While much has changed in the last two centuries, including the demographic makeup of the parish, history shows that conflict has long defined attitudes on both sides of the Orleans-Jefferson line.

Firefighters, clad in matching shirts and holding signs, packed the Jefferson Parish Council chambers this week to voice ...

Sean Barrette is accused of choosing his targets at random when he fatally shot four people in Jefferson and Orleans parishes ...

behind hundreds of years of history, it’s a plaque that says “Suburban Acres High School.” They discovered that the old sign was in fact from Jefferson Parish’s oldest still standing high ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO ... The shopping center will feature four stages all celebrating the parish’s history. They are the Timeline stage near Dillard’s, a Festival stage near ...

"This agency has a great history over the last 200 years, and they're certainly a big part of it." "It is an honor for me to be sheriff of Jefferson Parish. I look forward to continuing for many ...

But a spring special election for Jefferson Parish Council is shaping up as a fascinating political battle between the old, the new — and quite possibly the future. On the parish's west bank ...

celebrate with us year-long! Jefferson Parish was established by the Louisiana Legislature on February 11, 1825, and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. With such a rich history of people and places, ...