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Honoring the heroes

After serving five hellacious years in Iraq, Folsom’s Michael Savoie has come face to face with death, his desert days in 125 degree heat spent dodging bullets, launching grenades and saving bloody, dying comrades.

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Three Rivers Art Festival offers fun, art

Over 200 artists in every medium ranging from jewelry to oil and watercolor fine arts will descend upon Covington this weekend for the Three Rivers Art Festival downtown.

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'Arsenic and Old Lace' a solid hit

Playmakers Theater of Covington has taken the grand old style farce “Arsenic and Old Lace” and turned it into a solid hit.

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IT WAS HOT IN MADISONVILLE

The Northlake Board of Realtors Chili Cookoff was hotter then ever in Madisonville as 16 groups competed for the first-place prize. Proceeds of the event went to the Tangipahoa ARC and STARC programs to assist the mentally challenged.

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Team spirit...

A group of Slidell High School students are demonstrating school spirit the old-fashioned way, with body paint and a lot of noise.

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Students, parents enjoy Lion Lagniappe

Lyon Elementary School in Covington recently hosted its family fun night, Lyon Lagniappe. Students and parents were treated to a variety of family-friendly activities such as face painting, leaf rubbings, counting the stripes on a pumpkin and free family portraits.

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Sonya Willie

What is your name? Where do you teach? My name is Sonya Willie, and I teach at Covington High School.

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Food

Winter puddings gem of 'found' cookbook

While organizing the garage for the first time in the six years since we have lived here, I unearthed a box that had been unopened since we packed up and moved after too many storms forced us to flee to higher ground. In fact, it had never been opened since my sister sent it me after our parents died 4 years before that. Inside was “stuff” no one else in the family had any use for, so after 10 years what could possibly interest me?

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