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Flood advisory lifted for Orleans, surrounding parishes after early morning rains
Note: The flood advisory is no longer in effect as of Friday at 7 a.m. National Weather Service forecasters issued a flooding advisory close to 4 a.m. for Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes after a series of thunderstorms hit these areas overnight Friday. The advisory is in effect...
Longtime principal attacked, needs surgery following confrontation with disabled man in St. Bernard Parish
CHALMETTE, La. — Editor's note: The original media release from the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office stated Principal Wayne Warner was attacked while attempting to help a man in a wheelchair, however, Warner's wife told WWL Louisiana he was only questioning the man's destructive behavior and not trying to assist when the attack occurred.
Longtime Chalmette principal injured, hospitalized after attack, St. Bernard authorities say
Longtime Chalmette High School Principal Wayne Warner was set to undergo surgery Tuesday for injuries he suffered when a man attacked and robbed him Sunday night, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office said. Warner, 79, suffered a broken hip and elbow after he was pushed to the ground by 33-year-old...
Longtime Chalmette High School principal seriously injured while trying to help man in wheelchair
CHALMETTE, La. — The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a man connected with an assault of a longtime high school principal. According to the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, Christopher Kid, 33, was arrested and booked into jail on charges of second degree robbery, simple battery of the infirm, theft, simple assault, shoplifting, resisting a police officer with force or violence, and battery on a police officer in connection with the attack of Wayne Warner.
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