Pelican Park sales bring in $1 million to help fund Safe Haven
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The opportunity for the Safe Haven campus was presented in 2012 after the former Southeast Louisiana Mental Health Hospital was closed at the site in...
View ArticleObituaries published Dec. 29, 2016
Rose Savoy Delaughter, of Slidell, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was 82 years old and the beloved wife of the late Robert Elton DeLaughter. She was...
View ArticleObituaries published Dec. 22, 2016
Elsie Palmer Burkhalter, of Slidell, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. She was 74 years old. She is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Elbridge Palmer and Louise Casnave Palmer; husband,...
View ArticleObituaries published Jan. 5, 2017
Tommie M. Mayo, of Pearl River, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017. He was 71 years old. He was the beloved husband of Diane Berry Mayo; father of Avery Lynne Buelle (David); step-father of...
View Article‘Shocking’ flooding numbers
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – With a pending decision facing the Slidell City Council about whether to spend $1 million or more to purchase Pinewood Country Club, a new engineering...
View ArticleSales tax money falls again for City of Slidell
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Anyone counting on the Fremaux Town Center to be the long term revenue boon for the city of Slidell might want to think again. As the new retail shopping...
View ArticleSeven suites, 12,000 S.F. on Bayou Liberty Road
t’s amazing what memories and the love for the Louisiana outdoors can create. Ask Dawn and Juraj Pekarik, who now live on the property of Bayou Haven Bed and Breakfast, a luxurious estate that recently...
View ArticleWhat are you paying in federal taxes?
We’re rich! OK, maybe not all of us. But according to a study I recently received from SmartAsset, a financial technology company, St. Tammany Parish ranks among the top parishes in Louisiana when it...
View ArticleBed and Breakfast opens in Slidell
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Whether you live right in St. Tammany Parish, or half-way around the world, Bayou Haven Bed & Breakfast has been created to take you into a luxurious...
View ArticleVisioning Project recommends consolidating groups
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The idea to create one Chamber of Commerce in St. Tammany Parish has been shelved, although the east and west Chamber groups still plan to collaborate on...
View Article2016 holidays are special reminder about family love
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Holidays are all about those special loved ones and the 2016 Christmas season will forever be a year that Gretchen Guidry is thankful for her family more...
View ArticleMan shot in Ozone Woods
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – An early Monday morning confrontation in the front yard of an Ozone Woods home led to the tragic death of a 24-year-old Slidell man in what is being seen as...
View ArticleRobbery ends in shooting
SLIDELL – A robbery attempt at a local restaurant on Friday night led to the suspect being shot and injured before he was charged with the crime, Slidell Police Public Information Officer Chad Olivier...
View ArticleParish viewing Pinewood land to aid drainage
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The Slidell City Council recently passed on a chance to purchase 96-acres of unimproved land in the city limits that would likely improve drainage for many...
View ArticleSt. Tammany students build 250-MPH car for national competition
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – The idea of going to work in a car that levitates into air and fires away at astronomical speeds might only seem real when watching the old Jetsons cartoon....
View ArticleLe Cotillion continues teaching young women etiquette and manners
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Today’s world of Social Media may get blamed for the decline in manners and respectful conversation among some young people, but the members of Le Cotillion...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office brings burglary spree to an end
SLIDELL — St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s detectives have recovered over $16,000 worth of property, and stopped a one-man burglary spree that has plagued the Slidell area since late November of 2016,...
View ArticleSPD identifies five in Abney Estates shooting
SLIDELL?– Slidell Police have identified five people involved in the shooting that took place in the Abney Estates Subdivision on Friday, January 6, 2017. A disagreement over a small amount of cash and...
View ArticleTrue vision lacking in vote on Pinewood
When it comes to money there are many different kinds of people. And the same principle can be seen in the public officials who deal with public money. Some people are the risk takers and others are...
View Article‘Lucky Duck’ to bring $100 gift of kindness
SLIDELL – Slidell residents may have seen gift bags popping up in random locations across the area. They’re flanked with bright yellow cards that read “The Gift of Kindness” and a congratulatory note...
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