Harvey News

HARVEY, La. A man shot in Harvey during a drug deal gone bad died at University Hospital Thursday, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Col.

A Jefferson Parish jury rejected a Harvey man's claim of self-defense and convicted him Thursday of second-degree murder in the death of a Marrero man who was shot 17 times during an argument five years ago as Hurricane Ivan bore down on the region.

Authorities say a 45-year-old Luling woman is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from two Harvey car dealerships.

A Harvey man has been booked with attempted kidnapping after authorities said he tried to abduct an elderly man he cared for as a home health aide.

Jefferson Parish officials closed the Lapalco Boulevard bridge to car traffic indefinitely after a crane barge trying to leave the Harvey Canal slammed into one of the bridge's pilings early Tuesday.

Problems encountered during Tropical Storm Ida have prompted the Coast Guard to reconsider new rules designed to protect neighborhoods during inclement weather.

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With three property taxes set to expire at the end of the year, Harvey Volunteer Fire Company No.

A barge carrying a crane struck the Lapalco Bridge early Tuesday morning, forcing the bridge's closure, according to Jefferson Parish officials.

A 19-year-old West Bank man was shot to death Sunday evening, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT schools and the central office will be closed. Langston Hughes Academy, a charter school supervised by the RSD, is open and will dismiss at 2 p.m. Operations and security personnel will report to the district's Welcome School at 2239 Poydras Ave.

Members of the Patriot Guard Riders, a national organization of 170,000 members, salute the casket of Army Pfc.

Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted a Harvey man with second-degree murder Thursday, in the death of a man gunned down in a home's back yard.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand today announced the arrest of a Second District Patrol Division officer on a rape charge.

HARVEY, La. - Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay.

A Harvey man who says he was wrongly beaten by Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies during a traffic stop in Marrero pleaded innocent Tuesday to a charge of resisting arrest by force.

Dignitaries and guests were on hand during a ceremony hosted by the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday at the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex.

Next week, one lane in each direction will be closed on Lapalco Boulevard in Harvey, Jefferson Parish has announced.

Motorists on Manhattan Boulevard in Harvey can expect delays starting next week as a contractor replaces a quarter-mile-long section of concrete pavement.

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