Kenner News

Sequestration is forcing Jefferson Community Action Programs to cut 76 slots from its Head Start Program, officials say.

Joy Rainey, a British, former motor sports racer, recently stopped in Kenner with her 1904 Curved Dash Oldsmobile on her cross-country trek to promote cancer research.

The curtains have closed for good on Hollywood Cinemas 9 multiplex in Kenner. Faced with the impending opening of a new Grand theater location nearly within spitting distance of his box office, the theater's owner last week decided to accept the inevitable and to pull the plug on his operation once and for all.

Two I-10 eastbound lanes in Kenner will close overnight Friday and Saturday, as workers complete concrete paving.

Never let your grandmother drink and drive would be a good piece of advice to give a designated drivera if he's not 10-years-old.

Lecia Urich, 47, of Belle Chasse, a fortuneteller convicted of scamming customers, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly conning a woman out of $14,000.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrested William Montero, 33, and booked him with false swearing against public health for allegedly lying about an armed robbery.

A Kenner man was arrested after police on Tuesday found dozens of marijuana plants, guns, rifles and military-grade body armor in his home.

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy has been pulled over for driving an SUV on a major US highway - while his grandmother and another woman in the car were drunk.

Tyrone Lambert Jr., 32, was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to a woman at a Kenner bus stop.

A misguided effort to find a safe ride home after a night of drinking landed Brenda Byrd and Sheila Joiner in jail.

David Hart, left, was arrested on Tuesday, June 10, after narcotics officers from the Kenner Police found 32 marijuana plants and 18 guns in his home.

Willie Jones, 80, a native of Woodville, Mississippi and a resident of Jefferson, La., died Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 7:19 p.m., at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, La.

A number of dance theatre companies share their performances this month at the Mahalia Jackson.

Walter Sologaistoa, 43, of Kenner, was booked with possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, authorities said.

Jefferson Parish has temporarily closed an Old Jefferson fire station due to mold concerns.

Junitha Brown , 31, 608 Governor Hall St., Gretna, was arrested at Virgil Street and Whitney Avenue in Gretna and booked with drug possession with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lien Nguyen, also known as Mr. Lee, was abducted and murdered on April 23 in the 4200 block of McCoy Street New Orleans police are asking for help identifying and locating a man photographed leaving the scene of the April 23 fatal shooting in New Orleans of a Kenner convenience store owner.

Kenner Police say two men are in critical condition with severe burns after their ladder touched a high-voltage power line.

I'm not one to style myself as a crate-digger, a connoisseur of obscurities or a gatekeeper in the manner of the excellent Billy Delle , whose long-running Wednesday-night "Records From the Crypt" program on WWOZ-FM exhumed gem after gem from the deepest vaults of New Orleans music.