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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?
More of this storyFolsom’s hurting right now.
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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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Comedian comes home for holidays
It began in a back room for Theo Vonkuratowski.
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Two die in Covington house fire
A Baton Rouge man and his 3-year-old son were killed Sunday when a Covington-area home erupted in flames.
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Expert: Community must back program
A newly approved yet controversial prisoner work-release program near Covington, about a football field away from the city’s most crime-riddle neighborhood, has many city leaders fuming.
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Homeowners updated on latest issues
St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis fielded questions while providing updates on a number of topics, including hurricane cleanup, flood protection and drainage and roadway improvements at a town hall-type meeting Saturday with leaders of homeowner’s associations across the parish.
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Locals can still help Humane Society win online makeover contest
If all goes well, the St. Tammany Humane Society could win a $1 million makeover next year in an online contest.
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Former assistant principal pleads guilty to rape
Mark Carpenter, a former assistant principal at Lee Road Junior High School who was accused of raping a 6-year-old girl, pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, a court official said.
More of this storyThe Keep Mandeville Beautiful organization has awarded three $500 beautification grants to Mandeville neighborhoods Tanglewood, Fontainebleau and Beau Rivage.
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LTC Region 1 cuts ribbon in Slidell
The Louisiana Technical College (LTC) Region 1 celebrated its return to serving the Northshore community with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house reception last week for its new Instructional Service Center at 56707 Behrman St. in Slidell.
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Officials: Salmen's reported scores are inaccurate
A recent report of school performance scores from the Louisiana Department of Education has caused an uproar at Salmen High School.
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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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