?Slidell woman teaching much more than dance at Galloway’s Studio
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Jennifer Johnson is thankful for the helping hands she has had during the years of heading Galloway’s Studio of Dance & Performing Arts. But maybe...
View ArticleNSS exec details new mall plan
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The top executive overseeing Morguard properties in the United States said that Slidell residents can quit worrying if the North Shore Square is going to...
View ArticleGrant to fix Slidell bulkhead moving forward after prolonged wait
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Over three years since getting official Slidell City Council support, it appears work is ready to get moving to fix a deteriorating bulkhead at Heritage...
View ArticleSlidell city officials lay plans for $3 million BP oil settlement
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Slidell city officials should have a pleasant task coming in the near future. They will get to spend what is expected to be just over $3 million in BP Oil...
View ArticleAre more parish incumbents set to go?
If you had any question about how interesting the fall elections will be, when all top parish positions are up for grabs, you only had to visit a recent campaign party held a week ago by a candidate...
View ArticlePharmacists team up to create exceptional care
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – What is better than having one longtime community pharmacist come back to serve the public? How about two? The Medicine Shoppe in Slidell, located at 999...
View ArticlePrieto forced from race
By KEVIN CHIRI Tammany West news COVINGTON – An aggressive public campaign that revealed some little known facts about the operation in the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court office has apparently been...
View ArticlePrieto: ‘Ugly politics’ leads to retirement
By KEVIN CHIRI Tammany West news COVINGTON – Malise Prieto is ending her career four years earlier than she planned as the St. Tammany clerk of court. She is sad to see it end sooner than she wanted,...
View ArticleThankfulness replaces worry and anxiety
My wife and I got talking the other day about the way most of us are always striving to achieve certain things, or have more money, or get somewhere in life—but once you get there it still doesn’t seem...
View ArticleU.S. Customs retiree vyes for position
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – As one of the newest candidates for sheriff in St. Tammany Parish, Scott Illing has a lofty goal should he get elected. The question, however, is whether he...
View Article‘Hap’ to represent Libertarian Party in election
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The political landscape in St. Tammany Parish has certainly changed in recent years, with several of the top ranking public officials being removed by...
View ArticleSearch for body over
LACOMBE – The body recovered from Lake Pontchartrain near Bayou Lacombe Sunday morning has been identified as 28-year-old Darrel Davis Jr., from Foley, Alabama, according to St. Tammany Parish Coroner...
View ArticleSales tax revenue steadily rising
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Up, and up, and up. That is becoming the story for the city of Slidell sales tax revenue—finally for the first time in nearly a decade. Slidell’s monthly...
View ArticleEighth grade starts back at Pope John Paul
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – What’s the big deal about adding an eighth grade to an already established high school? Talking to Pope John Paul High School Principal Martha Mundine, it’s...
View ArticleYearlong ATM scam may be nearing end
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – “Sophisticated,” “smart,” “organized.” Those are not usually the words law enforcement wants to use when describing criminals, but they were the words used...
View ArticleThankfulness replaces worry and anxiety
My wife and I got talking the other day about the way most of us are always striving to achieve certain things, or have more money, or get somewhere in life—but once you get there it still doesn’t seem...
View ArticleGet your business or yourself in front of thousands
If you are any kind of football fan you know the sounds of cheers from the stadiums and hard hitting on the field are right around the corner. There is a lot that begins to happen as fall is near, and...
View ArticleSchool is back in session for St. Tammany
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Students by the thousands returned to classrooms last Friday as over 38,000 kids came to St. Tammany Parish public schools for the first day of school....
View ArticleTom Stiegler puts dental degree aside to create unique pieces of jewelry
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – When Tom Stiegler began studying for his college degree to work in a dental laboratory as a profession, he didn’t realize he would learn another skill as...
View ArticleSt. Tammany Parish tax roll open to public through August
COVINGTON — The St. Tammany Parish tax roll will open for public inspection through Monday, August 31. Assessor Louis Fitzmorris is urging all property owners to check the assessed values of their...
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