These are some of the Dear Santa letters that have been submitted to the News-Star from area schools. These and Santa letters ...

Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.

Newton School Superintendent Tom Messenger says the foundation for the addition onto Thomas Jefferson Elementary School should be completed on time. Messenger told the school board last night that ...

Once again Cherbonnier School in Waggaman has the dubious distinction of being the only school in Jefferson Parish getting an "F" for the second year in a row. Waggaman used to have four schools ...

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN MAY ON A teen accused of shooting and injuring a student outside of West Jefferson High School in May has been sentenced. Court records show Denis Castro-Andrade changed ...

A West Jefferson High School student was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to shooting a classmate on the last day of school, according to Jefferson Parish court records.

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who critically wounded two kindergartners at a tiny religious school in Northern California was mentally ill and believed by targeting children he was carrying ...

Los Angeles, CA (December 2, 2024) - Emergency responders were called to a vehicle collision with injuries in West Adams, Los Angeles, at the intersection of W Jefferson Blvd and Crenshaw Blvd. The ...

The San Leandro City Council’s censures of Vice Mayor Fred Simon and Councilmember Victor Aguilar will force them to give up half their travel budgets to the city’s homelessness programs and ...

Lampeter-Strasburg's Peter Fiorelli (23) kicks a 32 yard field goal against Thomas Jefferson during second-half action of a PIAA class 4A football semifinal game at Altoona School District’s ...