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Mandeville horse that escaped enclosure lured by deputies with apples, sugar cubes
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — St. Tammany deputies are becoming professional animal wranglers. A horse was reported loose in a Mandeville neighborhood this week. Note: Video above is of an emu being captured in Pearl River earlier this year. According to a Facebook post by the sheriff's office, two...
A warm and humid Friday
A ridge of high pressure over the northern Gulf will keep our temperatures high and rain chances low through the weekend. At the surface, our winds will be southeasterly for the next few days which will bring the warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into SELA, which means higher dew points and increasing cloud cover through Sunday. The winds will be getting stronger through the weekend, expect wind gusts of 25 to 35mph especially Friday through Sunday. For the first week of Jazz Fest and the Zurich Classic, expect partly to mostly cloudy, warm, humid and windy conditions with rain chances at 20% or less.
Team up to clean up this Saturday
The Chamber, Town of Franklinton, Washington Parish Government, Washington Parish Tourism, Village of Varnado, Mt. Hermon High School clubs and the City of Bogalusa are gearing up for Team Up to Clean Up this Saturday! Come join us from 9:00-12:00. In Franklinton: Pick up your supplies( Trash Bags and gloves will be provided) in the […] The post Team up to clean up this Saturday appeared first on The Bogalusa Daily News.
Hundreds of fentanyl pills hidden in WD-40 can seized in St. Tammany bust, sheriff says
A St. Tammany Parish man has been booked in connection with the possession and distribution of hundreds of pills containing fentanyl, the Sheriff's Office said. The arrest of Derrick McDowell, 24, came after a traffic stop spurred by reports the Sheriff's Office had received that he had been selling drugs in the Covington area. On April 18 near Joseph Road and La. 36, deputies stopped McDowell and found 273 "counterfeit" pills suspected of containing fentanyl, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
700 homes, 53 businesses damaged | St. Tammany denied federal aid in storm recovery
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — Efforts to recover in St. Tammany Parish are still underway after what the National Weather Service categorized as an EF-2 tornado hit the area on April 10. With 700 homes and 53 businesses damaged, parish officials said they did not meet the damage threshold to receive federal assistance in storm recovery.
St. Tammany Parish Council drops its opposition to controversial $34M apartment complex
The St. Tammany Parish Council has dropped its opposition to a controversial apartment complex on the outskirts of Covington, effectively clearing the way for construction to move forward. At a sparsely attended special meeting on Wednesday night, the council rescinded a moratorium that was keeping the developer, HRI Properties, from...
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