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Covington football welcomes its 2024 Hall of Fame class

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
22 hrs ago

The Covington High Football Hall of Fame inducted its five-person 2024 class on Sept. 7.

Find out how your favorite St. Tammany football team did during Week 2

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
23 hrs ago

After a week that started with a lot of uncertainty due to weather, Week 2 is officially in the books. How did your favorite St. Tammany Parish team do? Check out our parish football roundup below:

Brother Martin-St. Paul’s gets decided on a long touchdown pass in the final seconds

By MIKE GEGENHEIMER | Contributing writer
Sep 14, 2024

It was the situation every young kid throwing a football in his backyard imagines.

Find out why it was a special home opener for Coach Damon Page and the Slidell Tigers

BY DAVE WOODALL | Contributing writer
Sep 14, 2024

Friday was a great night for first-year Slidell head coach Damon Page.

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The winner of the Northlake Christian-Episcopal game focused on the run in the second half

BY MIKE GEGENHEIMER | Contributing writer
Sep 14, 2024

Northlake Christian felt good going into halftime Friday night.

A Duke commit put on a big performance to help Mandeville knock off Madison Prep

BY JASON RUSSELL | Contributing writer
Sep 13, 2024

Nate Sheppard and the Mandeville Skippers made sure their home opener was a success?— and then some.

An early touchdown set the tone in Chalmette vs. Lakeshore. See who prevailed.

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Updated Sep 13, 2024

Lakeshore started with a bang against Chalmette as Beau Bernard hit Kyle Gegenheimer for a 70-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the game.

Covington man sentenced to 2 months in Jan. 6 riots. 'I sincerely regret my actions.'

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Sep 13, 2024

A Covington man was sentenced on Thursday to 60 days in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Swollen St. Tammany rivers crest without major flooding after Hurricane Francine

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Sep 13, 2024

Even before Hurricane Francine made landfall Wednesday, officials across the northshore said they would have to keep close watch of the area's rivers, which can continue to swell days after a …

Two Louisiana state parks will soon have new special needs playgrounds. More could be on the way.

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Sep 13, 2024

Two state parks on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain will soon have new playgrounds that will open a range of play activities for children with disabilities.

Fontainebleau's volleyball coach hit a special milestone last weekend

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Sep 13, 2024

All summer long, Fontainebleau volleyball coach Kacie Mulé sat at 499 career wins.

Folsom will use state grant to develop new community park

BY ANDREW CANULETTE | Staff writer
Sep 13, 2024

Folsom Mayor Lance Willie could hardly contain his enthusiasm when talking about the $100,000 grant the village soon will receive to improve the park behind Town Hall.

Hurricane Francine is gone, but St. Tammany, Tangipahoa parishes warily watch rising rivers

By ALEX LUBBEN and JAMES FINN | Staff writers
Sep 12, 2024

As the winds died down and street flooding subsided?Thursday in the hours after?Hurricane Francine?drenched south Louisiana, concern on the northshore turned to?the region’s swollen rivers.

Blaine Stanga takes interim seat on Covington City Council

BY JESSICA SAGGIO | Contributing writer
Sep 12, 2024

The city of Covington welcomed both a new member to its City Council and a budget proposal for the next fiscal year at its meeting on Sept. 10.

Widescale power outages on northshore after Hurricane Francine bashes Louisiana. See the totals.

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Sep 12, 2024

A wide swath of the northshore was waking up Thursday morning to quiet, dark homes.

City Council OKs purchase of Slidell Bantam Baseball fields

BY SARA PAGONES | Staff writer
Sep 12, 2024

Slidell city government’s plan to buy a 24-acre park from a youth baseball organization took a step forward when the Slidell City Council voted at its Sept. 10 meeting to approve a $310,000 de…

St. Tammany property transfers for Aug. 20-26, 2024. See a list of home and other sales.

Sep 12, 2024

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Northshore sees lots of power outages as worst of Francine hits St. Tammany, Tangipahoa

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Sep 11, 2024

Francine, now a tropical storm, is battering St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes.

As Francine nears, St. Tammany Parish officials concerned about river, coastal flooding

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Sep 11, 2024

As Hurricane Francine closed in on the Louisiana coast on Wednesday afternoon, northshore officials in St. Tammany Parish urged residents to hunker down and ride out the storm.

Stat leaders, standings through Week 1 for St. Tammany Parish football teams

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Sep 11, 2024

Check out the stat leaders, standings through Week 1 for St. Tammany Parish football teams.

Hurricane Francine is coming. But, first, doughnuts in Covington.

BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer
Sep 11, 2024

Across St. Tammany Parish Wednesday morning, folks scurried to make last-minute preparations ahead of the expected afternoon landfall of Hurricane Francine along the Louisiana coast.

Mandeville Rotary celebrates Golden Anniversary in style

Sep 11, 2024

With a mission of "Service Above Self," it's far from uncommon to see members of the Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club helping others.

Farmer Football 5: Week 1 domination sign of things to come for top teams

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Sep 11, 2024

With Week 1 in the books, I thought to myself — What was the most impressive thing I saw results-wise this past week?

Ahead of Francine, state of emergency declared in St. Tammany Parish

By ALEX LUBBEN | Staff writer
Sep 10, 2024

As Francine barrels toward the Louisiana coast, St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper declared a state of emergency in the parish on Tuesday. He urged residents to make final preparations f…

Don't forget the Never Forget race and walk in Covington

Staff report
Sep 10, 2024

The Never Forget Louisiana Foundation will hold its third annual Never Forget 5k Race/Walk on Sept. 14, with proceeds going to Tunnel to Towers to benefit the families of first responders seri…

Farmer Volleyball 5: Hannan tops the season-opening rankings

BY JOSEPH HALM | Staff writer
Sep 10, 2024

Early season volleyball is an interesting thing.

Mandeville couple brings drug prevention program to Tammany

BY JESSICA SAGGIO | Contributing writer
Sep 10, 2024

St. Tammany Parish is no exception when it comes to substance abuse problems, but how does a community rally around a cause that can be so daunting??

Northshore Humane locks up a guy for critters in Covington

BY JESSICA SAGGIO | Contributing writer
Sep 10, 2024

Pies to the face? Spending days at a time locked in a kennel? Dunk tanks? Tortilla slaps?