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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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Folsom sales tax revenue down

Folsom’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.

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KMB awards three grants

The 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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Slidell food collection a success

Send a bunch of realtors out to canvass a neighborhood, and you never know what they’ll bring back to the office.

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FEMA boosts parish's recovery funding

Thanks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, parish communities are getting a boost in their Gustav recovery funding.

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Slidell man strands 6-year-old on roof

A Slidell man who knew his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son was scared of heights stranded the boy on the couple’s roof as punishment for not finishing his dinner, authorities said.

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Slidell woman faces 216 counts for allegedly forging prescriptions

A Slidell woman who allegedly stole a prescription pad from the urgent care center she worked for has been arrested by Picayune, Miss., police for allegedly writing fake prescriptions and selling them to friends and others.

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Slidell men face rape, incest charges

Two Slidell men were arrested recently on separate rape and aggravated incest charges, Sheriff’s Office Capt. George Bonnett said.

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CHS' Edmiston earns state teaching award

The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics has named Dr. Patricia Edmiston, math teacher at Covington High School, Teacher of the Year.

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Slidell man charged in copper thefts

A Slidell man was arrested this month after robbing at least 10 electrical substations of the precious metal copper, authorities said.

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Newly-renovated Slidell-area home falls victim to vandals

Randy and Desiree Calamari had a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, but those good feelings were eclipsed recently when they looked at what vandals had done to a house they had just rebuilt after the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

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