Waggaman News

Harvey, La. A 12-year-old girl has become the sixth victim of a van crash Saturday near Baton Rouge that involved several members of a Harvey family.

Eyewitness News has now confirmed the identities the family members from Harvey who were involved in a fatal accident on I-10 Saturday.

Waggaman resident loves neighborhood Uyen Phan During Thanksgiving we take the time to reflect on things we are thankful to have.

Sheriff Newell Normand reports, this evening around 5:48 p.m. that Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Officers responded to a multi-vehicle accident on Live Oak Drive near Hwy 90 in Avondale.

A 33-year-old Waggaman man has been charged with the attempted murder of an NOPD officer after he allegedly attacked her while trying to escape from a room at University Hospital.

Two people died in separate traffic crashes Tuesday on the west bank of Jefferson Parish.

A New Orleans Police officer was cut several times and may have broken her jaw Tuesday afternoon during a scuffle in a local hospital with a 33-year-old Waggaman man who was being transferred to the Orleans Parish Prison.

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.