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Lacombe man accused
of stealing donated fundsIn September last year, Lacombe’s Cory Dunn stood in front of more than 100 people gathered together to raise money for 12-year-old Devin Funck, whose arm was bitten off by an alligator weeks earlier. With a tear in his eye and microphone in hand, he pledged to help raise money to pay the family’s mounting hospital bills.
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Weekend fire in Slidell started in attic, no injuries
A three-alarm fire took the roof off a 1,600-square-foot home near Slidell Saturday evening.
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Market construction underway in Mandeville
Construction is revving up at the Northshore’s first Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market grocery store.
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Retired lawman stands up
to speeders
Veteran law enforcement officer John Pennino has spent the better part of his life at the scene of horrific car crashes, mending mother’s broken hearts and pulling lifeless bodies from mangled metal.
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Vigil Friday for murder victims in Franklinton
A double murder that shocked the small town of Franklinton will be remembered one year later in a memorial this Friday.
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Parade brings smiles before the 'big game'€™
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Audubon Institute, parish may partner
St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis has added a new wrinkle to the entertainment district he would like to see constructed southeast of Slidell along the lakefront.
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City, neighborhood, street: Pearl River, Sawmill Creek, Old Mill Loop.
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Man hits two cars, earns fourth DWI
A man too drunk to walk and who had urinated on himself hit two separate cars and left the scene of each accident last Friday as he drove on a suspended license from Covington north to Louisiana Highway 25, Covington Police said.
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Fixing St. Tammany Parish'€™s feral cat problem
There are lots of wild cats in St. Tammany Parish, and we aren’t talking about the mascots at St. Tammany Junior High.
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Slidell residents want trailers gone
The three Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers that sit in the front yards of two Camellia Drive houses in Slidell stick out like sore thumbs amidst the quiet, middle-class neighborhood in the southern part of the city.
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Law enforcement prepping for proposed casino
(Last in a series)
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Covington economic development criticized
Covington City Council member Mark Sacco has questioned the efforts of the economic development office to attract new business to the community. As chairman of the economic development committee, his view of economic development is very specific.
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Lacombe woman's efforts rewarded
It’s not every day a celebrity calls and offers you money.
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Two CASA informational meetings set in parish
The Youth Service Bureau Court Appointed Special Advocates program will host two informational meetings in Slidell and Covington this week for interested volunteers.
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Community rallies to Slidell family'€™s aid
If it weren’t for his leather jacket, Ogden Carter might not be around to talk about what happened on Jan. 17, when an engine fire and explosion tore the roof off his Slidell home.
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Mandeville interim police chief realigning department
As of late, change has been the resounding theme for Mandeville’s Police Department.
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Residents upset over I-12 noise
“It’s the sound, stupid.”
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Bicyclist hurt during Trace ride
A Saturday morning bike ride developed some serious consequences when a bicyclist ran a stop sign on the Tammany Trace and plowed head on into a car.
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Deputy, K-9 named Team of Year
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy 1st Class Scott Winthers and his K-9 partner Gaston had no time to react. In a moment, instinctual training had kicked in.
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Unemployment rate inches higher in St. Tammany
With jobs slashed nationwide and recession in full bloom, Louisiana emerged late last year with a golden nugget: It was the only state in the nation to see nonfarm jobs increase from November to December despite unemployment rates in all eight southern metropolitan areas decreasing, according to a data recently released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
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Slidell City Council nixes motel sale
It looks like the Long Stay Motel in Olde Towne Slidell will be staying around for a while.
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Former Shell Oil executive pleads guilty to tax evasion, mail fraud
A 50-year-old former Mandeville resident and Shell Oil executive admitted guilt in a tax evasion and mail fraud scheme to defraud the federal government and oil behemoth of more than $1 million.
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Local opinions mixed on casino plan
(Second in a series)
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Speech pathologists work in parish schools
Problems with speech, including the decoding of words, not hearing properly, fluency or stuttering in speech can all lead to learning problems in reading and critical thinking. It is the job of the parish’s speech pathologists to help children with these special needs get the assistant they need.
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