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Annabelle Baldwin Brown
An agrarian lifestyle appeals to Annabelle Baldwin Brown, a future healthcare provider, as she hopes to someday live on her own farm with landscaping and animals. "A.B." currently has her career eye set on a future as a physician assistant. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Baldwin...
Flying Dolly’s maintains an eye on growth
Flying Dolly’s, which changed its name from Just Chillin last year, provides a wide menu of snoballs, ice cream, cookies, and other sweet treats. The Mandeville, La.-based company is headed by Nick Binnings, partner and acting president, who helped to build the Another Broken Egg café franchise organization.
Hammond woman dies, passenger injured after car drives into tree off La. 443
LORANGER — A Hammond woman was killed in a fatal crash on La. 443 in Tangipahoa Parish, State Police said. Jill Tarver, 43, died after she traveled off the road and struck a tree Wednesday afternoon. State Police did not know what caused her to drive off the highway, but said Tarver was unrestrained.
Everything slows down in the summertime
PROM: Come to the Cutting Edge Theater and experience the joy of “The Prom" musical and live the story of small town high school student Emma, who sparks controversy when she announces plans to bring her girlfriend to the prom. And who rides to the rescue but four slightly burnished Broadway actors hoping to buff up their own reputations by demanding justice and equality (and perhaps the spotlight) for Emma and her girlfriend. The four pros bring a rollicking good time, with plenty of music and dancing. The "eccentric" New York stars are played by Ronald Brister, Sara Pagones, Alyssa Duke Bennefield and Rob Reidenauer; Emily Ann Roy plays the high school teen and Megan Marie Augustine, her intended prom date. Brian Fontenot directs; Bennefield choreographs the show. See it June 13-15 and June 20-22 at 767 Robert Blvd. Tickets start at $32. Visit cuttingedgetheater.com.
Two St. Tammany Parish School employees arrested for cruelty to a juvenile
COVINGTON - The Covington Police Department arrested a teacher and a paraprofessional for cruelty to a juvenile after an incident last Tuesday at E. E. Lyon Elementary School in Covington. According to WWL-TV, a camera inside a classroom captured 44-year-old Catherine Mumphrey and 71-year-old Lauren Brenckle "engaged in what amounted...
1 arrested, 1 wanted after credit card skimmer found in Jefferson Parish grocery store
A Washington state man is behind bars and investigators are searching for his accomplice after authorities say the pair placed illegal credit-card skimmers inside several grocery stores in Jefferson and St. Tammany Parishes. Petru Golban, 32, of Kirkland, Wash., was booked Wednesday with two counts of theft by skimming, three...
Stuck with 15,000 yards of tornado debris? St. Tammany's burning it in a giant hole.
St. Tammany Parish has started burning a huge pile of debris left by April’s tornadoes, pushing the branches and limbs into an 18-foot-deep pit of fire near Pearl River. The burn will smolder for the next several weeks, turning 15,000 cubic yards of felled trees and branches to ash. The fire will burn “low and slow,” according to parish spokesperson Michael Vinsanau, with the goal of keeping the impact on the environment and nearby residents low.
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