On Friday, shortly before 10:00 PM, Troopers from Troop L responded to a fatal crash involving several vehicles on I-12 westbound near US 11. The crash has claimed the life of 77-year-old Grace Barthel and 55-year-old Ronald Destgermain, both of Mandeville. The crash occurred as a Dodge Durango, driven by 35-year-old Nicholas Romain of Lacombe,…
Today in Covington at 10 AM for Martin Luther King Day there will be a “March for Peace”. The parade’s route will be 28th and Tyler travelling to 29th, turn right, to N. Madison and Columbia, then down Jefferson Avenue. At 11 AM, Pastor Alfred Nathaniel Young III of Faith Bible Church will be this…
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards says on January 15, detectives with the Narcotics Unit began investigating allegations of drug activity at an Amite residence. Information was received that 51-year-old Jerry Summerford was selling drugs out of his residence and accepting stolen property- more specifically stolen firearms – as payment. Undercover agents set up to conduct…
A St. Tammany Parish grand jury has indicted 19 YO Nicholas Ordogne, 18 YO Jawaun Wilson, 18 YO Revonte Charles, and 16 YO Jaydin Charles for Second Degree Murder of a Slidell Resident on October 18, 2019. The four are accused of murdering a Slidell resident during a planned robbery in an attempt to obtain…
The City of Slidell and Pontchartrain Film Festival will present a film screening and closing event for the exhibit Backdrop Louisiana: St. Tammany and New Orleans. “Voices of Olde Towne” will be screened at 5:30 p.m. and “Waterways to Railways,” will be screened at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24 at the Slidell Cultural Center…
The Safe Haven Foundation wants you to mark your calendars for their Second Annual Northshore Picnic with a Purpose fundraising event, scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2020 at the Castine Center in Mandeville. This year’s event fundraiser will benefit the Training and Education Center on the Safe Haven Campus. As one component of the campus,…
The St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Slidell caregiver after it was discovered she has been stealing from two of the people she was hired to care for, and detectives are looking for other potential victims. Rosalin Harrison was arrested this week two count of Exploitation of Persons with Infirmities and 10 counts of…
Beginning Sunday, January 19, through Saturday, February 1, there will be nightly alternating lane closures on I-10, both Eastbound and Westbound between I-10/I-12/I-59 interchange and the I-10 twin spans. These closures will be from the hours of 7:00 PM – 5:00 AM nightly, weather permitting. Crews will continue pouring concrete for a new median cable…
Early on January 14, the Hammond Police Department began investigating a burglary that took place at Wendy’s located at 1810 Southwest Railroad Avenue after a suspect forcibly opened a safe and stole approximately $8000. Detectives were able to identify the suspect as 33 YO Leroy Clyde Johnson III of Hammond. An arrest warrant has been…
Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller issued a statement following the passing of former First Lady Margaret Burgess, who died Thursday in Houston. He said Mrs. Burgess, or ‘Mrs. Margaret,’ as so many knew her, was so much more than the wife of Tangipahoa’s first Parish President. An educator and a mentor, Mrs. Burgess nurtured the…