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Library to host Author Talk, Garden Fest

BY EVA SALADINO | Contributing writer
Mar 21, 2025

The St. Tammany Parish Library is hosting an Author Talk event at the Causeway Branch featuring Louisiana native Teresa Tumminello Brader, whose New Orleans memoir, “Letting in Air and Light,”…

'Angels on Earth': Slidell neighbors help 79-year-old woman build new home after hurricanes

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 21, 2025

Darla Haro turned her gaze at what was left of her world as she had known it for so many years: a pile of dusty rubble.

Kevin Collins named deputy chief of Covington Police

BY ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
Mar 21, 2025

The Covington Police Department announced recently that Kevin Collins has been promoted from lieutenant to deputy chief.

'Bobby has grown through this.' Sen. Bill Cassidy discusses RFK Jr. in Mandeville

BY WILLIE SWETT | Staff writer
Mar 21, 2025

More than a month after playing a key role in the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be nation's top health official, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor who has promoted vaccines, d…

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Teacher in St. Tammany accused of paying students for sexually explicit photos, sheriff says

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 20, 2025

A former high school teacher in St. Tammany Parish has been arrested and accused of paying students to send him sexually explicit photographs, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said.

St. Tammany Parish deputies arrest man wanted for New Jersey homicide

BY WILLIE SWETT | Staff writer
Mar 19, 2025

A man wanted for a New Jersey murder was arrested by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office during a traffic stop in Madisonville on Wednesday.

'I'm not ready to defund the library': St. Tammany voters debate library tax proposition.

BY WILLIE SWETT | Staff writer
Mar 19, 2025

The day the director of the St. Tammany Parish Library System was scheduled to speak at a Slidell area civic association meeting, the association's president said he started getting phone calls.

A movie theater complex in the northshore is set to be demolished after recent closure

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 19, 2025

Stirling Properties plans to demolish the now-closed Hollywood Theaters multiplex in Covington and is exploring other uses for the site, officials with the St. Tammany Parish-based real estate…

State, local beautification NPOs still battling litter

BY SHEILA GRISSETT | Contributing writer
Mar 18, 2025

A second litter boom and more float lines have been installed in Mile Branch to further clean up the Covington watershed and its water bodies, an ongoing initiative of the nonprofit Keep Covin…

Northshore seafood fry-ups offer Lenten dinner options

Staff report
Mar 18, 2025

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE: 1501 W. Causeway Approach in Mandeville, will hold dinners on March 14, 21, 28, April 4 and 11, 5-7:30 p.m. "The Coop" seafood combo platters are $20; adult plates, $12;…

Trees are being cut down — very carefully — at Slidell's historic Greenwood Cemetery

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 18, 2025

Slidell’s Greenwood Cemetery is the final resting place of a who’s who of the city’s historic names: Salmen. Fritchie. Canulette.

Spring is popping out all over St. Tammany Parish

BY SHEILA GRISSETT | STAFF WRITER
Mar 18, 2025

Tour de Lis(a) will ride again along the Tammany Trace

BY DARREN COOPER | Contributing writer
Mar 18, 2025

To most, it’s the Tour de Lis, but for a special group of old friends, it’s the Tour de Lisa.

Mardi Paws was the happiest game in downtown Covington

Mar 18, 2025

Mardi Paws got its game on March 9, hoofing it through downtown Covington to celebrate Carnival and canine-human love while dressed as board games, video games, card games and much more. This …

Chris Thomas King brings blues and more to the Dew Drop

BY SHEILA GRISSETT | Staff writer
Mar 18, 2025

Blues-influenced guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and producer Chris Thomas King will take over the Dew Drop Jazz Hall stage on March 22, and his show could strike any number of notes.

Promoters bringing pro wrestling to Mandeville

BY DARREN COOPER | Contributing writer
Mar 18, 2025

It’s Mayhem in Mandeville.

Buskers bring their music back to Abita for festival

BY SHEILA GRISSETT | Staff writer
Mar 18, 2025

The Abita Springs Busker Festival is back on March 30, and it remains the laid back family affair first captured by hometown artist Kimberly Berkely in the event's debut promotional poster a d…

Covington-based satellite company Globalstar unveils new control center

BY RICH COLLINS | Staff writer
Mar 18, 2025

Covington-based Globalstar, a satellite company that powers communication between handheld devices, celebrated the opening of its new control center Monday. The 10,000-square-foot facility wil…

Florida man dies after being hit by car in Slidell

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 17, 2025

A pedestrian who died after he was struck by a vehicle on U.S. 190 in Slidell early Sunday has been identified as a 27-year-old Florida man.

Covington Celtic Club says rain won't drown St. Pat's spirit

BY ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
Mar 17, 2025

The seventh annual Covington Celtic Club St. Patrick's Day parade was postponed by a day because of foul weather that rocked the area, but the group was able to hit the streets on March 16 to …

Can a $30 million bridge and road widening fix one of St. Tammany's worst traffic snarls?

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 16, 2025

With his eyes glued to the clock as if it was marking the countdown to a NASA launch, Daniel Gitlin knows he must be out of his north Covington home and on U.S. 190 by 6:42 a.m.

Hot council race, taxes, controversial constitutional amendments: What to know for early voting

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 15, 2025

Early voting for the March 29 election opens Saturday where voters statewide will decide the fate of four constitutional amendments, including one that would set in motion much of the tax "ref…

Mandeville prohibits electronic bikes on city sidewalks

BY SARA PAGONES | Staff writer
Mar 14, 2025

Riding electric bicycles and most other motorized vehicles on Mandeville’s sidewalks will be illegal, the Mandeville City Council decided Thursday, citing the danger they pose to pedestrians.

Jaws drop as man drives wrong way for 2 miles on the Causeway: 'Never a dull moment'

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 14, 2025

If his nearly 16 years running the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has taught Carlton Dufrechou one thing, it's this: "There's never a dull moment on the world's longest bridge."

From Mahjong to millage at St.Tammany Parish Library

BY JACKIE RIECKE | Contributing writer
Mar 14, 2025

One of the many qualities of the Library that patrons love is the opportunity to make suggestions and see them come to life, something the Library makes a dedicated effort to do.

Slidell will offer glass recycling, Folsom trash bills rise

BY ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
Mar 14, 2025

The city of Slidell has announced the April launch of a glass recycling program for residents.

Covington man killed after crashing SUV into residence, State Police say

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Mar 13, 2025

A Covington man died early Thursday after his SUV veered off the roadway and crashed into a residence in Washington Parish, Louisiana State Police said.

Slidell Pastor John Raymond gets jail sentence in child cruelty case

BY WILLIE SWETT | Staff writer
Mar 13, 2025

Slidell Pastor John Raymond, convicted on charges of cruelty to juveniles after a high-profile trial last year, was handed a five-year sentence Thursday by a judge who said Raymond's testimony…