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Former gov dies at 81
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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Slidell Council approves health benefits plan
A lot of current and retired Slidell city employees breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night after the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that not only will save the city money, but also will set up a health benefit plan that is agreeable to employees.
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Covington embezzler gets
six months stealing $135,000Covington resident, Loretta Balsamico, 51, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to six months in jail, followed by six months of house arrest and 50 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty last July to the embezzling $135,800 while working at the Covington branch of the Citizens Savings Bank.
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Library board approves $7.7 million budget
The Library Board of Control has approved a $7.7 million budget for 2010 that varies little from the one approved for 2009.
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The land is purchased, the pipeline is installed and later this month, the city of Mandeville will begin pumping up to 2 million gallons of biologically treated effluent daily into 1,700 acres of marshland.
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Price asked to appear before ethics board
Former Mandeville mayor Eddie Price has been subpoenaed and will have to appear before the state ethics board again next month.
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Residents still wary of U.S. 11 project
It was standing-room-only in the Salmen High School cafeteria Thursday night as residents and business owners along the southern part of U.S. Highway 11 came to listen and give their opinions on a proposal to widen the highway from two lanes to four.
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Veterans get new VA clinic in Slidell
Veterans from all over the parish, and even outside the parish are able to get first-rate medical care now that the $2 million Slidell VA Outpatient Clinic was officially opened Friday.
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Slidell man pleads guilty to child pornography possession charge
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced Thursday that Juan Faciane, 42, of Slidell has pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan.
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City of Slidell to host Arts Evening Saturday
The City of Slidell will sponsor one of the Northshore’s biggest cultural festival next Saturday from 4-10:30 p.m. in Olde Towne, but that is only part of the fun planned next weekend in Slidell.
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Mary Magdalene relic on display at OLL church
Hundreds of faithful Catholics lined up outside of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Mandeville Friday afternoon to view and pray before a relic reportedly belonging to St. Mary Magdalene.
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St. Tammany drop out rate lower than state
Louisiana’s at risk recognition program, DEWS, (Dropout Earning Warning System) is one of several programs initiated by the state applauded in a national report as some of the country’s best practices in reducing dropout rates.
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Child rapist gets life times three
A man found guilty last month of raping at least three children will spend the rest of his life in jail.
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Man gets 35 years after 7th DWI
A man who has racked up seven driving while intoxicated arrests is finally facing some major time behind bars thanks to a change in the law.
More of this storyWith a flash and squeal of sirens, a pop of a flash bang and the chase of a bad guy by a trained K-9 officer, the demonstration of the capabilities of law enforcement against drug traffickers amazed and entertained children from four Covington schools on Friday as they ended Red Ribbon Week.
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Unlike Monday’s state funeral for former Congressman and Governor Dave Treen, yesterday’s memorial service at St. Timothy’s United Methodist Church in Mandeville was more family and friend oriented focusing on Treen’s private life rather than as the state’s foremost Republican.
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Health care bus stops
in St. Tammany Parish
On its trek across the nation the Patients First Hands Off My Health Care bus was in Louisiana earlier this week and made a stop in St. Tammany Monday morning.
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Robbers break into Slidell ATM, take cash
Slidell police are looking for a suspect or suspects that broke into the automated teller machine at the ASI Credit Union 1332 Gause Boulevard sometime after 11 p.m. Saturday.
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