Rebel talent returns for 2023
Second year coach Collins sees experience across the board By CHRIS KINKAID Slidell news bureau PEARL RIVER – Pearl River head football coach Eric Collins enters his second year and is excited about...
View ArticleFishing Report – August 31
White Trout August With the unprecedented temperatures we’ve seen across Southeast Louisiana this month, fishing has been tough. But one species of fish seems to thrive in the hotter water...
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PATRICK OWEN DOYLE Patrick Owen Doyle, of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away on August 17, 2023 at the age of 77. He was born in Ontario, Canada on July 15, 1946 to the late Frank Doyle and Queenie Kerr...
View ArticleWill D.C. leaders ever change wild spending ways?
School is now back in session and while parents are certainly always happy for that to happen, you can be sure of one thing they aren’t happy about—the cost of school supplies, which is just another...
View ArticleGlenn Payne, windshields and typing class
Is there anything that makes you more upset than driving along and hearing that “ding!” on your windshield? I don’t have to tell you that windshields are much more expensive these days than they used...
View ArticleHelp for beauty pros to open their business
Shear Salon offers suites to easily take your first step By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The American dream of being a business owner is still alive and well, and a new opportunity for...
View ArticleSales tax revenue takes dip
City still expects $4 million surplus By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The spending fun might be heading to its final round for the Slidell City Council and the city administration as sales...
View ArticleScuttled Forever?
‘Gentlemen’s Club’ closes after parish outrage in 90s By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – When it comes to familiar sites in Slidell, there might not have been one more recognizable than the...
View ArticleResolution on books fails
Councilman accused of ‘political theater’ By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Critics of sexually explicit books being available to children in the St. Tammany public libraries has led to...
View ArticleLibrary Board doubles down
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Parish residents who have been trying for over a year to put sexually explicit books into a restricted area at the 12 public library branches had named...
View Article13-year-old gets biggest cheer
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – In a topic that has stirred intense emotions on both sides of the issue for 15 months in St. Tammany Parish, perhaps the biggest show of emotion on the...
View ArticleCooper strongly disputes criticism of water plan
Staff: Cross Gates getting millions By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – After Parish President Mike Cooper announced in February of this year that St. Tammany received a second round of...
View ArticleObituaries – September 7
Audubon Funeral Home Obituary Listings (For information on services, contact Audubon at 985-645-0600 or online at: audubonfuneralhome.com) Matthew Wayne Pace, age 37, of Slidell, LA, passed away on...
View ArticleFishing Repot – September 7
Don’t Overlook Todd’s Bayou for September Specks It’s a special time of the year for speckled trout anglers who fish Lake Pontchartrain. Certainly, the Trestles are starting to produce fish as well as...
View ArticleLibrary officials see very little to keep from kids
Even though the much-awaited opportunity last week for the public to speak directly to members of the St. Tammany Parish Council was admittedly not going to bring about any direct action to solve the...
View ArticleGreat lessons for kids in sports
As many of my regular readers are aware by now, I started doing this newspaper thing at the age of 18 for the former Slidell Daily Times. Within only a few months I was asked to cover a football game,...
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Obituaries – September 14
EILEE ANN JEANFREAU BRUNO Eileen Ann Jeanfreau Bruno, of Slidell, Louisiana, entered eternal life on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at the age of 77. Eileen, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, was born...
View ArticleFishing Report – September 14
Tarpon in the Lake? It’s no secret that tarpon fishing isn’t what it used to be in Lake Pontchartrain since the closing of the MRGO. The reduction in salinity has had its effect on the sport fish that,...
View ArticleUnity in U.S. can start with first responders
Watching members of St. Tammany Fire District #1 strap on their full firefighting gear of 75-pounds this week at Cross Gates Family Fitness, preparing for a stair climber fundraiser, was an instant...
View ArticleThe chance to meet an amazing man
I hope to see a record crowd this Friday night at the George Dunbar Art Gallery at City Hall when a very special show will debut, with a very special artist. Romualdo Costa, a spry, still youthful 105...
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