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Gayle Sloan has been superintendent of St. Tammany schools for almost seven years. Full story »

Federal probes add urgency to the search Full story »

Muncipal elections and tax renewals on the ballot Full story »

Dr. Yvens Laborde of New Orleans, a native of Haiti who works at Ochsner Medical Center, spent more than two weeks in Haiti after the massive Jan. 12 earthquake. He and others set up a mobile medical clinic and even went door to door to treat survivors. He is now back in Haiti to continue that work. Here, in... Full story »

Bi-partisan committee will be appointed soon Full story »

Persons convicted of serious crimes against animals will have to register with police for a 10-year period or face jail time if they fail to do so, if a New Orleans House member has his way,. Democratic Rep. Walker Hines has filed House Bill 201 which would require persons convicted of aggravated animal cruelty, dogfighting, cockfighting, hog and canine... Full story »

A West Virginia woman accused with her boyfriend of strangling her grandfather at a Bucktown apartment five years ago and then driving the body to her home state pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice in a homicide. Mary Crawford, 39, of Gerrardstown, W.Va., pleaded guilty after the Jefferson Parish district attorney's office dismissed a charge of second-degree murder.... Full story »

Covington High School Principal Deborah McCollum, who was holding the position on an interim basis this year, has been given the job outright. The announcement came Thursday night at the St. Tammany Parish School Board meeting in Covington. McCollum took a job at Covington as assistant principal in July 2007 after holding the position of mathematics curriculum specialist for... Full story »

Louis Congemi a no-show Full story »

Principals, assistant principals and teachers could be subject to dismissal or transfer if their schools consistently fail to meet required accountability growth targets under a measure approved by the Jefferson Parish School Board Thursday night. Libby Moran Meeting at Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School in Kenner, the board unanimously approved the measure by board member Libby Moran, whose original... Full story »

Money for development at St. Bernard and North Claiborne avenues also approved Full story »

Police on Thursday released photos of a suspect in a March 2 business burglary in eastern New Orleans in an effort to identify him. The burglary happened about 12:05 a.m. at a business in the 9900 block of Lake Forest Boulevard. Investigators said the man hopped through a window, stole money from the cash register and fled. A surveillance... Full story »

Death of Paige DeJean, whose father was serving overseas with the Louisiana National Guard, rocked community Full story »

A LaPlace man was convicted Thursday of robbing a Kenner bank two years ago and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, but a Jefferson Parish jury acquitted him of attempted murder and being in possession of a stolen vehicle, all charges stemming from the same incident. Andrew Horne, 25, was convicted of armed robbery and faces... Full story »