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Domingues named Woman
of the Year
“I get to do what I love every day,” said Leslie Thomas Domingues.
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Proposal to widen U.S. 11 may run into public roadblock
Looking down U.S. Highway 11 south of Slidell towards the lake, it doesn’t look like there is enough space to widen the current two-lane highway to four lanes.
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Mandeville harbor
to be dredgedMandeville will pay $385,000 to dredge the harbor at the end of Jackson Avenue and Lakeshore Drive.
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Unemployment rises
in St. Tammany ParishSt. Tammany Parish’s unemployment rate made a small jump from 5.3 percent in July to 5.7 percent in August according to the latest civilian labor force released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
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Abita Springs plans Halloween festivities
Since the holiday falls on a Saturday this year, the town of Abita Springs is doing it up big for Halloween, and it is looking for help from the community to make this year’s event “spooktacular.”
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Lacombe man is arrested for
slapping baby, pushing grandma
A Lacombe man was arrested earlier this month after he hit a 5-week-old infant and pushed the infant’s 79-year-old great-grandmother to the ground.
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Illegal immigrant found guilty on charge of aggravated rape
An illegal immigrant who was living in the Mandeville area is now facing life in prison after 22nd Judicial Judge Allison Penzato found him guilty of aggravated rape Thursday night.
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Prescription savings card now available to Mandeville residents
Mandeville residents can now receive a discount on their prescription drug cost thanks to a program adopted by the City Council Thursday night.
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Clerk of Court office helps out Covington Boys, Girls Club
The Clerk of Court’s office for St. Tammany Parish has selected the Covington Boys and Girls Club as the recipient of the office’s 2009 charity fund raiser.
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Covington rezoning plan enters final phases
The comprehensive rezoning plan for Covington is reaching the final phases with a public hearing held Monday night on the text of the plan ordinance.
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Orpheus wants
to hold
St. Patrick’s paradeThe Original Krewe of Orpheus wants to sponsor a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Mandeville as a way to raise funds for the carnival organization, but City Council members question how much an additional parade will cost the city.
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Slidell Antique Fair a big success
Everything from antique chiffarobes and Depression-era glass vases to decorated koozies and smoked turkey legs were up for grabs at the Slidell Historic District Antique Street Fair held this past weekend.
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New law limits left lane driving
A new law enacted by the Louisiana Legislature this year limiting driving n the right lane on multi-lane highways went into effect in August and state police began actively enforcing the law Oct. 1.
More of this storyThe Slidell Police Department made the following arrests Oct. 13-23:
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Abita to limit uses allowed in cultural district
Now that the town’s center has been designated as a cultural district, the Abita Springs Board of Aldermen is reviewing what uses it would like to allow in that area.
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Parish plan, zoning challenged by lawsuit
A lawsuit challenging the rezoning of property in the Southwest area of St. Tammany Parish has been filed by Richard S. Blossman Sr., Lynn S. Blossman, Heavy Moon LLC and Covington Country Club LLC.
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Slidell man arrested for raping woman
Slidell police have arrested a man on charges of aggravated burglary and aggravated rape after he allegedly broke into the house of a 42-year-old woman early Sunday morning.
More of this storyThe trial for Raymond Foster, the Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard who is suspected to have killed an Oklahoma woman, has been continued once again.
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The first Louisiana Republican to be elected to Congress and then elected governor since Reconstruction, Gov. David Connor “Dave” Treen, is dead at the age of 81. Treen reportedly succumbed to respiratory illness at East Jefferson Hospital early Thursday morning.
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Mandeville pursuit ends quickly
Mandeville police participated in a short pursuit last week that landed one man in jail and his passenger in the hospital.
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Software helps parents keep children safe on Halloween
Tomorrow night, before you let your little goblin go out trick-or-treating, St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain has a high-tech tool that can keep children and parents safe from potential sex offenders in the neighborhood.
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Mandeville signs letter for audit
The Mandeville City Council has agreed to contract with LaPorte Sehrt Romig and Hand to audit the city’s financial statements for 2009.
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Pearl River man killed in camper fire
A Pearl River man was killed early Wednesday morning when the camper he was living in caught fire and burned.
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Two Slidell men booked after
having sex with girls age 12, 14The St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office has arrested two men after they admitted to having sex with a 12-year-old and a 14-year old girl two weeks ago.
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Treen
honored
as father
of La. GOPFrom the U.S. Senate to the Governor’s Mansion and throughout the state, reaction to the death of Gov. David Treen is one of sadness and awe.
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