After a tip from a concerned citizen, a suspected drug dealer was arrested at the Washington Parish Free Fair when Washington Parish Drug Task Force detectives located a suspicious person sitting in a vehicle in one of the parking areas on the north side of the fairgrounds. The occupant of the vehicle, forty-four-year-old Kelvin Paul…
Here’s the winner of our Lake 94.7 Cool Cat Contest!!!!! The Billingsley-Sanchez family is headed to the Auburn LSU Game on us!!!!! Dee Christina came by with Sharon Jamison to talk about Hope and Hearts 4 Paws. This non-profit rescues small breed dogs, fixes them up, then finds them good homes. Hear all about them…
There have delays, the project went over budget and ran behind schedule, but the new Armstrong International Airport Terminal has finally set an opening of Wednesday November 6th. The first planes will start arriving at the new terminal on that date and passengers will finally get to see the new facility. All 16 commercial airlines…
On Sunday, October 20, 2019 at approximately 12:14 AM, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L responded to a fatal crash involving two vehicles on LA 16 at Horseshoe Rd. in St. Helena. The crash has claimed the life of 40-year-old Denise Self of Amite. The initial investigation led Troopers to determine that Self was…
Four Slidell teenagers are being charged with murder after shooting and killing a man early yesterday morning. Shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Slidell Police responded to reports of gunshots at the Slidell Housing Authority. When officers arrived, they located 33-year-old, Andre Johnson, shot to death inside of his apartment. During the investigation, Slidell Police…
Our first guest this morning was Amy Tucker from the City of Covington. We talked about a lot of events coming up in the next 30 days. Hear her in the interview below. We also spoke with Christina and Cherie about Great Strides, a walk for Cystic Fibrosis. Both of these women have children with…
Although we are not expecting direct impacts from the weather in the Gulf, coastal flooding is possible for the area through Saturday. A potential tropical cyclone will move through the coastal waters over the next 48 hours. Strong onshore winds around the system will cause some minor coastal flooding issues for the advised area. Flooding…
DOTD announced yesterday that the scheduled shift for traffic using the Tangipahoa River Bridge on LA 16 east of Amite will not begin at the previously expected time. Now that bridge closure will begin on Friday, Oct. 25, and continue into March 2021. When crews close the existing bridge, traffic will be shifted onto a…
Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer and City of Slidell officials say they are monitoring the potential tropical weather as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that the storm could develop into Tropical Storm Nestor and they have issued Tropical Storm Warnings for southern Louisiana. Cromer said the City of Slidell…
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Covington-area man after he photographed/videoed men in local restrooms. 24 YO Kyle Hanna of Covington was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for one count of Video Voyeurism after a medical professional contacted the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office concerning Hanna taking photos/videos of men using restrooms…