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Cashmere Butler sentenced to 40 years in Marrero manslaughter

A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Nov. 9) sentenced Cashmere Butler to 40 years in prison for his conviction of manslaughter in the shooting death of a teenager in Marrero. Butler, 19, received the punishment for shooting Samuel Tague, 18, once in the abdomen on April 15, 2025. Because he...

Marrero, LA · 2d
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Jefferson Parish woman evicted by landlord with history of code violations

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish landlord with a history of code enforcement violations in two parishes evicted a young single mom from one of his apartments. She admits she stopped paying rent, blaming deplorable and unsafe living conditions inside. But as we discovered in this FOX 8 Defenders...

Jefferson Parish, LA · 1d
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Houston Man Gets Life Plus 75 Years for Raping Kenner Child Starting at About Age 7 or 8

A Jefferson Parish judge sentenced 33-year-old James F. Butler Jr. of Houston to life plus 75 years in prison on Tuesday for sexually abusing a child in Kenner, a case that began when the victim was about 7 or 8 years old and wasn't reported until the child was 12.

Kenner, LA · 6h
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State Rep. Mike Bayham is gravely ill, St. Bernard Parish representative's office says

CHALMETTE — State Rep. Mike Bayham is gravely ill, the St. Bernard Parish representative's office said in a statement. "Throughout his life, Representative Bayham has devoted himself to the people of St. Bernard Parish and the state of Louisiana. Today, we ask the community he loves so dearly to surround him with that same spirit of compassion," his office said Wednesday.

St Bernard Parish, LA · 3h
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Man arrested after reportedly threatening to blow up plane headed to New Orleans

Cops hauled a man off an airplane late Monday night at Armstrong International.“The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a disturbance involving a passenger aboard an aircraft,” Sergeant Brandon Veal said in an email.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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Nine Mile Point Road closing for railroad repair

Nine Mile Point Road will close Thursday, Nov. 12, to repair the railroad at the crossing.

Jefferson Parish, LA · 1d

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Jefferson Parish law restricts what code inspectors can cite for inside rental units

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Jefferson Parish leaders admit they could hold more negligent landlords responsible if code enforcement inspectors could cite for more violations inside rental units. But we found current parish law restricts the violations for which inspectors can cite. Inside the Jefferson Parish Council chambers, property owners regularly...

Jefferson Parish, LA · 17h

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Jury weighs lawsuit alleging Jefferson student with disability handcuffed, put in chokehold

A jury will soon decide whether a Jefferson Parish student's rights were violated in 2021 when sheriff's deputies handcuffed the 10-year-old, who has a behavior disorder, and put him in a chokehold after he struck his school's principal. The boy’s parents, Terry Harper and Ashley Hutchinson Harper, sued the Jefferson...

Jefferson Parish, LA · 12h