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South West Study Area recommendations being presented to parish zoning group

As part of the overall Parish Rezoning Plan, the St. Tammany Parish Planning Department will present its recommendations for the South West Study Area of the parish to the Zoning Commission. The presentation will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in the Council chambers on Koop Drive in Mandeville.
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School Board budget to be presented Thursday
With a proposed general fund budget of $334 million, the St. Tammany Parish School System spends thousands in revenue to educate each child in the parish.
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State Teacher of Year honored at reception
Louisiana State Teacher of the Year 2009 Deborah Tonguis was honored at a reception before the St. Tammany Parish School Board meeting Thursday night. Tonguis, a world geography and psychology teacher at Mandeville High School, said, “My life hasn’t changed very much. I’m still on bus duty, doing what I’ve always done.”
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Camp Salmen upgrades revealed by consultants
CSRS Inc., a Baton Rouge based consulting firm, recently revealed a $20 million plan to upgrade Camp Salmen, a once thriving 1960s era Boy Scout camp near Slidell now abandoned and overrun with foliage.
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Mandeville police officers arrest burglary suspect
A Mandeville man caught red-handed burglarizing a home was captured by police without incident.
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Autopsy reveals meningitis killed Sun Chief of Police
Michael Felix Raymond Jr., the cigar-chomping blues musician turned Sun police chief who died in January this year, was infected with meningitis an autopsy has revealed, St. Tammany Parish Coroner spokesman Mark Lombard said this month.
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Mandeville police officers nab one in attempted ATM theft
The Mandeville Police Department responded to an ATM machine alarm at StateWide Bank on 1305 N. Causeway Blvd. Saturday.
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Covington zoning board OKs annexations
The Covington Zoning Commission on Monday unanimously approved annexation of three parcels of land into the city.
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Case wins East St. Tammany chamber'��s 2008 Athena Award
The East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce has named Brenda Case, a woman at the helm of one of Slidell’s oldest businesses, as the recipient of the 2008 Athena Award.
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Besh, restaurants receive high honors from LRA
Slidell resident and acclaimed chef John Besh spiced up his resume recently when the Louisiana Restaurant Association named him the 2008 Restauranteur of Year.
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Acadian introduces new mobile emergency unit
The communication black hole of Hurricane Katrina taught St. Tammany’s sole ambulance provider, Acadian Ambulance, one thing — find a way to communicate.
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City of Slidell a finalist for national beautification award by NLC
The National League of Cities and CH2MHILL, a major engineering, construction and operations company, have announced that Slidell is a finalist for the 2008 Awards for Municipal Excellence given for municipalities with outstanding programs to improve the quality of life.
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Jaume murder trial getting under way
Jury selection for a 2001 Mandeville murder is expected to end late Thursday or early Friday after a lengthy effort to find jurors not prejudiced by media coverage of the high profile case.
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Covington mayor frugal in spending
On recent three-day trip to Washington, D.C., on behalf of the city of Covington, expense records for reimbursement to Mayor Candace Watkins include $3.84 for a meal at McDonald’s and $20 taxi from the hotel to the airport. In fact, the hotel and airfare ran about $1,500 while meals and taxis totaled $148.46.
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Funck out of hospital; getting back to being a kid
Twelve-year-old Devin Funck came home from the hospital last week and hasn’t wasted a minute getting back to being a kid.
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First responders get first crack at hurricane-resistant homes
After Hurricane Katrina destroyed so many homes in the area, wouldn’t it be nice if residents could find a house that is resistant to winds from a Category 5 hurricane, can withstand an 11-foot storm surge, is incredibly energy efficient, and, best of all, can be constructed in seven days?
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A little wine with that canvas?
For the first time in her life, Johann Bosley followed in her father’s footsteps Wednesday.
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Recycling in parish still up in the air
Throwing away plastic bottles, glass, aluminum and paper in the regular trash has been a common practice since Katrina, but in the near future, curbside recycling may become a reality again in St. Tammany Parish.
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Mandeville council struggles with new policies
Policies and procedures have become the newest forte of the Mandeville City Council.
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Covington residents set to vote on sales tax
Covington residents will be voting on a tax increase this fall that would raise sales tax 0.25 percent for a total of 9 percent sales tax.
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Abita aldermen ponder mitigation proposal
The leaders in Abita Springs are exploring another avenue to ensure the town gets its piece of the pie.
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Louisiana Opry coming to Covington Saturday
For clean, family entertainment, try the new Louisiana Opry that will debut in Covington Saturday night at the Greater Covington Center Fuhrmann Auditorium. Jerry Varley, one of the producers of the show, said at the Covington city council meeting that the show is geared to the family.
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Heroin, counterfeit money found in drug raid
Four members of a Slidell area heroin distribution crew were arrested during an early morning SWAT team raid last Friday that netted 14 grams of the drug and $14,000 in counterfeit money, authorities said.
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Tree disease rumor unfounded
Despite rumors to the contrary, several cracked and broken trees throughout the parish aren’t signs of a new tree disease on the horizon, Parish President Kevin Davis said.
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St. Tammany sued for overgrown weeds
An area resident has sued St. Tammany Parish for failing to chop down weeds at a Mandeville area intersection that obstructed her view and caused an accident, the suit alleges.
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