Robert Rhoden
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4 firms will compete to design Causeway bridge shoulders
AECOM, Design Engineering, Modjeski & Masters, and Volkert picked by Causeway Commission. → Read More
Helis Oil says it will start drilling in St. Tammany on June 29
Company will begin moving rig into place next week, project manager Mike Barham says → Read More
Army veterans with no kin find family when laid to rest
With rifle shots, playing of Taps, ashes of Claudie Ray Shiflett and John Henry Huber III are interred under cloudless sky → Read More
Covington coffee shop burglarized again; suspect arrested
Surveillance cameras, put in after first burglary, pay off → Read More
Hammond war veteran receives French Legion of Honor, Fox 8 reports
Walter Barzenick, now 93, was 22-year-old sergeant fighting Germans → Read More
Slidell police investigating 2-vehicle crash on U.S. 190 West
Slidell police are investigating a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 190 West that closed the highway for a time Monday night (Nov. 30). Occupants of the vehicles were taken to hospitals, and the extent of the injuries was unknown, according to a post on the police department's Facebook page. The incident occurred in the 500 block of the highway, across from the Camellia Café, the post said. No details… → Read More
Voters defeat St. Tammany Parish charter Proposition 4
Voters in St. Tammany Parish on Saturday (Nov. 21) rebuffed home rule charter Proposition 4, which would let emergency ordinances remain effective from one Parish Council meeting to the next, instead of the current maximum of 30 days. The change would eliminate gaps that occur when there are more than 30 days between council meetings. → Read More
St. Tammany Parish voters reject charter Proposition 9
St. Tammany Parish voters Saturday (Nov. 21) rebuffed charter change Proposition 9, which would change the deadline for the parish president to propose an operating budget. The charter requires the budget submission at least 90 days before the start of the next fiscal year. The proposal was to require it at the regularly scheduled Parish Council meeting in October. → Read More
St. Tammany Parish charter Proposition 7 fails
Voters in St. Tammany Parish said no to home rule charter Proposition 7 on Saturday (Nov. 21). The measure called for eliminating certain written duties of the parish government's chief administrative officer. The duties referenced maintenance and upkeep of the computer informational system, building maintenance, public access television channel, building supervision and personnel information. → Read More
St. Tammany Parish voters reject charter Proposition 8
It sought to remove personnel policies from charter → Read More
St. Tammany Parish charter Proposition 6 fails
Proposal removed language letting parish president appoint and discharge employees → Read More
St. Tammany Parish voters reject charter Proposition 5
Voters in St. Tammany Parish Saturday (Nov. 21) rejected controversial Proposition 5, calling for the elimination of the requirement that the district attorney serve as legal counsel for the parish government and Parish Council. The measure would let the parish president and council hire their own attorneys. → Read More
St. Tammany Parish voters approve charter Proposition 3
Voters in St. Tammany Parish on Saturday (Nov. 21) approved charter Proposition 3 to restrict public comment at Parish Council meetings to matters on the printed agenda. → Read More
Alabama woman gets death sentence for hiring hit man to kill her daughter, AL.com reports
An Alabama woman was sentenced to death Wednesday (Nov. 18) for hiring a hit man to kill her daughter, AL.com reported, citing news reports. Lisa Graham, was had been found guilty of paying a family friend to fatally shoot her... → Read More
St. Tammany fracking fight heard by appeals court in Baton Rouge
The protracted controversy over fracking in St. Tammany Parish returned to the courtroom on Thursday (Nov. 5) where attorneys presented oral arguments to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge and answered questions about how much control the state and... → Read More
Metal detector to scan visitors to St. Tammany Parish Council chamber
Starting Thursday night (Nov. 5), visitors to the St. Tammany Parish Council chamber will be required to walk through a metal detector to enter the building north of Mandeville. That's the word from the parish government, which since last year... → Read More
St. Tammany trick or treating left up to individual neighborhoods
While many New Orleans area governments recommended that trick or treating be moved from Saturday (Oct. 31) to Friday because of the threat of rain this weekend, the St. Tammany Parish government said individual neighborhoods should decide when they want to... → Read More
St. Tammany Parish jail bookings, Oct. 19-25
The St. Tammany Parish jail bookings for Oct. 19-25 are now available online. Click here to access the file from the Sheriff's Office website. → Read More
Village of Tangipahoa residents rescued from high water, website reports
Authorities rescued people near Beaver Creek in the Village of Tangipahoa in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday (Oct. 26) after flood water trapped them in their homes, Action News 17 reported. Dozens of homes were impacted when the creek overflowed, according to the report. The village is south of Kentwood. See the entire Action News 17 report. → Read More