St. Bernard News

Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- Arthur Ashe, an independent charter school in the state's Recovery District, saw the number of students hitting "basic" or above on state exams climb 11 percent this year, despite having the largest proportion of special-needs students in the city.

We have a lot of students who need this track as opposed to the four-year college track." -- Councilman Guy McInnis At a St.

What previously was known as the St. Bernard Housing Development before Hurricane Katrina demolished the neighborhood nearly eight years ago looks nothing like it used to.

A 17-year-old Arabi boy died Monday after he was hit while riding his bike westbound on the shoulder of the eastbound lane of East Judge Perez Drive, according to State Police and the St.

A federal judge has dismissed former St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro's defamation lawsuit against current Parish President Dave Peralta and several other parish employees.

The St. Bernard Art Guild will hold its annual open art show June 9 in the St. Bernard Parish Council Chambers of the St.

Valero Energy Corp.'s Meraux refinery flaring. Photo taken in February from E. Judge Perez Drive.

St. Bernard Parish President Dave Peralta was accused of playing a part in the alleged discrimination against African Americans wanting to rent property in St.

Illiterate and mentally disabled, possessing the mental capacity of a 12-year-old, Gallego lived off of modest social security benefits.

In addition to more than five ounces of heroin, DEA agents and St. Bernard Sheriff's Office narcotics agents found two stolen assault rifles, body armor, two pounds of marijuana, two handguns and about $11,000 in cash at the suspects' residences.

St. Bernard Parish authorities are searching for a missing Arabi woman who suffers from dementia.

Bernard Parish has agreed to a settlement of more than $2.5 million to resolve lawsuits alleging the parish tried to restrict rental housing to blacks after Hurricane Katrina.

Trinette Johnson, 39, accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the church where she worked, is employed by the parish governmenta s finance department.

President Dave Peralta says flood maps "will result in ridiculous premiums that will stifle the continued growth of our community." The St.

Coming up tonight at 6 p.m., I-Team reporter Travers Mackel investigates why the D.A. in St.

A St. Bernard Parish motorist on Tuesda afternoon slammed into a car that was stopped behind a school bus, injuring that car's driver and shaking up the seven students on the bus, according to St.

Some of the worst erosion in the entire world has been in the St. Bernard and upper Plaquemines marshes.

Paying tribute to popular St. Bernard Parish produce, the tomato, Our Lady of Prompt Succor is planning its 62nd annual Tomato Festival.

The National Weather Service has extended a tornado warning for portions of New Orleans and Jefferson, St.

After two New Orleans men and a Chalmette men were arrested on suspicion of stealing copper from air-conditioning units, St.