A tense standoff between a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office SWAT team and a man who barricaded himself in a Marrero home ended Tuesday afternoon when the man emerged from the house and pointed a gun at deputies, who then shot and killed him.
A rare astronomical event will soon illuminate the Louisiana night sky as the harvest moon bids farewell to summer.
A federal jury convicted Charles Raymond in 2012 of a carjacking and killing over a luxury vehicle. After completing a prison term in Arkansas, he was rebooked last week on suspicion of murders in 2004 and 2005.