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LaCHIP program expanding so more families can participate
You are retired and suddenly faced with raising your grandchildren. Or your sister gets divorced and moves in with you, bringing her three children. With the cost of gas and food rising every day, health care and insurance for the children is not an option. Or is it?
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School Board approves 10 employee retirements
Nine certified personnel, with a combined total of 256 years of experience, have retired from the St. Tammany Parish School System.
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Quinn'€™s bill banning texting while driving passes, awaits governor'€™s signature
The Louisiana Legislature on Friday approved a ban on text-messaging while driving, becoming the third state in America to adopt such a law.
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Local legislators have bills signed into law
Each year legislative sessions typically produce controversial bills such as lawmakers’ pay raises that dominate headlines and talk radio station content. But as the session winds down to its end Monday, hundreds, if not thousands, of lesser-known bills are funneled through the session at the last minute with little or no debate.
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Slidell resident receives prestigious NASA award
Slidell resident Anita W. Douglas, training officer in the Office of Human Capital at the John C. Stennis Space Center, has received NASA’s prestigious Exceptional Service Medal.
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Mandevilleagency collecting pajamas for kids
SeaMaster Cruises of Mandeville has teamed up with the Pajama Program to assist in providing less fortunate children throughout the country with suitable bedtime clothing.
More of this storyMotorists on Interstate 12 should expect traffic delays and intermittent closings of the east and west bound lanes from 9 p.m. today to 8 a.m. June 28 as work crews repave the Bayou Lacombe overpass and repair the bridge railings.
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Sun fire department putting new tax on ballot
Sun’s fire department will ask voters July 19 to approve a 10-year property tax for equipment upgrades and operational costs that would nearly double its annual budget.
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Arson suspected in Madisonville camp fire
Arson is suspected in the fire that burned the last camp near the Madisonville Boat Launch earlier this week.
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Parish unveils new Web site for area artists
St. Tammany Parish government has unveiled a new Web site for area artists to market themselves.
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Parish fire departments getting service grants from U.S. agency
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is helping a number of St. Tammany Parish fire districts purchase equipment that can help reduce the threat and impact of wildfires in St. Tammany.
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Slidell Memorial receives state hospital quality award
Slidell Memorial Hospital has been recognized with a 2007 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by Louisiana Health Care Review Inc., the Medicare quality improvement organization for Louisiana.
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Children and everyone who is a child at heart will be the big beneficiaries of the latest major community-led project in Abita Springs. An extraordinary playground is being built this week along the banks of the Abita Creek, a stone’s throw from the new trailhead plaza and museum.
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Gun fanatic pinched by own arsenal of weapons
Sheriff’s Office deputies seized $150,000 in guns from a Slidell area gun collector whose “perversion” with weapons led to picture taking of his 1-year-old son, in diapers, clutching an AK-47 machine gun, Sheriff Jack Strain said Thursday.
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NHS cheerleaders raising funds for friend
Some Northshore High School cheerleaders will be filling grocery bags at Rouse’s Supermarket on Saturday, all in the name of helping a fallen friend.
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Slidell company hoping to build the area green
If it was up to Tommy Benasco, Slidell would become the center of eco-friendly house construction for the South.
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Lightning sparks fires in Mandeville, Lacombe
Lightning produced by an intense thunderstorm raking its way across south-central St. Tammany Parish Wednesday sparked flames in three homes and one marsh in the Mandeville and Lacombe areas.
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Mandeville boat launch reopens after renovations
Basically finished. That’s how Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price described the public boat launch after it recently reopened after three months of renovations.
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Covington, Slidell Fourth of July celebrations planned
The cities of Covington and Slidell are both planning big gala events to celebrate our country’s birthday, complete with food, entertainment, and of course, fireworks.
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Former President Ronald Reagan statue finds a home in Covington
A bronze statue of the 40th president of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan will be unveiled at a ceremony at 3 p.m. today at the Covington Trailhead, 419 N. New Hampshire St.
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Bellisario to host meetings with residents preceding council meetings
St. Tammany Parish District 9 Councilman Gene Bellisario will host a community meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria of Boyet Junior High School on Rebel Drive off Pearl Street.
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Local contractor arrested for a second time for theft
Slidell police arrested a local contractor Monday on two counts of theft over $500 after an investigation of complaints by homeowners who had hired the man to fix their Katrina-damaged homes.
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Impastato'€™s sentencing date pushed back
Former St. Tammany Parish Councilman Joe Impastato, who pleaded guilty to scheming kickbacks from a Hurricane Katrina debris removal company, will be sentenced later than originally scheduled.
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Abandoned homes still a problem for parish
Frank Reyes fears for his health.
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DA foresaw Supreme Court ruling on child rape penalty
Anticipating the day the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down the death penalty for child rapists, District Attorney Walter Reed always refrained from seeking an execution for such a crime, his office said Friday.
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