The Jefferson Parish Council race for District 1 is heating up. Three candidates, Timothy Kerner Jr., Andrea Manuel, and Ricky Templet debated on the WDSU Hot Seat this week ahead of the election.

Three of the five seats on the Westwego City Council are being contested in Saturday's election, when the biggest race for Jefferson Parish is for an open parish council seat in District 1 .

Carlton Waller pleaded guilty to battery, and Eder Vasquez was convicted of child pornography possession in Jefferson Parish ...

According to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Neveaux pleaded guilty in exchange for avoiding a death sentence from a first-degree murder conviction had his case gone to trial.

Winston Bartholomew was convicted of second-degree murder for killing Gary Olver in his apartment over a dispute.

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish School Board is set to vote Wednesday on a possible price hike for after-school care as the district struggles with major staffing shortages ...

Lana Cristina, accused of breastfeeding her 4-day-old daughter after consuming fentanyl, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of ...

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"The Garden District, part of the Irish ... The heart of Uptown was the city of Jefferson in Jefferson Parish. The next community was Carrollton, first a town, then a city also in Jefferson ...

Jefferson Parish Schools share this statement. It says in part. We recognize the significance of this holy month for our Muslim students and their families and have provided district-wide guidance ...