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Covington PD: No New Year'€™s celebratory gunshots
While fireworks are illegal to sell, buy and ignite in Covington, police are more concerned with a harsher threat this New Year’s Eve: gun blasts into the air.
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Slidell PD arrest four on burglary charges
Thanks to an alert neighbor and a Slidell police officer, a potentially dangerous hostage situation was averted Christmas Day.
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The editorial staff at St. Tammany News compiled a list of what they believe to be this year'€™s top 10 most talked about stories.
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2008 a busy year for school system
The St. Tammany Parish School System completed many projects in 2008 that will affect the children of the parish for many years to come. New schools, redistricting of schools, better security, expanded course offerings in high school and the latest technological updates all will contribute to a prepared populace of better educated citizens in the coming years.
More of this storyDespite suffering an anticipated $2 million financial wallop from sales tax collections, Sheriff Jack Strain on Tuesday announced he will not increase property taxes to recoup the money.
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Shooting fireworks tonight? Know the rules
While the best shows may be set off by the pros, authorities expect backyard revelers to ignite thousands of illegal fireworks as usual this New Year’s Eve in St. Tammany Parish.
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MPD Buell stepping down, Ruple to take over
With the New Year on the horizon, change is destined for Mandeville.
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Bayou Liberty Road traffic woes may improve by April
A mess. That’s how some residents describe the current road situation around the drawbridge on Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell. And it’s likely to stay that way for some time.
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State parks celebrating 75th anniversary
Along with New Year celebrations, there will be some birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate in 2009.
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Ceremonial swearing in for new judges next week
A.J. Hand’s reality has hit him.
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Covington mayor looks forward to new year
As Covington Mayor Candace Watkins looks back at 2008, she is also looking forward to the New Year. Among the challenges in 2009 will be weathering the recovery of the economy, although locally it’s been a “so far, so good” situation, she said.
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Retired Slidell fireman braving flames of a different sort these days
The old saying can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen doesn’t apply to one retired Slidell firefighter.
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Help is on the way for public defender's office
Overworked, underpaid and short-staffed, St. Tammany Parish public defenders constantly face uphill battles, with many working 12 hours a days and weekends, swamped in more cases than legally healthy and all the while doing it with little to no pay raises.
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Ann Caroline Gambel arrived at 1:30 a.m. Thursday to ring in the New Year as St. Tammany Parish’s first baby in 2009. Weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces, she caused a lot of excitement for mom Cathy and dad Douglas. Even older brother James, 3, was excited about his little sister.
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Davis' casino play may face obstacles
A proposal by Parish President Kevin Davis to create an entertainment district that would include a riverboat casino along the lakeshore to the east of Interstate 10 near Slidell has caught the parish by surprise and started tongues wagging.
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Morris: 2008 rough, 2009 will be better
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Sheriff's office completion expected soon
More than a year after its groundbreaking, the new 40,000-square-foot, $11 million Sheriff’s Office complex in Slidell is four months behind schedule, but its towering presence may still as be an intimidating icon to east St. Tammany criminals.
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Resumes to replace Mandeville chief already rolling in
Just days after Mandeville’s top cop relinquished his post, more than a dozen resumes have already made their way to the mayor’s hands from parties interested in taking Chief Tom Buell’s position.
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New league planned for disabled children
Tom Heier, a sports fanatic, lives for a three-point swish at the buzzer or a finesse juke for a touchdown run.
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Davis to ask voters for one more term
Saying he needs one more term to finish up the work on rebuilding the parish after Hurricane Katrina, three-term Parish President Kevin Davis is submitting a bill to the Parish Council that would allow him to put his name on the 2012 ballot.
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Slidell getting new animal shelter, senior center
The new year will bring with it the start of construction of two much-needed facilities for Slidell, a new animal shelter and a senior citizens center.
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LSP announces local man completes command program
Louisiana State Police Troop L announced the recent graduation of Lt. John Riles from the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University.
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Education complex project expected to begin this year
The University Square Learning Center, also referred to as the “Highway 434 Project,” may see ground broken sometime this year.
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Two injured, one arrested in knife fight
The new year started with some violence in Slidell as two men got into a knife fight outside an Olde Towne bar early Thursday morning.
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