Bill Borchert, who has been on the Slidell City Council for 16 years, was sworn in as mayor Jan. 20, saying he will push to ...

Hand-held orange flags have been placed in storage bins attached to utility poles at several intersections on Boston Street ...

A new metrics system for evaluating the performance of St. Tammany Parish Schools Superintendent Frank Jabbia was approved by ...

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr., weekend: a time to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. King and his contributions to civil ...

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run in the Gentilly area Thursday morning. The New Orleans ...

The Jefferson Parish Council and the parish's inspector general, Kim Chatelain, have reached a compromise after sparring over ...

Months of heated back and forth between the Jefferson Parish Council and Inspector General Kim Chatelain are over. “This is proof that when we talk, we can make good things happen,” Jefferson Parish ...

The new changes come after weeks of behind-the-scenes meetings to reach a compromise, a signal of what may be a more peaceful parish government this year.

Jefferson Parish Inspector General Kim Chatelain welcomed the new rules. They’re less expansive than what the council previously considered. “It was a win for oversight, it was painful for a ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Months of heated back and forth between the Jefferson Parish Council and Inspector General Kim Chatelain are over. “This is proof that when we talk, we can make good ...

The vote now tightens what Inspector General Kim Chatelain can do and say in the position. Chatelain will now have to follow a tightened media policy before releasing details from investigations.