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Find out how your favorite St. Tammany football team did during Week 6

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
1 hr ago

District play opened across the parish in Week 6. How did your favorite St. Tammany Parish team do? Check out our parish football roundup below:

A senior accounts for 3 touchdowns as Salmen begins its Class 5A era with a win

BY DAVE WOODALL | Contributing writer
7 hrs ago

For the Salmen football team, it was the beginning of a new era as the Spartans moved up in class to District 7-5A.

A late touchdown decided the Lakeshore-Franklinton district showdown

BY JASON RUSSELL | Contributing writer
8 hrs ago

The District 7-4A showdown between Franklinton and Lakeshore on Oct. 11 was billed as a slugfest between two teams near the top of Class 4A.

Corales' breakout performance powers St. Paul's District 6-5A win at Hammond

BY MIKE GEGENHEIMER | Contributing writer
13 hrs ago

Cody Corales' season didn't get off to the best start.

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Two turnovers proved critical in a nail biter between Mandeville and Covington. See who won.

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
15 hrs ago

Locked in a battle of undefeated teams against District 6-5A foe Covington, Mandeville needed a spark to ignite its offense on Oct. 11.

A Pearl River running back scored 5 times during a district-opening win over Hannan

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
23 hrs ago

Pearl River senior Tashod Badon racked up 243 yards rushing and five touchdowns as the Rebels opened District 7-4A play with a convincing 48-30 victory over Hannan on Oct. 10.

The effort to recall St. Tammany's controversial coroner has failed, its organizers say

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Oct 11, 2024

With just days left until the deadline to collect?more than 35,000 signatures?on the petition to recall St. Tammany Parish Coroner Christopher Tape, the organizers of the effort have made a di…

The Fontainebleau-Slidell District 7-5A opener came down to the wire. See who got the win

BY DAVE WOODALL | Contributing writer
Oct 11, 2024

The District 7-5A opener between Slidell and Fontainebleau was one of those games where it seemed like the last team to possess the ball would win.

8 from Willow School are National Merit semifinalists, and more area school news

Staff reports
Oct 11, 2024

THE WILLOW SCHOOL:?Eight members of the senior class have been named semifinalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program for 2025. John T. Cajski, Robert B. Carroll, Marigny K. Gill…

Get homework help, college prep at the library

BY JACKIE RIECKE | Contributing writer
Oct 11, 2024

Teens usually think of the library as a place to go for study groups, research, and the special teen events the library hosts. So parents and teenagers alike are often surprised to find out ho…

Northlake community singers to perform Motown

BY SHEILA GRISSETT | Staff writer
Oct 11, 2024

The Northlake Performing Arts Society, a 30-year-old community chorus with members drawn mostly from throughout St. Tammany, will soon hit the stage in Covington singing "Signed, Sealed, Deliv…

PJP II's Pink Game against Northlake came down to a fifth set. See which team prevailed

BY MIKE PERVEL | Contributing writer
Oct 11, 2024

Any time Northlake Christian and Pope John Paul II meet on the volleyball court, it's sure to be an entertaining match.

Forget taboo: Never feel bad about having a baby shower

BY JESSICA SAGGIO | Contributing writer
Oct 11, 2024

Forget pink or blue, there’s a whole lot of gray area when it comes to this part of pregnancy.

St. Paul's junior plans tennis tourney to aid Miracle League

BY DARREN COOPER | Contributing writer
Oct 11, 2024

Tennis has given Harrison Mayfield so much enjoyment, he wants to serve it forward.

Man dies in Lacombe-area shooting, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff says

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Oct 10, 2024

A man was shot and killed Wednesday night in Lacombe, according to the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office.

New Orleans HBCUs to host reading groups on scholar's works

Oct 10, 2024

Xavier, Southern and Dillard universities in New Orleans are collaborating on a series of reading groups on the works of scholar Saidiya Hartman.

St. Tammany man who sexually abused 2 sisters gets 50-year prison sentence

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Oct 10, 2024

A St. Tammany Parish man pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting two sisters was handed a 50-year prison sentence, authorities said.

Gov. Jeff Landry urged the Army Corps to consider 'adverse impacts' of 'One Lake' plan

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Oct 10, 2024

Gov. Jeff Landry is calling?on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to account for any “potential adverse impacts” of the?controversial "One Lake" project on?the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi.?

St. Tammany property transfers for Sept. 18-23, 2024. See a list of home and other sales.

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Covington marine engine company plans $5.85M expansion that will create 5 new jobs

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Oct 9, 2024

A Covington company that sells and services marine engines and equipment will spend $5.85 million on a new operations center and warehouse at its St. Tammany Parish headquarters, officials said.

Stat leaders, standings through Week 5 for St. Tammany Parish football teams

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Oct 9, 2024

Check out the stat leaders, standings through Week 5 for St. Tammany Parish football teams.

Whitfield, Roppolo loom large for SSA in emotional district sweep of Lakeshore

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Oct 9, 2024

One could see the emotion on Julia Whitfield’s face.

Farmer Football 5: District play set to open with a bang

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Oct 9, 2024

The LHSAA reclassification this offseason means that the beginning of district play in St. Tammany Parish was pushed back a couple of weeks.

Abita Springs is suing two former employees the town claims misspent $245,000

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Oct 9, 2024

The town of Abita Springs is suing two former employees in an effort to recoup thousands of dollars that officials say they used to purchase themselves trips, meals and other things, lawsuits …

Another Slam Startup contest for the northshore

Staff report
Oct 8, 2024

The NSpire Startup Slam business pitch competition will return to the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond for its second run on Jan. 9. The competition will again brin…

Two drivers killed, child injured in head-on crash near Abita Springs

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Oct 8, 2024

A head-on crash near Abita Springs early Tuesday claimed the lives of two drivers, State Police said.

Fall for Art in downtown Covington

BY SARAH G. BONNETTE | lContributing writer
Oct 8, 2024

Fall for Art will give art lovers plenty of opportunities to see creativity on display. They’ll even get the chance to get creative, too.

St. Tammany Parish Fair traditions alive and well

BY SHEILA GRISSETT | Staff writer
Oct 8, 2024

The St. Tammany Parish Fair returned this month, celebrating its 115th anniversary since debuting as a pet show in 1910, then morphing the next year into the St. Tammany Stock, Poultry & P…