Gov. John Bel Edwards and Scariano Wholesale Foods CEO Jay Scariano III announced a $10 million expansion of the wholesale food distribution facility near Hammond, Louisiana. The project will improve transportation, access and logistics at the site while creating 20 new direct jobs with an average annual salary of $42,000, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development…
Area rivers are still dealing with high water. Until Monday February 10 the Flood Warning continues for the Tangipahoa River Near Robert. At 5:30 PM yesterday the stage was 12.9 feet. Flood stage is 15.0 feet and it is expected to rise above flood stage today and continue to rise to near 16.5 feet by…
Shellie and Joanna told us about all the work that’s been done at the Covington branch of the St Tammany Library System. Hear about their big day planned for this Saturday at their Grand Opening in the interview below.
The group from St Tammany Health System included Tim, Suzanne and Cindy. We talked a good bit about new advances in surgery and pediatrics they’ve made. Hear about it in the interview below.
6:40 Q: This is a giveaway that an email has been sent by a woman instead of a man. What? A: Excessive punctuation Winner: No Winner! 7:10 Kids Loot Q: The average mom does this 100 times per year. What? A: Eats while standing up, while everyone else is seated Winner: Caden Durr from Amite!…
St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper, Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer, Stirling Properties and St. Tammany Parish community leaders joined in a official ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by guided tours of a new 32,000-square-foot industrial facility at Fremaux Park in Slidell. The facility will repair, service, and assemble industrial gearboxes in the Fremaux mixed-use development. The new…
40 YO Shaun Travis Hobgood, a resident of Highway 21 in Angie, was arrested by a Washington Parish Sheriff’s Sergeant as a fugitive from St. Tammany and is being transferred to serve a sentence there. The officer was on patrol north of Bogalusa when he observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed.…
A portion of Sisters Road will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 12. Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said crews will close a portion of the roadway between S. Hoover and Pleasant Ridge Extension to change out a cross drain, weather permitting. The closure will be posted, and motorists will need to use alternate routes between the…
The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office said the FBI has been brought in to investigate whether any civil rights were violated in the death of 17 YO Jaquarius Taylor. Taylor was found dead in the Varnado area last month. Since then a dive team found a cellphone that likely belonged to Taylor at a fishing area…
Health officials at LSU in Baton Rouge are working to determine how at least five students living off-campus have come down with the mumps. The Louisiana Office of Public Health says the contagious disease can spread through contact with saliva or respiratory droplets. He says they’re still at the earliest parts of the investigation when…