Marrero News

A Marrero woman has been arrested and booked in a pair of thefts at two West Bank churches.

Housekeeper Zandra Riley, 45, of Marrero, was arrested Monday . She is accused of stealing from the homes of customers in Algiers and Jefferson Parish.

NEW ORLEANS -- A proposed new law, now working its way through the Louisiana legislature seeks to extinguish the practice of throwing cigarette butts on the ground.

It's a place where people should feel safe. But a series of recent church burglaries on the West Bank has parishioners on edge.

Gov. Bobby Jindal will address area business representatives and leaders at the 27th annual West Bank Governor's Luncheon on March 28 at 11:30 a.m. The event will be held at The Four Columns in Harvey, 3711 West Bank Expressway.

Oji Adams, left, and Frank Bailey, were arrested in connection with a trying to rob an Old Jefferson man attempting to buy a car.

Carl Baham, 19, was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in prison, for shooting at a presumed rival in a Harvey neighborhood last year but striking that man's 2-year-old son in the face instead.

Kindergarten and pre-kindergarten students at Judge Lionel Collins Montessori in Marrero sing "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" as they celebrated "African American Musical Heritage: Connecting the Past With the Present.'

Help Free an Angel Director Johana Maison, Blaine Kern, Board Member Holly Kern, Principal Alisha Gilbert and student D.J. Batiste celebrate "One Band, One Sound, One School, One Score" parade slogan at Estelle Elementary School in Marrero.

After an arduous day at Harriet Tubman Charter School in Algiers, some students and staff face yet another challenge: gridlock along the Crescent City Connection corridor.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has identified the woman found in the Barataria Waterway as Tracy Eskine, 48, of Marrero.

Jefferson Parish emergency personnel were called to a Marrero waterway Saturday morning , where a woman was found dead.

It's Gretna Jubilee time again! The eighth annual event will be celebrated on March 22 from 7 until 10 p.m., benefiting Gretna No.

The former head of Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from the clinic's account, pleaded not guilty before a magistrate judge Thursday afternoon.

Carl Baham, 19, of Marrero, was convicted of attempted second-degree murder and two counts of illegal use of a firearm.

Dana Gaston was indicted Thursday with aggravated rape, producing child pornography, obstruction of justice and video voyeurism.

A Zulu King Cake from Coffee & on Manhattan Boulevard on the West Bank. For years, I heard about a legendary chocolate and coconut "Zulu" king cake somewhere on the west bank.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives on Tuesday releases video surveillance footage of an unidentified person of interest who accompanied murder suspect Darwin Bethune to a New Orleans nightclub hours after Sgt.

Immaculate Conception School in Marrero has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2013-14 school year.

Students at Marrero Academy of the Arts students raise money for the Jefferson Parish Dollars for Scholars program.