Kenner News

Kenner police and other law enforcement officials show off a banner after running the 28th annual Louisiana Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

The Mandeville Lions Club hosted its inaugural Car Show on May 18. More than 30 antique car enthusiasts displayed their cars near the club's hall on Lafitte Street.

About 400 players rushed through the gates of City Putt following a ribbon cutting ceremony at the two-acre miniature golf facility in New Orleans City Park on Friday, May 24, 2013.

David Kunian will celebrate his 20th anniversary on the air at WWOZ FM-90.7 during his regular weekly air shift at 10 p.m. Tuesday .

Mt. Carmel Academy in New Orleans presented diplomas to 226 students during commencement ceremonies May 20 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner.

Henry Polito Jr., Commander VFW Post 7732, from left, Major Tom Paine, Chaplain La.

James Meza, superintendent of Jefferson Parish public schools, speaks Wednesday, March 23, 2012, at the statewide test score unveiling at Greenlawn Terrace Elementary in Kenner.

A Kenner man has confessed to burglarizing Lamarque Ford and several other car dealerships in the New Orleans area, according to authorities.

Jackie Williams, 49, confessed to committing numerous burglaries and thefts at car dealerships throughout the metropolitan area, according to a police news release.

Tony Love proposes to Lisa Picone on the stage at the Rivertown Theater in Kenner on May 10.

Teachers are gathered on the grounds of Alfred Bonnabel Magnet Academy High in Kenner for the second consecutive month of protesting outside a Jefferson Parish School Board meeting over the board's decision to scrap the previous Jefferson Federation of Teachers contract and begin anew.

Authorities say an intoxicated mom left her 3-month-old daughter inside of a parked sport utility vehicle while she socialized at a Kenner bar.

A Fat City armed robber was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison for two holdups in Metairie 's former nightlife district.

Roger Batiste, 75, of LaPlace, was back in jail Monday, after a Jefferson Parish judge reinstated his original $500,000 bond.

A Houston man accused of helping his cousin in the attempted rape of an intoxicated college student at a Kenner hotel during Mardi Gras 2011 has surrendered to authorities.

Stephen Crawford first set foot in a classroom at the age of 8, shortly after his physically and emotionally abusive father punched him in the face and kicked him out of a car in the middle of a Metairie neighborhood.

BATON ROUGE -- Motion picture production companies wanting to qualify for Louisiana tax credits would first have to submit a certified audit of the planned expenditures to the state, under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate.

A frame from video surveillance shows a man Kenner Police say is a suspect in a burglary from Lamarque Ford on Williams Boulevard early Sunday morning.

The Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation Cubsight vision screening program for children received the 2013 Louisiana Public Health Association Meritorious Award at the LPHA Awards Luncheon on April 12 in Lafayette.

Laketown in Kenner will be rocking for a good cause as the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation celebrates the 24th annual Back to the Beach Festival on June 1 and 2. It will be a weekend of music, food, arts and crafts, sports and fun in the sun, all to benefit the foundation and the Save Our Lake and Save Our Coast programs.