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- Metairie woman dies after being run over by boyfriend
A Metairie woman has died from injuries she received this morning after her boyfriend pushed her from his truck then ran over her, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
- Housing ban lands St. Bernard Parish in court again
Less than a year after settling a housing-discrimination lawsuit with a local nonprofit, St.
- Hungry shoppers go back for more, better deals
A mob of shoppers cruise Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie Friday looking for deals at after Christmas sales.
- Deadline to move out of FEMA trailers looms in St. Bernard
The shower stops working. The refrigerator goes out. But for better or worse, George Dickinson calls the white FEMA trailer on his Arabi lawn "home." As a residential contractor, construction work on other ...
- Army Corps starts work on massive storm barrier
The hammering of a pile driver cut through the cold, damp air of the Golden Triangle wetlands Thursday, as workers kicked off construction of a 26-foot-high barrier aimed at blocking hurricane storm surge from ...
- New Orleans teen gets a fighting chance under the fatherly tutelage of a boxing coach
Coach James Joseph laces up Roy Middleton's headgear before a bout last month at Norman's Boxing Gym in Arabi.
- MEETINGS
These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send e-mail to citydesk@tpmail.com with MEETINGS in the subject line or a fax to 504.826.3007. --- ...
- New Book Showcases Katrina Fire Fighters' Sacrifices
When Hurricane Katrina smashed into the Gulf Coast in 2005, some 6,000 residents of St.
- 'Why St. Bernard Matters' is topic
A panel of guests will lead a discussion Thursday on the importance of rebuilding St.
- Three St. Bernard Parish resident die in I-10 wreck in St. Tammany; another St. Bernard man injured
Three St. Bernard Parish residents died about 7 miles outside of Slidell on Interstate-10 after the Jeep they were driving in crashed with a pickup truck driven by a St.
- Pals' weekly jaunt ends in tragedy
The trip from St. Bernard Parish to the Mississippi coast was a Sunday ritual, a chance to enjoy the casinos and the company of old friends.
- NOPD employee arrested in huge drug bust
The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office got a little help from the National Guard in making the parish's largest cocaine bust in more than a decade, and now deputies are hoping the bust will help federal law ...
- Three Killed in Crash on Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish
Today at 11:25 AM, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two-vehicle crash that resulted in three deaths.
- Four arrested in Chalmette coke bust
The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office will hold a news conference later this morning to offer details on the arrests of four people on drug charges, including a woman who previously worked for the New Orleans ...
- Local WWII veteran's tragedy has bright ending
What took an act of God to destroy took an act of Congress to replace. Peter Gomez was a mere 20 years old when he was wounded in France during World War II in 1944.
- Campbell re-elected to PSC
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish won easy re-election Saturday while the election for the regulator representing much of suburban New Orleans will require a runoff next ...
- St. Bernard's Lot Next Program waits approval from LRA
It is a delay some residents say their community can't afford. The surplus of empty lots in St.
- Man gets medals after 43-year wait
When Hurricane Betsy swamped Peter Gomez's home in Arabi in 1965, all it left was a sturdy wooden coffee table.
- Levee district to collect extra taxes
Regional commissioners agreed Thursday to roll forward the millage rates of levee districts in East Jefferson and St.
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City DescriptionArabi is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, between the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana and Chalmette within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. The population was 8,093 at the 2000 census.
Arabi was established in the 19th century as a suburb of New Orleans, along the east bank of the Mississippi River. Arabi was part of Orleans Parish, however, a law passed in the 1880s stated that slaughterhouses could not be located within the City of New Orleans. A 1951 map calls the area Jacksonburgh, a name believe to be derived from Andrew Jackson.
Arabi began as the community known as Stockyard Landing, because of the many stockyards and slaughterhouses located there. In the rear yards of some of houses in Old Arabi, there are remnants of blood traps from the area. When excavation for swimming pools was done, residents found dishes from New Orleans Hotels and restaurants whose table scraps were once used to feed animals.
Business interests' of the stockyards wanted to be free from control of New Orleans and persuaded the state of Louisiana to transfer dominion of the area to downriver St. Bernard ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Louisiana
- St. Bernard Parish
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