Kenner Police arrest reports, May 16-21

Kenner police reported the following arrests. The arrests are compiled in a binder kept at the Kenner jail. Tewan W. Leonard, 19, 414 Incarnate Word Drive, Kenner, was arrested May 16 in the 2800 block of Loyola Drive and booked...
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/05/kenner_police_arrest_reports_m_15.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 09:47:13 -0700

Kenner school to take spotlight for state LEAP score release

Greenlawn Terrace Elementary succeeds despite high poverty rate
http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/05/kenner_school_to_take_spotligh.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 07:23:25 -0700

Kenner to open time capsule to celebrate Louisiana’s bicentennial

By: The Associated Press KENNER, La. (AP) — Kenner says it will open a time capsule as part of the celebration of Louisiana’s 200th anniversary. The time capsule does not date back that far however. City officials said Wednesday it was buried 25 years ago in Rivertown. ...
http://www.lsureveille.com/news/kenner-to-open-time-capsule-to-celebrate-louisiana-s-bicentennial-1.2736621

Published: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:50:04 -0700

Kenner sells old fire truck to smaller city

A 31-year-old fire truck that the Kenner Fire Department doesn't use will have a new home in the Louisiana town of Independence. The Kenner City Council uanimously agreed April 19 to sell the 1981 truck to the Tangipahoa Parish town...
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/kenner_sells_old_fire_truck_to.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 04:37:53 -0700

Kenner City Council odds and ends

The Kenner City Council took the following actions Thursday. The council meets in the council chambers at Kenner City Hall. Agreed to pay Capstone Builders $73,875 for modifications to the Martin Luther King Resource Center, through the Community Development Block...
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/kenner_city_council_odds_and_e_50.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:37:23 -0700

Kenner's mayor, critic clash over car cash

A dispute has erupted between Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni and his persistent critics in Citizens for a Better Kenner over car allowances for Yenni's political appointees, an expense that makes up 0.147 percent of the mayor's $61.1 million budget proposal....
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/kenners_mayor_critic_clash_ove.html

Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 08:37:13 -0700

DOTD issues Memorial Day travel advisory

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) today advised drivers of upcoming work schedules for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana for the Memorial Day holiday weekend (Saturday, May 26 through Monday, May 28). DOTD Secretary Sherri H. LeBas urged drivers to use extra caution when traveling on the roadways during the upcoming holiday ...
http://www.katc.com/news/dotd-issues-memorial-day-travel-advisory/

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:24:39 -0700

Kenner to open time capsule

Kenner says it will open a time capsule as part of the celebration of Louisiana's 200th anniversary. The time capsule does not date back that far however. City officials said Wednesday it was buried 25 years ago in Rivertown.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120426/APN/1204260608

Published: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:42:27 -0700

Kenner to open time capsule as part of Louisiana bicentennial celebration

As part of the celebration of Lousiana's 200th anniversary, the city of Kenner announced on Wednesday that it will hold a ceremony later this year. The capsule was buried 25 years ago in Rivertown. Kenner officials celebrated the state's 175th anniversary...
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/kenner_to_open_time_capsule_as.html

Published: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:13:21 -0700

State education chief joins in celebrating Jefferson Parish test score gains

Knowing that stress from the upheaval of widespread changes can cause an initial dip in achievement before improvements start to show, Superintendent James Meza said he braced himself for the test results from his first year of reforming Jefferson Parish...
http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/05/state_education_chief_joins_in.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 17:38:05 -0700