Jefferson News

A double shooting in Marrero on Tuesday night left an 18-year old woman dead and a man injured, but the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is still trying to develop a motive and suspects in the incident.

Judge Joan Benge made a last pitch to retain her seat in the 24th Judicial District to the state Supreme Court on Friday, urging justices to review critical information they overlooked in deciding to oust her from office.

Tim Whitmer, Jefferson Parish's embattled chief administrative officer, announced his retirement Wednesday as federal investigators began subpoenaing records of his private company's insurance work with government agencies.

A fire extensively damaged a house at 9 San Carlos Ave. in Old Jefferson on Thursday, displacing two people, said George Rigamer, spokesman for the East Bank Consolidated Fire Department.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the armed robbery of an Old Jefferson drug store which occurred this afternoon.

Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, second from left, is surrounded by reporters as he enters U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va.

JEFFERSON, La. Two Jefferson Parish correctional officers were arrested in separate incidents, according to sheriff's office spokesman Col.

Raising public bus fares during an economic downturn exasperates the hardships on those struggling the most, several Jefferson Parish residents said Tuesday night at a public hearing on planned fare increases of 40 cents to $1. "I'm a single parent, and I'm barely making it now," said Emily Hart, who rides the bus from her Marrero home to her job ...

Jefferson Parish Chief Administrative Officer Tim Whitmer has to make a choice. He can be the top aide to Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard and use his abilities and political contacts to run the government's operations and to watch out for the best interests of parish residents.

Friday the 13th lived up to its reputation as former U.S. Congressman William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison.

Louisiana residents had mixed reactions about former Congressman William Jefferson's 13-year sentence handed down Friday in federal court in Virginia.

ALLISON SHELLEY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES RECKONING: Former Rep. William Jefferson, Louisiana Democrat, and his wife, Andrea, walk to the federal courthouse in Alexandria on Friday to hear sentencing for his corruption conviction.

Jefferson Parish was still under an official state of emergency in October 2005, and Tim Whitmer was a very busy man.

A federal judge in Virginia today will sentence William Jefferson, former member of Congress from New Orleans, for Jefferson's role in a fraud and racketeering scheme.

A former Louisiana congressman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.

Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with a rash of vehicle burglaries in Old Jefferson.

Let's quit fooling ourselves. In a wild and remote region, where corruption has always been the norm, reform is not going to happen any time soon.

William Jefferson is facing a lengthy prison sentence from U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III on Friday, legal experts say, but probably not the 27 to 33 years recommended by prosecutors.

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

Shots being exchanged by people in two different vehicles resulted in an errant bullet entering an apartment building killing 7-year-old Paige Dejean as she slept in her family's living room with a cousin early Sunday, Sheriff Newell Normand said Wednesday.