Westwego News

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco says he will ask the Parish Council to withdraw his proposed ordinance allowing traffic cameras in the parish.

House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, and Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, speak after a Revenue Estimating Conference meeting on May 15, 2013.

The pleasures of live theater are due, in large part, to the transporting experience that a well-staged production can share with its audience.

Family and friends filled the Alario Center in Westwego on May 10 for the Jefferson Community Action Programs Head Start graduation.

Frank Marrocco, foreground, chief commercial officer for Blackwater Midstream LLC, told the Westwego City Council Monday , that the company proposes to add 12 million gallons of chemical storage capacity at its Westwego terminal.

This pit bull, as photographed in June 2011, was not connected with the Westwego attack in March that has led a city councilman to propose tighter restrictions on owning the breed.

Westwego Councilman Glenn Green's push to regulate the city's pit-bull population begins Monday when he plans to present a new ordinance that would force residents to abide by strict standards if they want to keep them as pets.

Lapalco Head Start student Isaac Williams Jr. shows his enthusiasm during the Jefferson Community Action Programs Head Start Graduation at the Alario Center in Westwego Friday, May 10, 2013.

Westwego Police Chief Dwayne "Poncho" Munch says his officers seized $18,250 in cash, 167 grams of powder cocaine and 13 grams of crack cocaine from Roy Stevens' East Drive home Friday .

Graduation marks a milestone in the lives of hundreds of high school seniors in the River Parishes, and the special day is right around the corner for schools in St.

The year is 1948. The place is the Deep South. At 72, Daisy Werthan, a wealthy but crotchety widowed Jewish schoolteacher, has just demolished a car, and her son Boolie takes her keys away and hires a chauffeur to drive her around.

Just a few days after his re-election, Westwego Mayor Johnny Shaddinger used the word "excited" at least a dozen times when discussing his next term.

As usual, the House is still holding on to the proposed new budget. But not as usual, the House is in the process of redoing it to take out proposed one-time revenue used for ongoing expenses and replacing the hoped-for revenue with new money, actual funds.

Voters in Westwego have re-elected Mayor Johnny Shaddinger and voters in the 24th Judicial District have chosen Scott Schlegel to serve as a judge.

John "Johnny" Shaddinger was re-elected as Westwego's mayor, beating City Councilman Ted Munch, who gave up the council seat he has held for 35 years to run for the mayoral seat.

The future of tolls on the Crescent City Connection should be decided once and for all Saturday, when voters in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes go to the polls to consider that and several other items on the metro area ballot.

The Llbrary recently named winners for April's reading program, "Rock 'n' Read!" Students read books and completed short forms.

An apparent dearth of dragons to slay hasn't stopped Crescent City Connection toll opponents from gearing up for serious battle in Saturday's election, as they seek to eliminate the long-standing tolls permanently.

The Jefferson Parish Council has asked the Legislature for state money to subsidize the West Bank major crimes task force.

Evelyn Whitney Singleton, 71, a native of Westwego and a resident of Morgan City, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 9:10 p.m., at Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City.