a chief for almost a year, a major priority in his administration.

Harahan - Around 3 p.m. today a chemical was released in Harahan at an industrial plant.

When Alyne Pustanio saw that drivers in front of her were slamming their brakes and swerving to avoid two gray objects in the middle of Clearview Parkway in Friday's rush-hour traffic, she thought that the objects were crumpled-up plastic bags.

Our office is on the corner of Jefferson Hwy. an Oak St. in Harahan. We decorate our front window for all of the different seasons.

Arson investigators said today that someone intentionally set fires at a pair of Metairie condomium and apartment buildings.

Fire officials are investigating a blaze that required dozens of firefighters early Sunday morning.

Does Zatarain's or any other company make Chow Chow anymore? Do you know where I can buy it? A Chow Chow lover Dear Lover, Rex Fine Foods makes a delicious chow chow, and you can find it in Rouse's grocery stores.

TownePlace Suites New Orleans Metairie invites you to take part in the exciting events taking place in New Orleans this Christmas.

It's no surprise millionaire businessman John Georges is the fundraising leader in the New Orleans mayor's race, with more than $530,000 collected so far.

It could be a week before Judge Joan Benge's Division A seat on the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna is declared vacant and an election date is set.

An F.H. Myers Construction worker paves a section of NOLA City Bark, a New Orleans dog park scheduled to open in the next few weeks.

These incidents were reported to law enforcement authorities. ARRESTS Westley Crosslands, 27, 501 Phosphor Ave., Metairie, was arrested Oct.