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Slidell puts brakes on modular home sales

With a 5-2 vote, the Slidell City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night imposing a six-month moratorium on the sale and construction of modular homes within city limits.
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Board stresses attendance, recognizes communicators
Poor attendance in elementary school is an early indicator of a high school dropout, said St. Tammany Parish Deputy Superintendent Trey Folse at the regular School Board meeting held Thursday night.
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Pearl River woman killed in accident
A 41-year-old woman died and another woman and a man were hospitalized after a two-car collision Thursday morning.
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Forsyth looks toward the future of cancer center
Slidell Memorial Hospital has moved one step closer to its vision of a comprehensive regional cancer center by appointing JoAnn Forsyth, MHA, to the position of administrator.
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Longtime Folsom grocery store closes doors, welcomes newcomer
After nearly 23 years, the only full-size grocery store in the village of Folsom is experiencing a rebirth.
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City Council adopts credit card policy
Thanks to a unanimous vote by the City Council Thursday night, Mandeville now has its first physical policy on the usage of city-issued credit cards and purchasing cards.
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Finance director on hot seat at meeting
Investigations into the Mandeville city government are not letting up anytime soon, as indicated Thursday by Mayor Pro Tem Trilby Lenfant after the City Council adopted the first written policy on city-issued credit card usage.
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Fire guts building being constructed in Slidell
A stubborn fire in an office building under construction at 1301 Eastridge Drive in Slidell gave St. Tammany Fire Services District 1 personnel trouble for a couple of hours Thursday night.
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Parish workers earn lowest average salary in region
From the half million dollar lake front homes to the shiny Mercedes and BMWs zipping through St. Tammany Parish, one thing is clear — pockets of the area’s population are among the wealthiest statewide.
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Slidell celebrating National Aviation Day Tuesday
In honor of National Aviation Day, the Slidell Municipal Airport at the end of Airport Road will have a ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the airport’s lobby.
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Lacombe loses power when truck hits lines
Heavy rains caused problems in Lacombe Tuesday when a U.S. Postal Service truck snagged low-hanging cables, knocking out power and snarling communications in the surrounding area.
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Celtics'�� Brown lending support to YouthTruth
A back-to-school party this Saturday hosted by YouthTruth Inc. will get a little help from Boston Celtics basketball star P.J. Brown.
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Price recall effort gets under way
“He ought to resign. That’s what I think,” longtime resident Michelle Griggs said.
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Parish leads state in ACT average
A parish-by-parish comparison of ACT test scores over the past five years indicates the St. Tammany Parish School System is doing something right.
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South West Study Area recommendations being presented to parish zoning group
As part of the overall Parish Rezoning Plan, the St. Tammany Parish Planning Department will present its recommendations for the South West Study Area of the parish to the Zoning Commission. The presentation will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in the Council chambers on Koop Drive in Mandeville.
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School Board budget to be presented Thursday
With a proposed general fund budget of $334 million, the St. Tammany Parish School System spends thousands in revenue to educate each child in the parish.
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State Teacher of Year honored at reception
Louisiana State Teacher of the Year 2009 Deborah Tonguis was honored at a reception before the St. Tammany Parish School Board meeting Thursday night. Tonguis, a world geography and psychology teacher at Mandeville High School, said, “My life hasn’t changed very much. I’m still on bus duty, doing what I’ve always done.”
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Camp Salmen upgrades revealed by consultants
CSRS Inc., a Baton Rouge based consulting firm, recently revealed a $20 million plan to upgrade Camp Salmen, a once thriving 1960s era Boy Scout camp near Slidell now abandoned and overrun with foliage.
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Mandeville police officers arrest burglary suspect
A Mandeville man caught red-handed burglarizing a home was captured by police without incident.
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Autopsy reveals meningitis killed Sun Chief of Police
Michael Felix Raymond Jr., the cigar-chomping blues musician turned Sun police chief who died in January this year, was infected with meningitis an autopsy has revealed, St. Tammany Parish Coroner spokesman Mark Lombard said this month.
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Mandeville police officers nab one in attempted ATM theft
The Mandeville Police Department responded to an ATM machine alarm at StateWide Bank on 1305 N. Causeway Blvd. Saturday.
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Covington zoning board OKs annexations
The Covington Zoning Commission on Monday unanimously approved annexation of three parcels of land into the city.
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Case wins East St. Tammany chamber'��s 2008 Athena Award
The East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce has named Brenda Case, a woman at the helm of one of Slidell’s oldest businesses, as the recipient of the 2008 Athena Award.
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Besh, restaurants receive high honors from LRA
Slidell resident and acclaimed chef John Besh spiced up his resume recently when the Louisiana Restaurant Association named him the 2008 Restauranteur of Year.
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Acadian introduces new mobile emergency unit
The communication black hole of Hurricane Katrina taught St. Tammany’s sole ambulance provider, Acadian Ambulance, one thing — find a way to communicate.
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