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Parish coastline tattered but still intact
St. Tammany Parish’s coastline is dwindling, that’s no secret. But at what rate?
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Rezoning plan has land owners worried
The Covington comprehensive land use and rezoning planning process is coming to an end, but not without concerns.
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Slidell High teacher marks 40 years
Slidell High School industrial arts teacher Leonard Acker didn’t intend to stay in teaching very long.
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Local furniture stores shed light on holiday shopping
Is the screeching noise coming from Dad’s recliner too much to bear?
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Belk opens doors to newly-renovated store
Belk’s newly renovated 112,000-square-foot department store opened in Covington Thursday with much fanfare as hundreds of waiting patrons accepted free gift cards and complimentary makeup coupons while the Covington High School marching band ushered in the event.
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School Board rolls back millage
Revenue neutral millage rates continue to be the goal of the St. Tammany Parish School Board as it rolled back millage rates in a special meeting Thursday night.
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Brothers booked on drug charges
Covington Police busted a pair of suspected drug dealing brothers this week when a 12-block foot chase through the city’s most notorious drug hot zone ended in arrest.
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Dirt laid for Rooms To Go facility
The first thing you notice at the Rooms To Go construction site in Pearl River is the dirt.
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Abita Springs may go to four-day workweek
Abita Springs Mayor Louis Fitzmorris wants to know what residents think about closing Town Hall on Fridays.
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Grant provides system to monitor lift stations
Covington will receive a Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program grant from the state for $266,000 to be used for the purchase and installation of a SCADA wastewater control computer monitoring system for the city’s 60 lift stations.
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Keep Slidell Beautiful launches Green Team program with grant
Keep Slidell Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, has received a $2,000 mini-grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful to continue its efforts to keep the Camellia City clean, green and beautiful.
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Millage rates are in across the parish
There’s good news, bad news and no news for residents across the parish now that most of the property assessments are in and cities have made decisions concerning millage rates.
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Bush man guilty of hiding Jaume murderer
A Bush man with “XXX loser” tattooed on his forehead earned a second strike this week after being found guilty of hiding the man who killed Mandeville mother Samantha Jaume in 2001.
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Playhouse bouncing way to success
Children and adults alike will enjoy a bouncing good time when they go to the Super Bounce Playhouse on Pontchartrain Boulevard in Slidell.
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Fines for unsafe gun practices suggested
St. Tammany Parish District 12 Councilman Gary Cooper on Wednesday vowed to increase fines for those who shoot guns near homes after a Covington man was shot but survived a stray bullet hit last weekend.
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Mini-storage facility still needs BZA approval
A Slidell auto dealer who wants to build a 3-acre mini-storage facility off Pontchartrain Boulevard has gotten the City Council’s approval for a conditional-use permit, but he still has another hoop to jump through before he can actually begin construction.
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Pearl River man busted for 17 car burglaries
An ex-convict who had served jail time for burglarizing cars did not learn his lesson because he was arrested Tuesday by Slidell police on 17 counts of simple burglary and one count of attempted burglary.
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Man sentenced to five years for stealing wallet
Apparently a full belly of waffles didn’t satisfy a Mississippi man’s hunger last year. Now he has five years in prison to think about it.
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Three dogs dead after owner shoots pit bulls
A man trying to protect himself and his pet dog shot two attacking pit bulls Tuesday afternoon, according to the Slidell Police Department.
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Slidell man propels space exploration
A Slidell man whose work with space crafts resulted in better safety, faster development and significant cost cuts was recognized with a coveted award Oct. 22 at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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Clerk of Court office names three Employees of the Month
St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court employees Bridget Hickman, Kristie Couch and Mary Venezia were named 2008 third quarter employees of the month.
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MetLife Loans introduces Slidell Mortgage branch Â
The Slidell mortgage branch of First Horizon Home Loans has announced it is now officially part of MetLife, and doing business as a mortgage branch of MetLife Home Loans.
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CPA Northshore chapter elects leaders
The Northshore chapter of Society of Louisiana CPAs elected nine chapter leaders recently, including Stella Helluin, current director of the St. Tammany Center of Southeastern Louisiana University, as its president.
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STPH leading employer in nation
For the third consecutive year St. Tammany Parish Hospital was named one of the top 5 percent of employers in the nation, a hospital spokesperson said.
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