Terrytown News

The state is moving ahead with plans to help some homeowners who have the dreaded toxic Chinese drywall, but there are some strings attached.

Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday.

A Marrero teen has been arrested a month after he and his brother allegedly shot and killed another teen in front of their home, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office announced today.

West Bankers Tim Coulon and Tim Whitmer are very close. Coulon taught Whitmer at Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero.

For most of us, high school graduation is a happy time, but what if your diploma wasn't worth what you thought? The WDSU Problem Solvers have been getting complaints from students who say that's exactly what they've discovered.

The Jefferson Parish Registrar of Voters will hold a voter registration drive on Saturday at Oakwood Shopping Center in Terrytown.

A suspect in an April murder in Terrytown was arrested Sunday evening in a Marrero motel, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office reported.

Aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes is scheduled Friday night on both sides of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish.

Three Terrytown men were arrested after authorities say they ran a heroin smuggling operation through the mail, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

Pfc. Brian Bates' career in the Army was one measured in months. Army Pfc. Brian Bates After working various offshore jobs, the 20-year-old West Bank resident decided to join the service last November to provide for his wife and two babies.

Southern Star Amusement was at Tuesday's State Bond Commission meeting in Baton Rouge.

Guest, employee taken to hospitals Monday, October 26, 2009 West Bank bureau About 200 guests had to be evacuated from a West Bank motel Sunday morning because of a clothes-dryer fire.

The marriage of Ms Tracey L Franzel, of Crowley, and Mr Brent D Lassere, of Terrytown, was solemnized October 24 on The Grand Gazebo at The Royal Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

A Terrytown man was found dead around the corner from his home early Thursday, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is still searching for a motive and suspect in the fatal shooting.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an early morning shooting in Terrytown that took the life of a 23-year-old man.

It takes a special kind of Republican to second-guess Gov. Bobby Jindal, who's among the darlings of the national GOP and unquestionably the top conservative honcho back home in Louisiana.

A Terrytown teenager was killed in Marrero on Monday night, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for another teen in the slaying.

Saner heads finally prevailed last week to allow the public and media to sit in on legislative discussions about the politically charged issue of redrawing congressional and state district lines following next year's census.

Organizers of the Gretna Heritage Festival are encouraging festgoers to take the Gretna-Canal Street ferry or utilize its satellite lots to get to the festival grounds this weekend.

A Terrytown teenager, the last of three people charged with the slaying of a Guatemalan man who was gunned down outside his Gretna area apartment nearly two years ago, was convicted of manslaughter Monday night by a jury that deliberated almost 4 1/2 hours.