• Lapalco bridge lane closing
One lane of the Lapalco Boulevard bridge over Bayou Segnette in Westwego will be closed Saturday, Jefferson Parish announced.

• Weekend closures loom on Huey P.
Complete 12-hour closures of traffic in one direction are planned for the Huey P. Long Bridge on Saturday and Sunday.

• Corps cooperation pays dividends with levees
While inspecting a floodwall under construction south of Harvey, West Bank levee district director Giuseppe Miserendino recently noticed small chunks of concrete scattered near the wall.

• Gretna canal project hits snag
Emergency repairs to correct the crumbling banks of the Heebe Canal in Gretna are nearly complete, but the project hit a snag recently when the contractor hired for the was sued for failing to pay several subcontractors.

• Gretna sued over fire station
Gould Steam Fire Company No. 2, terminated by the city of Gretna in 2007 after 200 years of service, can proceed with its lawsuit against the city and its firefighting successor over unpaid rent at two stations.

• Mom's trial reset in death of newborn
The trial for a Metairie woman accused of drowning her newborn girl in Lake Pontchartrain has been pushed back to July to give her attorney more time to prepare.

• Airmen will set up FM stations in Haiti
Two Louisiana Air National Guard airmen deployed to Haiti on Friday to set up two radio stations that will be used in the recovery, according to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

• Lanes to close on Lapalco
Several lane closures will affect traffic on Lapalco Boulevard in Harvey between the Murphy Canal and Bayou Fatma beginning Monday, Jefferson Parish announced.

• Quartet running for Gretna council job
Embattled Councilman Jonathan Bolar is the only Gretna City Council member to draw opposition in the March 27 election, facing three challengers, including a former city employee who temporarily represented the 1st District last summer when council members' terms expired because of a redistricting dispute.

• 5 charges against Bolar dropped
Beleaguered Gretna Councilman Jonathan Bolar won a minor victory in his federal corruption case recently when U.S. Attorney Jim Letten reduced the charges against Bolar in a superseding indictment filed in federal court.

• Admiral will speak at dinner
Rear Adm. Mary Landry, commander of the New Orleans-based 8th Coast Guard District, will be the principal speaker at this year's annual Navy League dinner.

• Bookkeeper sentenced for $13 million theft
An Avondale woman was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison Thursday for stealing $13 million from a local company, while her sister's boyfriend received a 78-month sentence for his role in the crime.

• Floridian indicted in Kenner murder
A Jefferson Parish grand jury Thursday indicted three men in unrelated crimes, including two cases of child rape and one involving a Florida man accused of traveling to Kenner in a stolen truck to kill his ex-girlfriend.

• Gretna woman gets 41 months
Editor's note: This story is being rerun today because it was garbled when it ran in Thursday's edition.

• Kenner men charged in death
Two Kenner men have been charged in the death of a River Ridge girl who was fatally wounded last year by a bullet fired during an apparent gun battle on the street outside, according to a bill of indictment prosecutors unsealed Thursday.

• LaPlace man guilty in bank heist
A LaPlace man was convicted Thursday of robbing a Kenner bank two years ago and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, but a Jefferson Parish jury acquitted him of attempted murder and being in possession of a stolen vehicle, all charges stemming from the same incident.

• Woman pleads guilty in homicide
A West Virginia woman accused with her boyfriend of strangling her grandfather at a Bucktown apartment five years ago and then driving the body to her home state pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice in a homicide.

• Gretna woman sentenced to prison
A Gretna woman was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison for embezzling $1.9 million from her former employer over seven years, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced.

• Dying words lead to arrests
A dying declaration by one of the victims in a triple shooting in Waggaman last weekend led Jefferson Parish sheriff's investigators to arrest two teenagers, including one with an extensive arrest history.

• Metairie man pleads guilty to rape of 2 girls
With tearful and angry parents and his young victims looking on, a Metairie man accused of aggravated rape pleaded guilty to reduced charges Tuesday, admitting he sexually abused two girls in his care in 2008.

• School makes an elite list
After five years spent formulating a unique, individualized curriculum that strives to transform elementary-age students into "citizens of the world," educators at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School have finally earned a formal stamp of approval for their efforts.

• Algiers library falls to wrecking ball
The Algiers Regional Library, vacant since it was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, will come down Wednesday.

• Nightly tunnel closures start
Nightly closures of the Belle Chasse Tunnel have begun, culminating in a longer closure this weekend.