Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng says they had no choice, but to cancel Mardi Gras parades on Fat Tuesday. “The ...

Jefferson Parish held a press conference Monday morning after announcing parades would not roll Tuesday for severe weather.

We were freaking out,” the parish president said. “I was frantically on the phone that day because we were getting locked out ...

Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee says officials have decided to combine the annual St. Patrick’s parade with the ...

In the morning, Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng, parish councilmembers and others kicked off the bicentennial with a news conference in Gretna. They announced events are planned throughout the ...

Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng was frantic. It was the end of January and Lee Sheng, a Republican, was in Washington, chairing a task force on federal disaster funding, when the ...