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Comedian comes home for holidays

It began in a back room for Theo Vonkuratowski.

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Two die in Covington house fire

A Baton Rouge man and his 3-year-old son were killed Sunday when a Covington-area home erupted in flames.

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Expert: Community must back program

A newly approved yet controversial prisoner work-release program near Covington, about a football field away from the city’s most crime-riddle neighborhood, has many city leaders fuming.

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Homeowners updated on latest issues

St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis fielded questions while providing updates on a number of topics, including hurricane cleanup, flood protection and drainage and roadway improvements at a town hall-type meeting Saturday with leaders of homeowner’s associations across the parish.

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Locals can still help Humane Society win online makeover contest

If all goes well, the St. Tammany Humane Society could win a $1 million makeover next year in an online contest.

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Former assistant principal pleads guilty to rape

Mark Carpenter, a former assistant principal at Lee Road Junior High School who was accused of raping a 6-year-old girl, pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, a court official said.

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KMB awards three grants

The Keep Mandeville Beautiful organization has awarded three $500 beautification grants to Mandeville neighborhoods Tanglewood, Fontainebleau and Beau Rivage.

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LTC Region 1 cuts ribbon in Slidell

The Louisiana Technical College (LTC) Region 1 celebrated its return to serving the Northshore community with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house reception last week for its new Instructional Service Center at 56707 Behrman St. in Slidell.

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Officials: Salmen's reported scores are inaccurate

A recent report of school performance scores from the Louisiana Department of Education has caused an uproar at Salmen High School.

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Slidell food collection a success

Send a bunch of realtors out to canvass a neighborhood, and you never know what they’ll bring back to the office.

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FEMA boosts parish's recovery funding

Thanks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, parish communities are getting a boost in their Gustav recovery funding.

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Slidell man strands 6-year-old on roof

A Slidell man who knew his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son was scared of heights stranded the boy on the couple’s roof as punishment for not finishing his dinner, authorities said.

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Slidell woman faces 216 counts for allegedly forging prescriptions

A Slidell woman who allegedly stole a prescription pad from the urgent care center she worked for has been arrested by Picayune, Miss., police for allegedly writing fake prescriptions and selling them to friends and others.

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Slidell men face rape, incest charges

Two Slidell men were arrested recently on separate rape and aggravated incest charges, Sheriff’s Office Capt. George Bonnett said.

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CHS' Edmiston earns state teaching award

The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics has named Dr. Patricia Edmiston, math teacher at Covington High School, Teacher of the Year.

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Slidell man charged in copper thefts

A Slidell man was arrested this month after robbing at least 10 electrical substations of the precious metal copper, authorities said.

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Newly-renovated Slidell-area home falls victim to vandals

Randy and Desiree Calamari had a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, but those good feelings were eclipsed recently when they looked at what vandals had done to a house they had just rebuilt after the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

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Deck the Rails set Saturday in Covington

The Covington Trailhead, 419 N. New Hampshire St., will be celebrating the season Saturday from 3 p.m. until dusk.

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Black Friday busy here

Shoppers were out in full force Friday doing their best to prop up the sagging economy.

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Bon Village going green

The Bon Village Homeowners Association is taking matters in its own hands when it comes to recycling and hopes its example might spread to other neighborhoods in Slidell.

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New animal shelter opens

Touring the parish’s new $1.9 million animal shelter on Monday, animal control director Melisa-Sullivan Piwetz pointed to the new office’s decorations — a few jazz paintings and a cat mural — stacked in the corner against a wall.

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Holiday events planned in parish

From one end of the parish to the other, St. Tammany residents will have plenty of holiday activities in December to help celebrate the spirit of the season.

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Slidell man dies after wreck on I-10

A Slidell man died early Saturday in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 10.

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Community policing program to be discussed

The Mandeville Police Department invites you to a special Town Hall meeting Wednesday at City Hall at 7 p.m. for discussions involving the new community policing policy.

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Cross Gates collecting, donating bicycles to CCC families

Needy local families can receive both a spiritual and a physical boost this holiday season, courtesy of Cross Gates Athletic Club.

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