Slidell schools officially part of the city
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Two public schools that have been operating in the Slidell area for over 20 years were annexed into the city at the recent City Council meeting. Little Oak...
View ArticleVietnam vets buried thanks to assist from others
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – St. Tammany Parish continued to do its part to ensure no military veterans from here will be forgotten for their service to our country. Last year the...
View ArticleWill term limits vote end the controversy?
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Nearly two years of controversy, arguments and discussions should come to an end this Saturday, March 5 when St. Tammany voters decide the matter of term...
View ArticleTerm limits gets huge ‘yes’
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Voters in St. Tammany Parish didn’t leave any doubt on Saturday at the polls about their feelings for or against term limits for the Parish Council. With a...
View ArticleSlidell airport hanger owner to pay taxes
SLIDELL – St. Tammany Parish Assessor Louis Fitzmorris won a case that had to do with taxes on airport Hangars in Slidell. The First Circuit Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Fitzmorris on Feb. 29,...
View ArticleSt. Tammany attorney fights VA to get benefits for affected veterans
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Thousands of United States sailors serving with the Navy were confirmed to be affected by the spraying of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War in the 60s and...
View Article‘Peeping tom’ arrest is third time
SLIDELL — A Slidell man with a history of peeping tom arrests is back in jail this week. Deputies responded early Monday morning to a home on N. Military Road in Slidell in reference to a black male...
View ArticleNorthshore Garden and Plant sale set for March 18-19
COVINGTON – The St. Tammany Master Gardeners’ 2016 Northshore Garden and Plant sale will take place from Friday, March 18 to Saturday, March 19 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This special event will take place...
View ArticleDisaster region named
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Extensive flooding this past week throughout St. Tammany Parish led the federal government to declare the region a disaster, opening the door for assistance...
View ArticleThree-day music fest in Slidell this weekend
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – There has always been talk about someone—anyone—creating a well-known music festival annually in the city of Slidell. To date that has yet to happen,...
View ArticleSlidell man in desperate need of medical help for operation
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – C.J. Bonnet never asked to be the poster child for the shortcomings in the Obama national health insurance plan. But the 22-year-old Slidell resident is...
View ArticleEarly voting to begin March 26
COVINGTON – Early voting for the April 9 municipal general election will begin on Saturday, March 26, and ends on Saturday, April 2. Early voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through the early...
View ArticleNew student victims surface
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Only days after a former Slidell High girls basketball coach was arrested for improper sexual relations with students it appears more charges will be...
View ArticleSummer camp approved for more local kids
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Following a host of citizens speaking in favor of a new summer camp sponsored by the city of Slidell, the City Council backed the program at St. Tammany...
View ArticleLavigne, Hollie back in court
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau COVINGTON – The final chapter in the misuse of public money in the town of Pearl River came to an end on Monday when former Mayor James Lavigne and Town Clerk Diane...
View ArticleWeather makes first year festival take a hit
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – “If it hadn’t been for the weather we would be having a different conversation today,” Festival Bonfouca President Jared Zeller said on Monday. His comment...
View ArticleMemorial bricks being sold to complete new Veterans Park
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – As a small civic minded organization, the Slidell Garden Club, has proven what persistence can do. Now they are asking the community to pitch in to a...
View ArticleParish gets covered in prayer at mayor’s breakfast gathering
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau MANDEVILLE – A host of St. Tammany public officials who joined in the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast last Friday at the Fleur de Lis banquet hall in Mandeville got a...
View ArticleDeputy almost run over
PEARL RIVER — A Pearl River man was arrested for attempted murder of a police officer after he repeatedly punched and attempted to run over a female St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputy on March 24,...
View ArticleAnnual fundraiser this weekend critical for charity
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The bar continues to get higher for the annual Jazz on the Bayou fundraiser hosted each year at the home of Ronnie and Gardner Kole. But the popular local...
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