Reeves pitches Panthers to 3-2 win over Jaguars
By DAVE WOODALL Slidell sports writer SLIDELL – In the opening game for both teams last Tuesday night, the Northshore Panthers (1-0) took advantage of some outstanding pitching and timely hits to take...
View ArticleFirst Baptist loses postseason contest
SLIDELL — The First Baptist Christian boys fell 78-34 to Johnson Bayou last Friday in the Class C state basketball playoffs. Johnson Bayou sophomore Cameron Hare had 27 points in the first half with...
View ArticleBatistella ignites Lady Jaguars’ win
By DAVE WOODALL Slidell sports writer SLIDELL — The Pope John Paul II Lady Jaguars softball team opened their home season with a 12-7 win over the Pearl River Lady Rebels. Madison York opened on the...
View ArticleSpartans shut out Fontainebleau, 8-0
By DAVE WOODALL Slidell sports writer MANDEVILLE – The Salmen Spartans spoiled the debut of Fontainebleau’s new head coach Mike Woods as both teams opened their respective 2015 baseball season. Woods,...
View ArticlePJP’s Cutura earns all-star game MVP
By JIM INCAPRERA Slidell sports writer NEW ORLEANS — The LHSAA women’s soccer ALL STAR game was held over the weekend at Pan American Stadium. Several Slidell high school players were selected to...
View ArticleSpring colors creeping in at Camp Salmen
After a long, gnawing, winter made much of the vegetation at Camp Salmen dead and brown, spring is creeping in with a scattering of new color that vividly contrasts against the dull background. Red...
View ArticleCovington wins regional meet at PJP
By DAVE WOODALL Slidell sports writer SLIDELL — The Covington powerlifting team won the regional meet held last Saturday at Pope John Paul II High School. The defending state champion Lions racked up...
View ArticleYEA! gives teens lesson in business ventures
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Five Slidell teens had their own mini version of “Shark Tank” at the SMH Founders Building last week—albeit with a much nicer tone. Five of the six...
View ArticleHolland sues parish and others
By CHRISSY SMITH Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The Caring Center of Slidell’s Director Mary Holland has filed a lawsuit against St. Tammany Parish, along with Community Action Agency employees Angela...
View ArticleNew district attorney faces multitude of challenges
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – With the rain pouring outside on a Wednesday morning, Warren Montgomery brushed off the raindrops from his new navy blazer and sat down. He immediately...
View ArticleBrown wears many hats for Slidell community
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell News Bureau SLIDELL –After working for 33 years as a Meteorologist first and now as a Hydrologist with the National Weather Service (NWS), it’s easy for retirement to float in...
View ArticleKelly, Lombard indicted
COVINGTON — Two former employees of the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office who figured in the federal case against former Coroner Peter Galvan were indicted by a St. Tammany Parish grand jury Tuesday...
View ArticleElizabeth Schneider is a large reason for success of ‘Jazz on the Bayou’
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – When Elizabeth Schneider earned her English degree from Kent State University in 1978, she was certain of a career path that was leading her to the LSU Law...
View ArticleHeroic act saves lives
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau PICAYUNE, Ms. – As a small business owner, Joe Sanford is like many others who spends his life hustling from one business appointment to the next as owner of Pelican...
View ArticleSt. Tammany is filled with giving people
It was an incredible site to walk into the Castine Center on Sunday night, ready to take in the fundraiser for the planned Children’s Museum of St. Tammany. The 8th annual “Celebration” benefit event...
View ArticleSlidell company assisting in healthy food for children
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – It’s harder than you think to give away money. Just ask Nena Cittadino, who heads the Nutrition Education Services division in St. Tammany Parish, a branch...
View ArticleExtravagant parish event Chef Soiree coming March 15
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau COVINGTON – To the thousands of people who attend Chef Soiree each year in Bogue Falaya Park, the biggest fundraising event in St. Tammany Parish each year is the...
View ArticleSalmen falls in title game
By DAVID FOLSE II Slidell sports writer LAKE CHARLES—Despite a massive 30-point, 23-rebound performance by Salmen center Kalani Brown, the Salmen Spartans fell to Warren Easton, 46-42 in the 2015...
View ArticleLaBourdette named PR football coach
PEARL RIVER — Mike LaBourdette has been selected as the new head coach of the Pearl River Rebel football team. This will be his second head coaching job since leaving his first posting at St. Bernard...
View ArticleSalmen disposes of Ellender, 58-38
By DAVE WOODALL Slidell sports writer SLIDELL — If you missed last Friday night’s state quarterfinal matchup between the Salmen Spartans (25-4) and the Ellender Patriots (25-8) you missed the...
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