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• Emergency repairs to I-10 in Kenner to close highway

  July 18, 2023 6:10 PM

  JEFFERSON PARISH - Emergency repairs to a stretch of I-10 in Kenner will close the highway in both directions early Wednesday morning. Louisiana State Police said the shut-down will start at 1 a.m. and the road would open and close intermittently as crews conducted the repair between Williams Blvd.... more »

• No major injuries after van crashed through Kenner church Sunday morning

  February 6, 2022 5:10 PM

  KENNER - A van crashed through the wall of a Kenner church's choir room Sunday morning. Kenner police told WWL-TV that a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Short Street was in the parking lot when they turned on their van's ignition and shifted gears. ... more »

• Three people dead, one in critical condition after crash on Airline Highway

  January 23, 2022 2:34 PM

  KENNER - A fatal crash on Airline Highway caused a power outage before killing three people and leaving one in critical condition Saturday night. The Kenner Police Department said the crash happened around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Airline Highway and Jackson Street. Witnesses told investigators that... more »

• 10-year-old, teen wounded by gunshots while sleeping in Kenner home

  January 8, 2022 12:58 PM

  KENNER - A 10-year-old and a 19-year-old were wounded by gunfire early Saturday morning while sleeping in a Kenner home. The Kenner Police Department reports the shooting happened at 4:15 a.m. in the 3100 block of Tifton Avenue. Several gunshots struck the home, injuring the two sleeping individuals. ... more »

• Walmart closing Kenner location until Friday for cleaning

  December 29, 2021 2:34 PM

  KENNER - A Walmart in Jefferson Parish will close Wednesday to clean and sanitize the building as COVID-19 cases rapidly increase across Louisiana. The company's corporate communications team said the store on W. Esplanade Avenue will close at 2 p.m. Dec. 29 and reopen Friday, Dec. 31 at 6... more »

• I-10 to close in both directions in Kenner and Metairie overnight

  September 9, 2021 6:15 PM

  I-10 will be temporarily closed in both directions from Williams Boulevard to Loyola Drive in Kenner for Entergy to run transmission lines across the interstate. The closure will begin at midnight on Friday, September 10, 2021. Traffic traveling west will be diverted to Williams Boulevard and traffic traveling east... more »

• Eyewitnesses help Kenner police nab man accused of critically injuring 8-year-old in hit and run

  March 2, 2021 9:52 AM

  KENNER - A man is behind bars after allegedly hitting an 8-year-old boy with his vehicle in an incident that left the child critically injured. According to WWL-TV , authorities classified the crime as a hit and run, saying that after the man's vehicle hit the boy, the man... more »

• Wanted: Man accused of molesting 10-year-old girl in Kenner

  September 15, 2020 10:32 AM

  KENNER — Police are on the hunt for a 31-year-old man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in Kenner on September 9, WWL-TV reports. Kenner Police say Elder Paz Perez and his two brothers, 35-year-olds Raul and Wilmer Paz Perez, attacked the child while they were alone with her... more »

• Popular Rivertown restaurant in shambles following early morning fire

  June 16, 2020 10:35 AM

  KENNER - The owner of Gendusa’s Italian Market, a popular Rivertown restaurant, was headed into work on Tuesday morning when he saw smoke coming from the building. According to WWL-TV , fire broke out in the restaurant's kitchen around 5:30 a.m. The restaurant owner, Troy Gendusa said he's still... more »

• Kenner's former mayor arrested, accused of ramming woman's car

  June 8, 2020 12:09 PM

  KENNER - Kenner's former mayor, Phil Capitano, has been arrested and accused of ramming a woman's vehicle during a dispute. According to WWL-TV , Kenner police said Capitano's nephew summoned him to an apartment within the 300 block of Clemson Street, because the younger man's ex-girlfriend was trying to... more »

• Pregnant woman and unborn child die in crash that may have involved road rage

  January 31, 2020 12:44 PM

  KENNER - A woman who was eight months pregnant was killed in a Thursday afternoon accident when her car slammed into a utility pole in a two-vehicle wreck that may have involved road rage. According to The Advocate , 22-year-old Jade Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene of... more »

• Missing 14-year-old Raceland boy found

  January 19, 2019 6:25 PM

  UPDATE: Deputies have found Logan Molliere. ***** LAFOURCHE PARISH- The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's office is asking for the publics help locating a missing 14-year-old Raceland boy. Deputies say Logan Molliere was last seen at his home located on St. Ann Street around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, January 19th.... more »

• Man arrested after admitting to running over victim following argument

  November 28, 2017 3:24 PM

  KENNER- Authorities arrested a man they say intentionally ran over another man with his car following an altercation. The incident took place early Monday morning outside a bar on Williams Boulevard in Kenner. WWL-TV reports the victim is listed as stable at University Hospital with a broken leg, broken... more »

• Kenner man indicted for arson and possession of a destructive device

  October 25, 2017 11:43 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A Kenner man accused of arson and possession of a destructive device has been indicted in federal court, according to a news release. Ryan Scott, 39, is charged with arson and possessing a destructive device, the release said. He is accused of setting a fire at... more »

• Kenner man killed after being hit, dragged by bus

  September 1, 2017 1:02 PM

  KENNER - A man was killed by a transit bus in Kenner after it hit and dragged him last night. According to WGNO-TV , the incident occurred around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Reverend Richmond Wilson Drive and Coleman Place. The man was found unresponsive at the scene... more »

• Teen accused of beating elderly couple with hammer in Kenner caught in Baton Rouge

  July 10, 2017 12:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A teen was arrested for allegedly beating an 89-year-old man and 70-year-old woman with a hammer inside their Kenner home on Sunday. According to the Kenner Police Department, a man reported that his next door neighbor, living in the Woodlake Subdivision on Tenton Street, walked... more »

• Man leads police on chase in stolen car

  September 7, 2016 11:01 PM

  KENNER - Police arrested Donald Harris of Baton Rouge Tuesday after he stole a vehicle and led police on a chase. Kenner Police's license plate recognition system received a "stolen hit" on a 2006 Honda Accord that had been reported stolen on Sept. 4. Police spotted the stolen... more »

• Detective reveals new details of deadly Raising Cane's robbery

  August 9, 2016 10:19 AM

  GRETNA - A Kenner Police detective unleashed new and graphic details about the events of the morning when Raising Cane’s store manager Taylor Friloux was stabbed to death at a Monday preliminary hearing in a Gretna courtroom. WWL-TV reported that Detective Brad Ricke described how surveillance cameras captured one... more »

• Police locate girl, 13, sought in Raising Cane's armed robbery, murder

  July 5, 2016 5:13 PM

  KENNER - A female passenger who was wanted in connection with a deadly armed robbery at a Raising Cane's on Williams Boulevard has been located. Friday, a 13-year-old girl, accompanied by her parents, turned herself in to police. The girl said she was the female passenger inside the suspect... more »

• Raising Cane's manager stabbed to death - what we know

  June 30, 2016 10:03 AM

  KENNER - Police in Kenner say they’ve arrested a second suspect and have a third possible suspect in for questioning in the stabbing death of a Raising Cane’s shift manager early Wednesday morning. The stabbing happened at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when a former employee of the restaurant reportedly stabbed... more »

• Raising Cane's shift manager stabbed, killed during armed robbery

  June 29, 2016 9:17 AM

  KENNER - Kenner Police said a woman was fatally stabbed multiple times during an armed robbery carried out by a former store employee at a Raising Cane's in Kenner. WWL-TV said the robbery happened just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Raising Cane's located at 3344 Williams Boulevard.... more »

• 2 alligators removed from area near boat launch in Kenner

  June 16, 2016 4:08 PM

  KENNER - Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents removed two alligators - one 6-feet long and the other 8-feet long - from the area near a pump station in Jefferson Parish, according to WGNO-TV in New Orleans. “Because of the national news regarding alligators, we didn’t want anyone to... more »

• Triple shooting suspect surrenders with infant in arms

  April 15, 2016 6:12 PM

  KENNER ( WWL-TV ) - A WWL-TV viewer captured this photo of members of Kenner Police and the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Task Force apprehending a suspect in Kenner shortly after noon Friday. Kenner Police Lieutenant Brian McGregor said the image shows several law enforcement members surrounding Eddieshawn "12... more »

• Man and woman found shot to death in Kenner home, children inside home unharmed

  April 4, 2016 10:00 AM

  KENNER- A man and a woman were found shot to death in the bedroom of a Kenner apartment that was also occupied by three young children, according to Kenner Police. The discovery of the victims was made shortly before 7 a.m. in the 2100 block of Idaho Avenue after one... more »

• Cyberstalking charges filed against Kenner man dismissed

  December 11, 2015 1:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Cyberstalking charges filed against a Kenner man in December of 2015 were dismissed in a Baton Rouge court late last month. Court documents indicate the temporary restraining order filed in connection with the incident against 24-year-old Andrew Boughrara was dismissed on Jan. 20. The charges... more »