Fuller Center and SLU Team Up on Build

The Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing and Southeastern Louisiana University Student Government Association are proud to host a service-learning project called the “Green and Gold Build”. The event is going on this week, as part of Homecoming 2019. University students, faculty, staff and alumni will construct a 5 bedroom 2 bath house frame…

STPSO Says Runaway Girl Located

STPSO announced late yesterday that a local runaway juvenile had been located and offered thanks to everyone who called in with information or shared their post about it on social media. The young female snuck out of her house at approximately 1:30 a.m. on October 8, leaving a note apologizing for running away and requesting…

Lake Rewind: October 9, 2019

Today we started with Tracey Powell. She is a candidate for Slidell City Court. Hear her talk about the job in the interview below. We spoke to Townsend and Tom from the St Tammany West Chamber, which will soon be getting a new name and a new mission. We talked about the St Tammany Chamber…

LA 3241 to Bush Moving Forward

Last week the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced that the project to build the long-discussed LA 3241 from I-12 to Bush will be the department’s next public-private partnership. Wetland mitigation for the overall corridor is currently under way and is anticipated to be complete by early 2020. Right of way acquisition services for…

Local Businessman Explores Bayou Steel Deal

Jeff Sands, a Mandeville native, is an investor who buys midsize companies that are struggling and turns them around. Sands recently explored a deal for the now shuttered Bayou Steel Group.  St. John the Baptist Parish’s largest employer that suddenly laid off its entire workforce then declared bankruptcy. Sands runs American Industrial Acquisition. He says…

Boyet and Little Oak Placed on Lock Down Yesterday

Yesterday two Slidell schools, Boyet Junior High School and Little Oak Elementary, were placed on lockdown because of the possibility of a suicidal person in the area. The lockdowns were lifted shortly after 2 p.m., according to Slidell Police. An increased police presence was maintained in the area throughout the day, but law enforcement officials…

SLU Nursing gets $2.4 Million Grant

Southeastern Louisiana University has received a $2.45 million Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Awarded to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences’ Rural Nurses Career Advancement Program, in coordination with the Delta Regional Authority, the grant is part of an investment to expand the impact of workforce development…

NTCC Awarded Delta Regional Grant

Northshore Technical Community College has been awarded a 1.9 million-dollar Delta Regional Authority grant by the US Department of Labor. GNO, Inc. cosponsored the grant application through its GNOu workforce development program. Delgado Community College and Nunez Community College were co-applicants on the grant application as well. The DOL grant will primarily support scaling and replicating innovative apprenticeship models for…

Lake Rewind: October 8, 2019

Our first guest this morning was John Raymond. John is running for State Rep in District 90. John talked about his qualifications and why he is running for office. Hear him below. Up next was Mike Cooper, a candidate for Parish President. Mike pointed out what he said were the main differences between himself and…

Natalbany Man Faces Drug Charges

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of 41-year-old Terrence Darnell Miller of Natalbany, on multiple drug charges. Last week, TPSO Deputies initiated a traffic stop on a black older model Chevy Tahoe on LA 1064 near Hoppin Harley’s. As deputies approached they observed the driver, an unknown black male, reaching down between the…