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Bad weather pours in St. Tammany

The local area experienced high levels of rainfall Monday night and early Tuesday morning, leading to heavy flooding on the east side of the parish and spot flooding on the west side.
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Heavy rains, broken pump cause flooding in Slidell
A combination of seven inches of rain in a short period of time, plus problems with two of the city’s pumping stations made for flooded streets and a soggy day for Slidell residents Tuesday.
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42 apply for police chief position
Forty-two people have applied to be the next chief of police for the city of Mandeville.
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Coogan wants to nix audit committee
Mandeville Councilman Jerry Coogan wants to do away with the city’s newly formed audit committee.
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School Board provides H1N1 vaccines for students, staff
As a service to students and employees, the St. Tammany Parish School Board, in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, administered 837 vaccines for H1N1 last Saturday at Fontainebleau Junior High School.
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Workshop burns in Lee Road
A work shed caught fire last weekend after a soldering iron was left on near a home in the Lee Road community.
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La. Workforce Commission annual report released
The annul report by the Louisiana Workforce Commission has been released, reporting 2008 average figures for employment, wages, number of businesses and average weekly wages.
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Le Village de Noel comes to Madisonville
St. John Street near Speak Easy Too in Madisonville will be transformed into an outdoor Christmas Market reminiscent of a French village decorated for Christmas Friday, 4:30-8:30 p.m.
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School board member dies
Sorola “Jody” Palmer, St. Tammany Parish School Board member for district 7, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning at home. He was 54.
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City of Mandeville tax up for renewal
When they go to the polls in March to chose a new mayor, Mandeville residents will also be asked to renew a half-cent sales tax that funds the city’s annual streets program.
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Future of audit team in question
The Mandeville City Council is still struggling to define the duties and authorities of the city’s new audit committee.
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St. Tammany Parish teacher,
educator of the year recognized
Awards winners were recognized at Thursday’s meeting of the St. Tammany Parish School Board. Among them were:
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Mandeville cuts drywall victims some slack
Residents of Mandeville affected by tainted Chinese drywall will now see a little relief, however slight.
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Arrests: Slidell Police
The Slidell Police Department made the following arrests Dec. 9-11:
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School board approves land
purchase, recommendations
A recommendation authorizing purchase of 7.36 acres on the southeast corner of Louisiana Highway 1077 and Magee Road at a cost of $100,000 was approved unanimously at the regular meeting of the St. Tammany Parish School Board Thursday night.
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Senior supervisor Marse
retires from school board
Kevin Marse, senior supervisor of administration since 2007 and a supervisor in the main school board office since 1988, is retiring after 38.50 years of service to the St. Tammany Parish School System.
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Local credit union gives back to Covington Food Bank
As the Holiday Season draws near First Castle Federal Credit Union sets out to help local food bank. Phone calls have been made and boxes dropped off to local businesses in an effort to help the Covington Food Bank.
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Mandeville City Council honors Leo Edgerson
The Rev. Leo Edgerson was honored at the Mandeville City Council meeting Thursday night after retiring from the city’s Civil Service Board.
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Slidell PD play Santa Claus with upcoming bike giveaway
There are going to be some very happy children in Slidell Christmas morning, thanks to the Slidell Police Department.
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Slidell police arrest felon
for faking drive-by shooting
Slidell police arrested a Mississippi man Dec. 9, after he tried to convince detectives that he had been wounded in a drive-by shooting when he allegedly shot himself in the leg by accident.
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Slidell soldier going
to Iraq as a reporter
For Sgt./E5 Kelli Lane, life in the U.S. Army has been a great career full of adventure and experiences.
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Slidell City Court Judge swears in deputy clerks
Slidell City Court Judge James “Jim” Lamz recently administered the formal oath of office to two new deputy clerks of the Slidell City Court.
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Riding through
Ernest Nunley is a cowboy with a mission, and he is traveling more than 4,000 miles to make sure people get his message.
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Lyons gets long list
Mandeville Mayor Edward “Bubby” Lyons has whittled down the list of 42 applicants for the position of chief of police to a reasonable list of 23 qualified candidates.
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Slidell school sends gifts of love
The students at Honeycomb School in Slidell are doing something special to help out disadvantaged children around the world this holiday season by participating in a program called Operation Christmas Child.
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