Waggaman News

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.

The Army Corps of Engineers has finalized plans to link the Lake Cataouatche and Mississippi River levees, closing a major gap in the 66-mile west bank storm-surge protection system.

Tammany Parish jail on Collins Boulevard in Covington Thursday night, but three of them were back in custody by early Friday morning.

There is a massive manhunt on the Northshore for four men, three of them convicted murderers, who escaped from the Covington jail.

Brittany Laurent, 19, 100 Iris St., Apt. 6, Waggaman, was booked with DWI and reckless driving June 2. Tiffany Brawley, 31, 360 Magnolia St., Boutte, was booked with DWI June 3. Daynell A. Martin, 25, 969 Beechgrove Blvd., Apt.

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A 15-year-old boy who will be prosecuted as an adult and two other men were indicted Thursday on charges they conspired to kill and then carried out a shooting in Avondale that left two apparently innocent teenagers dead.

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send e-mail to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line or a fax to 504.826.3007. --- HURRICANE PROTECTION MEETING --- -- Today, 6 p.m. open house and 7 p.m. presentation, at Cytec's Tom Call Pavilion, 10800 River Road, ...

On Saturday, May 24, 2009 at 7:14 PM Louisiana State Police, Troop B investigated a single vehicle fatal crash on LA 18 eastbound at Lauve Lane in Waggaman, La.

In a departure from the incremental fluctuations of years past, the Jefferson Parish public schools' latest crop of test scores revealed a marked pattern of accelerated growth that is both "substantial" and "widespread, " district officials said.

Jefferson Parish's landfill would be closed and future garbage sent to a private landfill nearby, under a deal now being criticized by Sun Energy Group.

The West Bank levee board decided Friday to use a former Waggaman sugar plantation as a source of clay for raising levees, despite objections from neighboring residents and the property owner.

By Paul Rioux West Bank bureau The Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans district commander is "pretty confident" West Bank flood-protection upgrades will be completed by June 2011 as planned, thanks to extended construction hours and increased efficiency by getting contractors involved in the planning stages.

Mario F. Saavedra, 56, of Waggaman, was booked March 25 with DWI and an open-container violation.

A Waggaman man who lived on the site of a day care center has been booked with sexual battery and cruelty to juveniles after two young girls told police the man touched them, and one child tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease.

Voters across the West Bank head to the polls today, where they will make history in one of the many races and propositions they will find on the ballot.

A Metairie couple was booked with nearly three dozen counts of theft, burglary and possession of stolen property after authorities allege that they broke into several vehicles in parking lots at local home improvement stores.

Regardless of whether Judge June Berry Darensburg or Kenner City Councilman Marc Johnson wins Saturday, one thing is certain: The state 5th Circuit Court of Appeal will have its first African-American jurist since its creation in 1981.