5 February 2012, 12:02 am
Locals will participate in DC Mardi GrasShreveport TimesThe ball chair also selects the king and queen. Members of the Louisiana Congressional Delegation select other court members. The Louisiana State Society sponsored the first such ball in 1944. In 1957, US Sen. Russell B. Long founded the krewe.... Read More »
3 February 2012, 6:44 pm
NOLA.comLafeniere murder trial jurors begin deliberationsNOLA.comEdmundo Cerda-Anima is accused of running his Ford Expedition into Metairie grandmother Sandra Adams on May 22, 2006. Sandra Adams, left, was killed in May, 2006. Edmundo Cerda-Anima was arrested four years later and charged with murde... Read More »
3 February 2012, 1:05 pm
NOLA.comLafreniere Park murder defense witnesses try to cast doubt on rapeNOLA.comLiuizza testified in Judge Henry Sullivan's courtroom at 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna on the fifth day of Cerda-Anima's trial. He is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Adams, who was ta... Read More »
27 January 2012, 5:02 pm
NOLA.comMetairie man guilty of spraying Raid around neighbors' cat bowlsNOLA.comBy Drew Broach, The Times-Picayune Animal advocates praised a Metairie woman Friday for installing a surveillance camera that caught her neighbor spraying insecticide around her cats' food and water dishes. The H... Read More »
27 January 2012, 7:30 am
NOLA.comMetairie man pleads guilty to spraying Raid in neighbor's cat's foodWWLMETAIRIE, La. ― A Metairie man arrested in May for animal cruelty, criminal mischief and trespassing has changed his plea of not guilty to guilty in exchange for part of the charges to be dropped. David Rossi, 5... Read More »
25 January 2012, 5:01 pm
Metairie man pleads guilty to drug charges in Lafayette District courtKATC Lafayette NewsOmar Sikkaffy of Metairie faces up to 20 years at hard labor after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. "Sikkaffy was in possession of 2.12 kilos of cocaine when Loui... Read More »
24 January 2012, 12:18 pm
NOLA.comTwo arrested after rooftop chase in Metairie neighborhoodNOLA.comA resident called 911 about 2:31 am after she noticed a man rummaging through a vehicle in the 3900 block of Metairie Court, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. Witnesses reported seeing a second s... Read More »
20 January 2012, 12:11 pm
NOLA.comMetairie man guilty of 1st degree murder in St. Tammany ParishNOLA.com"Gina Scramuzza will have her day in court. Carlos Rodriguez will have his day in court. Erly Montoya will have his day in court. But that's not today. Your job is not to decide if they are guilty or innocent. Your job... Read More »
20 January 2012, 4:26 am
The Associated PressSupreme Court ruling confuses religious workersCBS NewsAleeza Adelman teaches Judaic Studies at The New Orleans Jewish Day School in Metairie, La., Jan. 19, 2012. (AP) DETROIT - Aleeza Adelman teaches Jewish studies at a Jewish school, yet she considers herself a teacher whose su... Read More »
12 January 2012, 3:31 pm
NOLA.comHealth care fraud charges added to Metairie doctor's child porn caseNOLA.comBy Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune A Metairie doctor indicted two years ago in a child pornography case, now faces new federal charges of health care fraud, authorities said. Dr. Daniel Joachim, 51, was charg... Read More »