The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has taken a significant amount of narcotics off the streets following a traffic stop last week. At approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, an STPSO patrol deputy conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck traveling on Fish Hatchery Road in Lacombe. During the stop, the driver, Harold Batiste (DOB…
Shortly after 2:00 pm on September 20, 2019, the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Mandeville Police Department to investigate a shooting incident involving their officers. The incident took the life of a Mandeville Police Department Captain and resulted in non-life threatening injuries to a second officer. Preliminary investigation revealed that…
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mandeville Police Captain, Vincent “Vinny” Liberto Jr. Captain Liberto was a highly decorated and respected law enforcement officer, known across the entire country. Captain Liberto graduated from Brother Martin High School in 1979, and after graduation joined the United States Marine Corps. Captain Liberto…
Our first guest this morning was Jenny from Fashion for Foster Care. Their event is coming up. If you want to find out more, and score great deals on some clothes, listen to the interview below. Up next we had the Methodist Children’s Home. Marlin and Harry stopped by to talk about their golf tournament,…
The proposal to raise Mandeville’s seawall by 1 foot brought skepticism from a standing-room-only crowd at a public meeting this week. Speakers questioned the cost of the plan, its benefits and the look it would have on the city’s lakefront. Mayor Donald Villere told the audience the $2 million project could result in FEMA changing…
Slow your roll. Mayor Mark Johnson unveiled a “Slow Your Roll” campaign this week for the City of Covington. He said when campaigning for office, constituents across the city asked if elected, what would he do about people who drive too fast and ignore stop signs. Right now he said he is politely asking motorists…
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Slidell-area man Wednesday after an altercation between two shrimp boat captains. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, STPSO Marine units were dispatched to the area of Rigolets Pass near Geoghegan Canal in reference to an altercation between the occupants of two shrimp boats. The captain of one of…
Southeastern Louisiana University’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs is hosting a 24-hour walk/run to honor military prisoners of war and those missing in action. Scheduled on the indoor track at Southeastern’s Pennington Student Activity Center, the POW/MIA Walk/Run begins at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, and concludes Saturday, Sept. 21, at 1 p.m. …
Southeastern Louisiana University Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Tangipahoa Parish Government, and the Tangipahoa Convention and Visitors Bureau are sponsoring a weekend of activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Tangipahoa Parish. “For folks interested in an immersion into the history and culture of Tangipahoa Parish, you do not want to miss the…
We started the day with Ray Sutherlin. The Apres Lounge in Covington is opening this weekend. Find out more about this unique place in the interview below. St Tammany Parish Hospital was here to talk about some upcoming events. Melanie and Tim spoke about Monster Mash, which is October 19th, and The Gala, which is…