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…
A Covington-area man has been arrested after he raped his medically-handicapped neighbor. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office was contacted Wednesday night by family members after a mentally-handicapped Covington-area woman was lured into a neighbor’s residence and repeatedly raped. 24 YO Joshua Brown was arrested and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on one…
A Slidell man is facing aggravated kidnapping charges after forcibly kidnapping his estranged girlfriend from a local motel. Last night, Slidell Police responded to a 911 call from Motel 6 at 136 Taos Street after a witness observed a man drag the motel clerk out of the motel and force her into a vehicle. The…
Coastal southeastern parishes could see significant economic benefits from the planned construction of sediment diversion projects. Those projects will generate three billion dollars in regional sales and support 4,000 new jobs according to Restore the Mississippi Delta Director Steve Cochran. The diversions are being constructed in Plaquemines but residents will see an 809 million dollar…
Local government officials are watching the potential for tropical cyclone development in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. There is a MEDIUM (40%) chance of tropical cyclone development over the next 5 days. This system may begin to slowly develop late Thursday night over the western Gulf and then is expected to move generally northeastward and…
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board has granted a certificate of completion for the lighting project at Independence High School’s football field, but the district will also seek remedies to the field damage that officials say happened on the contractor’s watch. The Board agreed to grant the certificate, a legal trigger that allows subcontractors to submit…
Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal says their 2019 National Night Out schedule has been finalized. The parties are set to kick off tonight. Traditionally, the event is held during the month of August, but due to the extreme heat, some areas have changed the date to October. The night is designed to heighten crime prevention…
A Mandeville man was arrested after he showed up at a residence looking to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. Last week St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Mandeville in reference to a man who was at the residence attempting to locate a teenage girl who he said told him to…
Albany Police Chief Russell Hutchinson, the longest-serving police chief in Louisiana, passed away yesterday at home with his family by his side. He was 71. Last year, Hutchinson was elected to his 11th term as Albany’s police chief. Hutchinson took office one day after his 30th birthday following an election in 1978 that ended in…