Christy Music growing as longtime Slidell business
Energized 22-year-old owner has big plans for the future By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Christy Music might be one of the most recognizable business names in Slidell since the longtime...
View ArticleOver 400 protest books
Emotions run high at library meeting By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The biggest crowd perhaps ever in Slidell history for a public hearing was out in force on Monday night when over 400...
View ArticleD.A. Montgomery: Solution may not be too far away
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Mounting pressure against the St. Tammany Library Board and Director Kelly LaRocca brought the big guns to Slidell on Monday night when Louisiana Attorney...
View ArticleScout building named for Ted & Amy Longo
Generous donation will help for years to come By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Slidell businessman Ted Longo speaks very highly of two organizations that were an important key to his...
View ArticleCity surplus hits $6.6 million
Mayor sends budget to City Council to review By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Expectations of an all-time record surplus for the city of Slidell when the 2022 fiscal year ended in July have...
View Article$1 million set aside for new police station
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The Slidell City Council has the recommendations in their hands for spending $6.6 million in the supplemental budget. And for the majority of the council...
View ArticleCoroner’s Office makes fast ID in priest killing
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau COVINGTON – The fact that the St. Tammany Coroner’s Office operates one of the few DNA labs in the state paid big dividends last week in making quick positive...
View ArticleSantos and Berger bring home boxing wins to Slidell
Next stop will be Louisiana State Silver Gloves Competition SLIDELL – Two young Slidell boxers from the Anointed Hands Boxing Gym in Slidell returned from the prestigious Champion vs. Champion event in...
View ArticleWho will stand against the books?
Criticism of public officials grows as proposal made By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Leaders of the newly-formed St. Tammany Library Accountability Project are pressing parish leaders to...
View ArticleFITS range, gun store has great holiday picks
All-female ownership team finding success towards end of 2nd year By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – A steady increase in the past two years, mostly from women to take gun classes, is...
View ArticleThanks to all for a very merry holiday season
If you wondered how much people love the Christmas spirit and celebration, it was obvious Sunday night in Olde Towne. The Slidell Community Golf Cart Christmas Parade was held for the third time as the...
View ArticleAn interview with Santa Claus
Please note right now that this column is not to be read by little children. With that warning, I want to talk about Santa Claus. Yes, I know Santa personally. He is a good friend in the offices of the...
View ArticleObituaries – December 8
Honaker Funeral Home Obituary Listings (For more information on services, contact Honaker at 985-641-1900 or online at: honakerforestlawn.com) Peter Coyne Capdepon, age 81, of Slidell, LA, passed away...
View ArticleFishing Report – December 8
Flounder Season Reopens Whether it’s the song or the old proverbial saying, “You don’t know what you got til’ it’s gone,” certainly held true this past six weeks as Northshore anglers saw plenty of...
View ArticleGreatest Honor Yet
Headrick’s lifetime of recognition in golf pales to addiction deliverance from God By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The large living room wall in the home of Jimmy Headrick is not quite big...
View ArticleBook policy remains
Library Board denies requests for change By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau COVINGTON – When leaders of the St. Tammany Library Accountability Project saw the agenda for the December meeting of the...
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Obituaries – December 15
JOAN THOMAN VINCENT Joan Thoman Vincent, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana for 44 years, went into eternal life on December 8, 2022, at the age of 79. She was a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, born on...
View ArticleFishing Report – December 15
December Bonus With the unseasonably warm conditions we’ve seen this past week, anglers have enjoyed an extended stretch of outstanding saltwater fishing. Even certain spots in Lake Pontchartrain which...
View ArticleChristmas season in our community has been great one
It’s hard to imagine a more festive, fun time for the Christmas season than we have seen in Slidell for the past month. There hasn’t been a week go by since November that we haven’t had a wide...
View ArticleChristmas at The Slidell Independent home
Are you one of those families that goes totally all-out with Christmas decorations? I am talking about outside lights, a beautiful, decorated tree, and a lot of holiday decorations all around the...
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