Waggaman News

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies and members of the SWAT team are still responding to a standoff in Waggaman.

A SWAT situation involving an armed man inside a Waggaman home came to a peaceful end Thursday evening, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.

An eyewitness and a confession landed 18-year-old Christopher Lindsey behind bars charged with murder and facing life in prison.

Despite slipping in the statewide rankings, the Jefferson Parish public school system posted its greatest gain ever on its district performance score this year, a sign that the system is progressing in terms of overall accountability, school officials said Tuesday.

Despite slipping in the statewide rankings, the Jefferson Parish public school system posted its greatest gain ever on its district performance score this year, a sign that the system is progressing in terms of overall accountability, school officials said Tuesday.

With a rousing rendition of Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl," Keith Hoda and the Country Sound Band opened the Colgate Country Showdown Saturday night in what would turn out to be a night of some really great aspiring country singers, to others who could be good with a little more work, and still others that just need a lot more stage time.

Four Union Pacific rail cars derailed Tuesday afternoon in Waggaman near South Kenner Avenue and Live Oak Boulevard.

A pulbic hearing on whether to alter the flow of Mississippi River water through the Davis Pond Diversion will be held tonight at Cytec's Tom Call Pavilion on 10800 River Road in Waggaman.

NEW ORLEANS a ' The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District awarded a $12.3 million contract to enlarge 2.7 miles of levees along the Lake Cataouatche alignment on the West Bank.

Belle Chasse company gets contract for work West Bank bureau The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a Belle Chasse company a $12.3 million contract to raise a nearly 3-mile segment of the Lake Cataouatche levee in West Jefferson.

The graduation of 126 children from Harvey Kindergarten in May drew more than 400 proud parents and friends to the West Jefferson High School auditorium.

The graduation of 126 children from Harvey Kindergarten in May drew more than 400 proud parents and friends to the West Jefferson High School auditorium.

West Bank levees may be raised using Mississippi mud instead of the local variety after the Jefferson Parish Council unanimously denied a waiver Wednesday to allow dirt to be excavated from three West Jefferson sites without backfilling the pits as required by a parish ordinance.

The Jefferson Parish Council is set to vote today on a resolution to deny the West Bank levee district's request to allow three borrow pits in areas where they are prohibited by zoning ordinances, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to find alternate sources of clay to raise levees.

The Jefferson Parish Council is set to vote today on a resolution to deny the West Bank levee district's request to allow three borrow pits in areas where they are prohibited by zoning ordinances, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to find alternate sources of clay to raise levees.

Dennis Nuss says he wants to roll rates back to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels. Saying the rising value of St.

Charged with first-degree murder, Jason Gainey accepted a deal last year to plead guilty to armed robbery in exchange for testifying in the capital murder trial of his friend, the accused trigger-man in the 2001 Independence Day killing of homemaker Samantha Jaume near Mandeville.

An investigation will be conducted into an ammonia release in the New Orleans area.

Officials from Kenner, where most of the land is located, and Louis Armstrong International Airport have been meeting regularly to draft a request for proposals from potential developers.

The Jefferson Parish Council is expected to ratify a landmark contract today to dispose of garbage at the River Birch Landfill in Waggaman for 25 years while closing the neighboring parish dump at an estimated savings of $19 million to $23 million.