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By Joe Luna
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Tuesday, November 27 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - State Police Troop L hit the busy Interstate roadways during the holiday weekend taking a bite out of traffic violations and safeguarding law abiding motorists. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, February 23 2008 )
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By WGSO Newsroom
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Tuesday, November 27 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Northshore Community Foundation Hurricane Katrina Impact Fund to purchase a Ford F-100 pick-up truck for their construction department. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Monday, November 26 2007 |
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AMITE, La. - Tangipahoa investigators arrested seven Hosanna Church members almost three years ago, accusing them of having sex with children and animals during satanic rituals. Now, the first of the group, the former youth minister, is going on trial. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, November 27 2007 )
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By Joe Luna
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Monday, November 26 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - Authorities brought a small string of vehicle burglaries to an end Thanksgiving Day when they arrested a man who allegedly burglarized three vehicles in the Mariner’s Island area. |
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By Joe Luna
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Friday, November 23 2007 |
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COVINGTON, La. - Compassionate St. Tammany Parish citizens rushed to give six-year-old Covington resident Madelyn Egan a shot at life Tuesday at the State Police Troop L blood drive with donating posts at the local Blood Center and the Troop L office. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, February 23 2008 )
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By Joe Luna
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Wednesday, November 21 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE La. - State Police Troop L is ramping up their watch on the heavily traveled Interstate systems this holiday weekend in order to ensure safe transit for all motorists. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Tuesday, November 20 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - A Mandeville woman’s mysterious death on her honeymoon is finally under a full investigation in Australia. Tina Watson died while scuba diving with her newlywed husband four years ago. |
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By Joe Luna
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Tuesday, November 20 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - More Parking may come to the streets of the Old Mandeville Business District in the future as city officials cast their vision to entice newcomers into the B3 area. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Monday, November 19 2007 |
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SLIDELL, LA. - The St. Tammany Parish President is finally speaking out about his possible run for Congress. Kevin Davis has kept very quiet about his future intentions, up until this point, and now he’s talking about joining what’s becoming a very crowded race to fill Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal’s seat. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, November 20 2007 )
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By Joe Luna
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Monday, November 19 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - The Blood Center and State Police Troop L are holding a blood drive at the Troop L station on North Causeway Approach in Mandeville Tuesday to benefit six-year-old Covington resident Madelyn Egan, who is battling Leukemia. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Friday, November 16 2007 |
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COVINGTON, La. - One St. Tammany highway is a constant source of headaches for drivers but now there’s hope the traffic tie-ups could go away with a major expansion of the road. |
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By Joe Luna
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Friday, November 16 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - Dinner on the Grounds and a Jazz concert Sunday from is being promoted as part of the revitalization of Mandeville’s historic Dew Drop Inn on Lamark Street near the lakefront. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Friday, November 16 2007 |
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HAMMOND, La. - One Tangipahoa town is going high-tech. Hammond is bringing in free internet service that will soon be available all over the city. |
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By Joe Luna
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Thursday, November 15 2007 |
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COVINGTON, La. - As St. Tammany’s population continues to expand and as emergency equipment shortages continue to pop up Covington’s Fire District Six is purchasing another engine from Slidell’s Fire District One to keep up with the new pace. |
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By Jeff Crouere
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Thursday, November 15 2007 |
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BATON ROUGE, La. - From the Southern Baton Rouge Journal: A shadowy group called the Louisiana Justice Fund has run an estimated $1 million in attack ads against Royal Alexander,the Republican candidate for Attorney General in this Saturday's general election.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, November 15 2007 )
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Wednesday, November 14 2007 |
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NEW ORLEANS, La. - A New Orleans grassroots organization was hoping some show and tell would give people the inside scoop on a levee investigations. |
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By Joe Luna
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Wednesday, November 14 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - More starting salary raises and additional benefits are on the horizon for the Mandeville Police Department as it attempts to remain competitive with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, November 14 2007 )
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Wednesday, November 14 2007 |
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Link: Legislative audit of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (PDF/4.9MB)
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, November 14 2007 )
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By Joe Luna
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Tuesday, November 13 2007 |
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FOLSOM, La. - Fire officials in Folsom are hopeful a new one-man fire truck will be the answer to bolstering their protection capabilities while maintaining their current manpower level. |
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Tuesday, November 13 2007 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An agency seen as key to helping redevelop New Orleans' neighborhoods agreed Monday to sign two redevelopment pacts with the city — but only after Mayor Ray Nagin signs a separate deal releasing federal grant funds to cover agency expenses this year. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, November 13 2007 )
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By Joe Luna
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Monday, November 12 2007 |
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FOLSOM, La. - A vehicle flip-over on Anthony Road in Folsom Saturday afternoon claimed the life of the driver when he overcorrected and lost control. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Friday, November 09 2007 |
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SLIDELL, La. - St. Tammany Parish is dealing with what doctors say is a mental health care crisis. Leaders in the field spent the day trying to come up with some solutions. |
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By Joe Luna
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Friday, November 09 2007 |
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MANDEVILLE, La. - Promotion and departures swept the Mandeville Police Department at last night’s city council meeting as it saw the sad retirement of one of its finest and the promotion of another to the rank of Captain. |
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By Meredith Mendez (ABC 26 News)
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Friday, November 09 2007 |
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PEARL RIVER, La. - A man who escaped from the Pearl River lock-up is accused of going on a violent crime spree while apparently no police agency outside of Pearl River even knew he was a wanted criminal. |
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