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Mini storage project gets conditional use permit
Despite a six-month moratorium on issuing building permits for the construction of mini-storage facilities, one Slidell businessman was able to get the Slidell Planning and Zoning Commission last week to award him a conditional use permit to build such a facility on Pontchartrain Drive.
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Abita Crawfish Festival Saturday
Everybody with a craving for savory Louisiana mudbugs or a hankering for a good time is encouraged to head out to the fourth annual Abita Springs Crawfish Festival from 11 a.m. through midnight Saturday.
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Orchestra concert Saturday in Slidell
Music lovers of all ages have helped make Some Enchanted Evening with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra one of Slidell’s most successful cultural events for the past five years, and this year should be no different.
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Learn to speak, cook and study the Italian culture at the recently opened Italian Gourmet and Cultural Society on 227 Lee Lane Suite B in Covington.
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More NRCS-financed bayou clearing work done
A Natural Resources Conservation Service contractor is wrapping up work this week on a $50,000 project to clean out clogged sections of the lower reach of Bayou Vincent in Slidell to its flow-point into Bayou Bonfouca near Heritage Park.
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Volunteers gather to clean up Slidell
The sixth semi-annual “Clean Up Slidell” citywide beautification day was held Saturday from 9 a.m. until about 12:30 p.m.
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Pair sentenced to probation for attack
A pair of white post Hurricane Katrina construction workers were each sentenced to two years’ probation Monday for beating up a black man outside a bar in 2006, District Attorney Walter Reed spokesman Rick Wood said.
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Parish officials against sales tax bill
Although state Rep. Jim Tucker, R-New Orleans, recently killed a bill aimed to centralize local sales tax collections in Baton Rouge, a similar bill is still snaking through the House, causing a swarm of opposition from elected brass throughout St. Tammany Parish.
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Program empowers adults to protect children
A child’s safety is an adult’s job.
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First Congressional District election tomorrow
Voters in St. Tammany, Jefferson, Washington and Tangipahoa parishes will decide tomorrow who will represent them in Congress from the First Congressional District.
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Tucked into the pine trees of Abita Springs, the Abita Brewing Co. has opened up what they hope will become a real tourist attraction.
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Farmers market opens in Slidell, organizers deem it a success
The Camellia City Market, the newest addition to Olde Towne in Slidell, opened Saturday in Griffith Park.
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Covington woman dedicated to fighting cancer
For Covington resident Debbie Mormino, fighting cancer is a deeply personal battle.
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Huffing blamed in Covington three-car wreck
An automobile accident involving three cars and eight people Wednesday night was the result of “huffing” computer keyboard cleaner by the driver who caused the accident, Covington Police Lt. Jack West said.
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Pearl River man gets probation in sexual abuse case
A 31-year-old Pearl River man was sentenced to five years probation this week for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.
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Six-hour Lacombe standoff ends peacefully
Dozens of police officers from the Louisiana State Police and the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office descended on a quiet neighborhood in Lacombe Thursday as a Lacombe man barricaded himself in his home after fleeing a state trooper during a routine traffic stop for not using a seat belt.
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State trooper recovering after 18-wheeler hits him
A Louisiana State Police trooper is lucky to be alive and in good shape after an 18-wheeler hit him while he was surveying an accident scene Thursday afternoon on Interstate 55 near Pass Manchac.
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Smile, you’re on camera.
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Bill would have LSP patrolling Causeway
With only four fatal accidents over the last five years occurring on the longest bridge in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Police Department has kept motorists safe. But state Rep. John LaBruzzo of Metairie has authored a bill that would eliminate the Causeway Police and put the Louisiana State Police in charge.
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Parish Council to consider charter changes
Parish Council members on Thursday accepted for consideration a myriad of recommended changes to the parish government’s Home Rule Charter, including among other items, a scaling down of council members from 14 to 11.
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New Slidell Towers Building plans unveiled
Renovations have begun on the St. Tammany Parish administrative building in Slidell, and Parish President Kevin Davis hopes staff members can move in within a year.
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Parish to put tax renewals on ballot
Parish voters must choose whether to renew two separate taxes on Oct. 4 that for 10 years will continue to pump monies into the parish animal shelter and two organizations serving elderly and retarded residents.
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Brooks Educational Complex plans get OK from committee
The St. Tammany Parish School Board gave plans for the new Robert C. Brooks Jr. Educational Complex in Slidell the green light Thursday night during a meeting of the Committee as a Whole.
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Spillway closing, but lake not out of the woods yet
“Hooray,” said Carlton Dufrechou when asked about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closing the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
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Beloved Slidell veteran educator Brooks dies in Leesville at 104
Robert C. Brooks Jr., a veteran St. Tammany Parish educator and community leader in Slidell, died Wednesday at the age of 104.
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