Marrero News

Dead fish float in the West Esplanade Canal near Nero Street in Metairie. The week's remittent rains brought relief from the heat to us air-breathers, but they have been less than kind to those with gills.

The "Help is Here Express" bus is in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish through Thursday to help uninsured and financially struggling residents access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free.

The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for parts of the New Orleans area until 4 p.m., as heat-spawned thunderstorms dropped one to two inches of rain in some neighborhoods.

DERIDDER - A 24-year-old DeRidder man has been arrested in the beating of an 18-month-old child.

Heather Bubrig, 28, was arrested Monday after she was found with her two young children at the Siesta Motel in Marrero.

Seven juveniles have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Sweet 16 party that injured three people - two of them seriously on June 13.

A 21-year-old native of Honduras died Thursday after jumping off a pier into Lake Pontchartrain, authorities said.

A Jefferson Parish woman has been booked with child desertion and improperly supervising her son after authorities said the 3-year-old boy ingested crack cocaine.

Three teenagers wounded in a shooting Saturday night at a Sweet 16 party in Gretna are still hospitalized while authorities are asking the public's help in locating six suspects wanted in the incident.

When Parish President Aaron Broussard's administration appointed Justice of the Peace Charles Cusimano II to serve as a parish administrative hearing officer, Cusimano went to the attorney general to make sure all was kosher before taking the post.

Police have arrested two Louisiana men suspected of stealing thousands of dollars in copper from the former Oreck plant on Johnson Road.

A Marrero man accused of raping his girlfriend's teenage cousin has been arrested by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and remains in custody.

Two Louisiana men are charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing copper on multiple occasions from the closed Oreck Corp.

A Marrero man who allegedly threatened a Gretna police officer with a knife inside a West Bank sporting goods store Saturday night was shot by the officer and died at a local hospital.

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Citing rising costs and the need to generate revenue, Westwego officials have approved rental fees to use the city's recreational facilities for first time in city history.

There were tears in Tina Sasso's eyes as she pored over newspaper articles describing the foul, insect-infested conditions from which a Metairie 4-year-old and her 5-year-old brother were rescued last week.

Two Marrero teenagers said last week Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy assaulted them while other deputies watched.

A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated about 35 minutes before convicting a Marrero man Thursday of killing another man during a robbery attempt in Harvey.

At a time when public universities across the state are looking at potential cuts, some state lawmakers are coming under fire.