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Two charged with burning Slidell High football press box

Local sports reporters and scorekeepers will have to find another vantage point to watch the Slidell High football game against Salmen High this week after two Slidell men allegedly set fire to the Slidell High press box at the stadium early Monday morning.
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Family suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
The actions of attentive neighbors may have saved a mother and her two children last Thursday after the family spent several hours inhaling the deadly fumes from their generator.
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Animals find homes during evacuation
After evacuating to Jackson, Miss., prior to Hurricane Gustav, the folks at the Slidell Animal Control shelter came back with a few less animals than they had starting out.
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Parish asks FEMA to fund debris removal
With federal emergency officials in tow, Parish President Kevin Davis trekked across St. Tammany Monday, pointing to mounds of debris left by Hurricane Gustav: logs and garbage cluttering canals in Slidell and downed trees though Mandeville.
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Two Slidell teens arrested for looting
Police arrested two Slidell teenagers Saturday afternoon on charges of looting after a witness alerted Slidell police.
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Folsom garbage pickup may change hands
Folsom may become the first municipality in St. Tammany to contract the Southshore’s SDT Waste and Debris for its garbage pickup.
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Food stamp registration continues through Sept. 15 at Pelican Park's Castine Center
Food Stamp applications for St. Tammany Parish residents will continue to be taken at the Castine Center in Mandeville, including the weekend, through Sept. 15.
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Restaurants reopen quickly in Gustav's wake
Slidell residents knew things were going to be OK in the wake of Hurricane Gustav when one of their favorite watering holes, Southside Café, reopened for business Wednesday morning.
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Covington mayor answers criticism
Covington Mayor Candace Watkins, criticized by some council members last week because she did not keep them informed during the Hurricane Gustav emergency, said Friday she was not hiding out from anyone.
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Road rage incident leads to shooting, arrest
A Slidell man has been arrested for attempted manslaughter after he allegedly fired a gun at a motorist during a disagreement over tailgating.
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Parish Council may ask for federal line of credit to get several projects started
Parish Council officials are asking to borrow $320,000 in federal monies to kick start four large-scale projects near Slidell, including levee protection upgrades and construction of a new riverboat training school.
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Pearl River fire department seeks property tax renewal
Pearl River firefighters will ask voters to renew a 10-year property tax for operational expenses, including a raise for firemen and EMTs, on Nov. 4.
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Flooding continues on Major Lane
Glenn and Linda Torres and Anthony Masita have one major problem in common: Their properties are inundated with water every heavy rainfall.
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Slidell man involved in Aug. 29 fatal accident on Gause charged
A Slidell man involved in a fatal traffic accident Aug. 29 has been charged with vehicular homicide, according to Slidell police.
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Lighthouse, other structures along river weather Gustav
Using the Maritime Museum’s outboard motorboat on the swollen Tchefuncte River, Madisonville Mayor Peter Gitz and museum Director Jay Martin got their first glimpse Wednesday at the extent of coastal damage caused by Gustav’s tidal surge.
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Parish hospitals return to normal
Slidell’s Northshore Regional Medical Center evacuated some 90 patients Sunday as Hurricane Gustav approached the area, but officials report the hospital was able to keep operating on normal power as the storm intensified.
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Crime minimal in parish during Gustav
With more than 250 St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies swarming area streets during Hurricane Gustav, crime in unincorporated St. Tammany was nearly nonexistent, Sheriff’s Office Capt. George Bonnett said.
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Two lootings reported in Covington; arrests made in one
Two lootings in Covington kept the police department busy during the Hurricane Gustav emergency.
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Mandeville picking up debris Monday
Mandeville officials are asking residents to clear debris from their yards and place it on the edge of their property for a citywide debris removal effort on Monday.
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Morris: Slidell was lucky and blessed
“We were extremely lucky, and we were blessed,” is the way Slidell Mayor Ben Morris describes the city after Hurricane Gustav roared through St. Tammany Parish earlier this week.
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Rivers receding in St. Tammany
The threat of flooding from swollen rivers and other bodies of waters across St. Tammany is finally dwindling, officials from the National Weather Service in Slidell said Friday.
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Drying Out
The waters in the Palm Lake subdivision have receded, but as Rod Piper looked at the appliances and furniture sitting in his driveway Thursday afternoon, he knew his work was just beginning.
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Parish included in disaster declaration
St. Tammany Parish qualified as a federal disaster area Thursday afternoon, paving way for Hurricane Gustav victims to receive a financial jolt to recover from storm-related expenses.
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Thousands lose service after cable damaged
While cable television and Internet subscribers usually experience a glitch in service during any major storm, many on the western side of St. Tammany Parish are still having problems, more than five days after Hurricane Gustav raced through the area.
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No decision made yet on emergency system failure
The Board of Commissioners for the Communications District of St. Tammany Parish agreed to wait for an analysis from AT&T on how the 911 emergency system failed in most of the parish when Hurricane Gustav blew through last week.
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