Westwego News Archives

A Westwego city councilman interested in a job with Jefferson Parish cannot seek the position because parish personnel rules prohibit elected officials from working in civil service positions, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's office.

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded two contracts worth $16 million to raise six miles of levees south of Marrero and Westwego.

Cry: The Music of Johnnie Ray -- Prytania Theater, 5300 Prytania St. Cabaret-style concert featuring Johnnie Ray's hits, performed by Philip Melancon with Dave Maleckar and Vic Shepherd, noon today.

The Jefferson Parish public school system is holding a public hearing on the West Bank Wednesday, to discuss a preliminary list of consolidation and construction projects to be financed through a proposed property tax increase.

The Westwego City Council has halted expansion of a controversial chemical storage facility along River Road because officials say they need more information on how the proposed changes could affect residents.

A young boy stands while others pray in observance of Ramadan at the Alario Event Center in Westwego Sunday, September 20, 2009.

The new St. Charles Parish emergency operations center would be able to withstand 200 mph winds.

Owner Shannon Belsome said the permits to open cost her thousands of dollars. The Jefferson Parish district attorney's office will not file criminal charges against Westwego employees for their role in a spat between two of the city's rival snowball stand owners.

Kenner police can spend more time in Kenner now that the city officials have decided to prosecute misdemeanor marijuana cases in City Court instead of state District Court in Gretna.

A Hahnville man has been booked with raping a 27-year-old Des Allemands woman whom he offered to give a ride home, police said.

A Metairie man is dead after authorities say he shot himself in the head following a stand-off with police outside of an apartment complex near Westwego early Wednesday.

After an intense standoff with the Jefferson Parish SWAT team, a 23-year-old man fatally shot himself in the head in unincorporated Westwego early today.

The incident began to unfold shortly after 9pm Tuesday night when a woman called from an apartment in the 900 block of Beachgrove in the Westwego area to report that she had been beaten by an ex-boyfriend. Over an hour later, deputies found the man sitting in an SUV parked at the apartment complex with a gun pointed at his head.

Authorities can now move forward with deciding if there should be charges against the parents, landlord or anyone else in the rat attack death of a three-month-old baby girl in Westwego.

A Marrero man has been arrested after a gathering near Westwego this weekend ended with a machete chase and gunfire.