Local Chamber officials announce there is now one chamber of commerce representing the business community of all of St. Tammany Parish. In a formal meeting of membership, there was a vote to change the name of the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce to the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials say this announcement…
The US Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a missing Slidell man in the water near Empire. Mark Matherne was listed by the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans as missing after a report at approximately 1:30 p.m. of a sunken vessel. Officials say Matherne’s boat was found sunk in the vicinity of Shell…
Parish President Pat Brister and the Parish’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness continue to be in regular contact with the National Weather Service and other agencies to monitor the potential for freezing temperatures over the next several days. Additionally, Parish Government has also been in contact with representatives from CLECO and WST power…
Charles was out today but Dave Storm kept things going. We started with Saints of the Apocalypse. Hear more in the interview below. The Professional Women of St Tammany came by. Hear all about them in the interview below. And candidate Harold Bartholomew came by. Hear what he is up to in the interview below.…
The first weekend of air travel at the new billion-dollar airport in Kenner led to some complaints. Passengers at the new Louis Armstrong International Airport reported a frustrating problem at the new north terminal. Travelers said long lines at the Transportation Security Administration screening areas left some passengers waiting an hour to get through the…
Authorities say the four young children kidnapped by their parents in Washington Parish are safe and the father, who returned the children, has been arrested. As of last night, the mother in the case remained on the run. Sheriff Randy Seal says Joshua and Jennifer Abelseth, who had lost custody of the kids, took their…
On Friday morning, acting on the tip from a fellow student, Mandeville Jr. High Administration and the School Resource Officer recovered a handgun from a 13-year-old white male 7th grader. The 7th grader reportedly made threatening comments directed towards the SRO. The juvenile suspect was booked and transported to the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center.…
A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Levi Lee, 17, of Tylertown, Miss., and Lance Rouse, 25, of Picayune, Miss., in the aggravated burglary of a Covington home last December. Lee and Rouse are accused of breaking into a home late one night in December 2018, entering the bedroom of a woman, and holding her…
Today we had Brian from The Verve Pipe, Mayor Villere, Tim Lentz, Queen Elezabeth, and Tracey Powell We enjoyed talking with Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe. He’ll be playing this afternoon at the Bootleggers Brewfest at Terra Bella. You’ll hear three songs from Brian in the interview, including the one that made them…
The St. Tammany West Chamber is taking steps to officially change their name to the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce, pulling in members from the dissolved East St Tammany Chamber of Commerce. Their initial efforts to reach out to businesses in Slidell are underway. On Tuesday, the 2019 Treasurer and Executive Committee member David Boudreaux…