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Slidell artist makes worldwide
splash with winning T-shirt design

Slidell artist Valerie Strecker hopes her art can do some good and change the world for the better — that and get a little recognition in the process.
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Slidell arts program wins big at League of Cities
The Slidell administration came home from the National League of Cities convention this week with a Gold Award for Municipal Excellence.
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Naming MPD chief may be delayed
When the Mandeville City Council appointed him interim mayor, Edward “Bubby” Lyons made no qualms about the fact that he intended to appoint a police chief before his time was up.
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Dump
the dump, says Abita residents
Concerns over a possible Eco Park “dump” site in their area drew more than 70 residents of the northeastern St. Tammany Parish area to a community meeting at the Abita Springs Town Hall Monday night.
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Beating suspect nabbed in Baton Rouge
A man suspected of robbing and beating a 60-year-old Covington woman Nov. 12 was captured by East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies and is in the St. Tammany Jail, Sheriff Jack Strain said Tuesday.
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City of Mandeville to consider relief for drywall victims
The Mandeville City Council will introduce at its meeting Thursday night a measure that if approved would provide victims of Chinese drywall some relief.
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Black Sheep Squadron loses Bourgeois
A member of the “greatest generation,” U.S. Marine pilot Lt. Col. Henry Mayo “Hank” Bourgeois was laid to rest Friday morning in Abita Springs.
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Exit 60 opens in Covington area
The formal opening of the exit that will carry shoppers to Nord du Lac shopping center north of Interstate 12 and the Stirling Covington center south of I-12 took place Wednesday morning with limited fanfare.
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Slidell Charter ready for council examination
After several months of sometimes heated discussions and negotiations, the Slidell Charter Review Committee in its final meeting Wednesday has decided on 11 proposed changes to the city charter that it will present to the City Council for its approval, before it can be put on the March 27 ballot for voters.
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Abita
introduces $3.03M 2010 budget
The town of Abita Springs introduced a 2010 budget Tuesday night that on first glance looks dramatically different than in years past; however the guts of it remains relatively the same.
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Covington council overrides veto
In a historic move, the Covington City Council voted to override Mayor Candace Watkins’ veto of the budget ordinance by a vote of 5-1 at its regular meeting Tuesday night.
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Abita considering uses for cultural district
Abita Springs residents have another month to voice their opinions on what uses should be allowed in the town’s new cultural district.
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Slidell woman arrested for prescription fraud
Slidell police arrested a former pharmacy tech Wednesday after investigators said she was changing prescriptions and then selling the drugs on the street.
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KKK member deemed competent for trial
District Judge Reggie Badeaux has ruled that Shane Foster, the son of alleged KKK Imperial Wizard Raymond “Chuck” Foster, is now competent to stand trial.
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Inmate at parish jail commits suicide
St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain issued a press release Thursday afternoon stating that an inmate at the St. Tammany Jail in Covington committed suicide sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
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West 30s Revitalization program starting
The community meetings scheduled for tomorrow will help consultants develop a plan to revitalize the West 30s neighborhood in Covington.
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Rural areas want to stay that way
Residents in district 6 of the St. Tammany Parish, which includes Talisheek, Sun, Bush, Waldheim and Pearl River, otherwise known as the Northeast Study Area, want to stay as they are — i.e. a rural community.
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Fire District 12 demonstrates possible holiday fire dangers
Fire District 12 in Covington used a three-walled room this week to demonstrate what happens when Christmas decorations and fire mix.
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Wanted: police chief
Mandeville has begun accepting applications for the position of police chief.
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St. Tammany residents among victims of scam
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said Friday that a federal grand jury has returned a 64-count indictment against a Tickfaw man, who used a ponzi scheme to bilk more than $19 million from 160 elderly investors, the majority being from St. Tammany Parish.
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FD 5 in Folsom may
be tightening the belt
The 19.68 mills needed to supply 63 percent of St. Tammany Fire District 5 in Folsom’s budget will expire at the end of the year but there is no way the district can raise the money now since a proposed Dec. 26 election has been canceled.
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Slidell Senior Center under way
Mary Toti is one happy woman.
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Mandeville gallery owners sentenced in fraud scheme
Two former Mandeville gallery owners were sentenced Thursday in federal court on mail fraud charges after they pleaded guilty last year in a scheme that defrauded their customers by misrepresenting the artwork they sold.
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Ethics Board fines Price again
Former Mandeville mayor Eddie Price has been fined again by the state Ethics Board after he admitted to misusing campaign funds by making a loan to his company, Craftsmen Investments LLC.
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Causeway floodwall �“ little effect on commuters
A mammoth construction project by the Army Corps of Engineers to build a 10-foot tall flood protection wall across Causeway Boulevard in Metairie will begin spring 2010, a feat that puts the final stamp on the Corps’ goal to finish its 100-year risk reduction plan, a project manager said.
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