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DRC center now open in Mandeville

Ten Disaster Recovery Centers have opened statewide, including one in Mandeville, to help victims of hurricanes Gustav and Ike navigate the bureaucratic road to recovery, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said this week.
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St. Tammany flooded again
At least 316 homes in St. Tammany Parish were flooded during last week’s storm surge from Hurricane Ike, but even those numbers are incomplete, say parish and municipal officials.
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Parish begins debris cleanup effort
Stalled by Hurricane Ike, heavy-duty dump trucks finally rumbled throughout St. Tammany Wednesday, picking up mounds of debris as the parish kicked off its cleanup campaign in full force.
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Storm victims recive $500,000 from FEMA
Just more than two weeks after Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore, thousands of St. Tammany storm victims have been plucked from financial disaster’s door step as the federal government doled out more than $500,000 in disaster assistance locally, a sliver of its statewide aid package.
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DNA LifePrint child safety event set for tomorrow
Endorsed by John Walsh, America’s trusted name in fighting crime, biometric fingerprinting and a DNA identification kit for children will be offered free of charge tomorrow at the Brian Harris Autoplex on 293 Howze Beach Road in Slidell from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Bruce serves at-risk youth through CASA
When you ask Adele Bruce if she has any children, the answer may surprise you.
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Toups elected president of WHEN
If you have visited St. Tammany Parish Hospital in the rain and wondered who to thank for instituting valet parking, thank Sharon Toups, the hospital’s chief operating officer. She also started room service for patients so they can order what they want to eat when they want to eat it.
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Barkley Parc to be part of Covington
The Covington City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to annex the Barkley Parc subdivision Phase II-A on West 21st Avenue into the city.
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Abita River flooding less than feared, mayor says; Gustav damage minimal
Abita Springs Mayor Louis Fitzmorris admitted at the town’s Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday evening that on the Saturday night before Hurricane Gustav made landfall he was scared.
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Western St. Tammany reeling from storms
Coastal communities like Mandeville and Madisonville that were left under several feet of tidal surge from Gustav and Ike are finally drying out. Hopefully, this time it’s for good.
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Food stamp center opening tomorrow in Slidell
Slidell Mayor Ben Morris said Department of Social Services personnel will be at the John Slidell Park gym tomorrow through Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. accepting disaster food stamp applications from residents, the second such facility opened parishwide.
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Katrina took popular Slidell musician'��s home; Ike floods his final resting place
Hurricane Ike moved a lot of people out of their homes from Louisiana and Texas and all the way up through the country as it rampaged. Some left on their own. Others did not heed calls for evacuation, but were roused to action by wind and water. Still others, unable to react, were completely at the mercy of the hurricane.
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Slidell man sentenced to 35 years for robbery
A 22-year-old Slidell man pleaded guilty to armed robbery Thursday and was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a holdup of a truck stop in Slidell earlier this year.
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Covington resident selected for scholarship
Covington resident Nicholas Boullosa was selected as the 2008-2009 recipient of the Tulane Legislative Scholarship awarded by a selection committee established by State Rep. John Schroder, District 77.
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Storms causing sleepless nights
The Everly Brothers said it, “dream, dream, dream…,” but St. Tammany residents are not doing it.
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Alleged bandits caught in Slidell
A trio of bandits stormed through the Slidell area Thursday morning where they robbed two men and attempted to carjack a third before being arrested two hours later, authorities said.
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Portion of La. 21 going to four lanes
Louisiana Highway 21, a major thoroughfare through Covington that’s often clogged with traffic, is finally getting a much-anticipated facelift.
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Slidell needs more school crossing guards
Wanted: 10 new school crossing guards for the schools in Slidell.
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Covington man arrested for burglary, looting in Old Landing in Covington
Covington police have arrested David Turner, 20, 70381 L St., Covington, and charged him with simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling and looting.
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Slidell man turns himself in for allegedly hiding killer
A 20-year-old Slidell man turned himself in to authorities earlier this month for allegedly hiding a killer at a New Orleans safe house after a gunshot slaying of an immigrant worker last year, authorities said.
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Man sentenced for illegally possessing gun
A 28-year-old Covington man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a gun, District Attorney Walter Reed spokesman Rick Wood said.
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Deputy involved in accident on Gause; other driver cited
A St. Tammany Sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning when a pickup truck collided with his cruiser on Gause Boulevard near Military Road just outside Slidell city limits.
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Northshore business conference planned
The Southeastern Louisiana University Small Business Development Center is hosting a north shore business conference on “National Strategies for a Changing Economy.” Additional sponsors of the conference include the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, I-12 Alliance, and St. Tammany East and West Chambers of Commerce.
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Deputies return two escaped trustys to Slidell jail
Two trustys from the Slidell City Jail were arrested this week and charged with simple escape when they failed to report back to the jail after being given two weeks of freedom during hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
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Good and bad revealed in parish economic report
St. Tammany’s economy teeters between positive and negative factors with new employment and businesses rising, but homes sales and building permits dipping slightly, a new report shows.
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