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DNA lab receives worldwide attention

In early 2007, a masked man and his father burst down the door of a Folsom area pharmacy, likely high on prescription painkillers and salivating for more. Clutching the cold hard steel pistol his demeanor said it all: give me drugs and money or die.
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Former parole officer sentenced
A former probation and parole officer who supervised St. Tammany felons was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for sexual abusing at least three of his female clients.
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Three sentenced in separate cases
A Lacombe man faces life in prison as a career criminal after he was convicted last Friday for pummeling a man seven years ago during a road rage incident.
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Butts disappearing, but work still left to do
The campaign to wipe out the litter of cigarette butts on the streets of Slidell is starting to work, but Bill Mauser, chairman of the Keep Slidell Beautiful Committee, said there is still more to do to sweep the butts away.
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Slidell dumpster ordinance sees some success
In the year and a half since the Slidell City Council passed the dumpster ordinance, the results have been positive and negative.
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Hales goes where the wild things are
Forget Jeff Corwin. Slidell’s got Lee Hales, its very own traveling wildlife expert.
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Clearing the rivers
About 480 cubic yards of hurricane-related debris has been removed from the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte rivers as part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service-USDA Emergency Watershed Protection program.
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Scalise hosting energy meeting in Mandeville
U.S. Congressman Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, is surfing the energy wave.
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Slidell to buy UNO building to start City Hall complex
Slidell city employees who have been working out of a complex of trailers on Bayou Lane since Hurricane Katrina are one step closer to moving back to City Hall in Olde Towne, thanks to the Louisiana Legislature and Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Tennessee woman arrested on meth possession charges
An alert security officer at the Natchez Drive Wal-Mart tipped off police, who arrested a Tennessee woman Monday evening for the possession of two grams of methamphetamine.
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Two Hammond teens arrested for attempted burglary of church
By Erik Sanzenbach
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Highway 21 widening project slated to begin in the fall
Hammond-based Gilmore & Sons Construction Corp. should soon start widening Louisiana Highway 21 from two lanes to four in the fall, a parish spokesman said this week.
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Parish Council to vote on sewerage sale measure
Voters between Covington and Abita Springs will be asked on Oct. 4 for permission to sell the debt-riddled Sewerage District No. 6 to a private company if Parish Council members approve the measure tomorrow night.
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FEMA flood zone maps on display for public
Public meetings with officials from the city of Slidell and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are slated this week so city and parish residents can look at new flood zone data that may change their flood insurance rates.
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Slidell boy's courage recounted
A trip to a swimming hole on a hot summer day quickly turned into a nightmare for a Slidell boy who was brutally attacked by an alligator Wednesday.
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Deputy tells of the moments following gator attack
On Thursday morning, while St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Detective Ben Godwin was preparing for a follow-up visit to his doctor before returning to duty, he explained why he needed medical clearance and what had happened the prior afternoon in Slidell.
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Charter changes not up for vote this fall
Proposed changes to St. Tammany Parish’s governing constitution should not be placed on the Nov. 4 election ballot because there’s not enough time to gather public input, the non-profit civic group advocating the changes said.
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Murdered Slidell man well liked by neighbors
It didn’t take Tom and Joy Juhas long to decide they liked their new neighbor when Roy Wolfe and his family moved into Slidell’s Woodlawn subdivision several years ago.
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Slidell police officers get new duds
As of last Friday, officers with the Slidell Police Department have a different look.
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Mandeville to get help with audit report response
The Mandeville City Council voted during a special meeting Friday morning to hire the R. Gray Sexton law firm to assist them in their response to an audit performed by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.
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Fireworks ban may fizzle after public opposition
A proposed ban on fireworks in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish may be a dud as area residents and at least five parish council members called the proposal un-American and near impossible to enforce.
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Country Club Estates residents remain leery of pond dirt
The only thing to come out of a Thursday meeting between residents of Country Club Estates and Slidell officials is they agreed to disagree.
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Parish is fighting crime, one party at a time
On Tuesday, neighborhoods throughout St. Tammany Parish will join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 25th annual National Night Out 2008: America’s Night Out Against Crime.
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Latest in children's books covered at conference
A mini-conference was held Thursday for 35 children’s literature librarians, educators and school librarians at the Causeway branch of the St. Tammany Parish Library. The conference focused on reading in the classroom, the latest in children’s literature and incorporating educational resources into the classroom.
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FEMA reimuburses $3.5 million for tree removal
After more than two years, the federal government has reimbursed St. Tammany Parish government $3.5 million for removal of hurricane-toppled trees and other debris from private property.
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