Abita Springs News

As the new Marigny Elementary School near Mandeville and other school construction projects near completion, St.

Mandeville Seafood Festival Created on July 3, 2009 Fine food and great music were standard at the 31st Annual Seafood Festival, sponsored by the Greater Mandeville Seafood Association, at Fontainebleau State Park on Saturday, July 3, 2009.

While Thursday evening's lightening bolts, intense rain and wind caused the four-day Mandeville Seafood Festival to lose a beat and thousands of St.

Northeastern areas of Tammany targeted Christine Harvey St. Tammany bureau Residents who live in the northeastern part of St.

The dry conditions across Louisiana have forced the State Fire Marshal's Office to order a statewide burn ban.

Acadian Ambulance EMS George Schwindling, center, and dispatcher Countess "C.C." Carter, sitting left, meet Kyle Bennett on Tuesday When a water moccasin sank its fangs into a toddler's foot and put an abrupt end to a July 4, 1991, barbecue near Abita Springs, an entire family feared for the life of the 17-month-old child.

CHUCK COOK / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Wayne Spring of Albany, La., rides his homebuilt called 'Double Deuce' at the Louisiana Bike Festival in Abita Springs Saturday, June 20, 2009.

Residents who live in east-central St. Tammany Parish's 6th Ward will be asked in the fall to renew a property tax to help pay for fire service.

Taking a recession-induced stay-at-home vacation this summer? Hope you have some comfortable shoes, because you're going to be busy.

The staff of the St. Tammany Parish Zoning Commission will present its recommendations for the fourth of five study areas as part of the two year process of applying the Unified Development Code across unincorporated St.

Of the many great reasons to hop on a bicycle, one that becomes apparent while pedaling along the Tammany Trace is a real sense of entitlement to calories.

A half-acre woods fire started by a burning trash pile was stopped 15 feet from a home near Abita Springs Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

NEW ORLEANS - A snowball fight has started in federal court in New Orleans. The question is whether companies can trademark syrup flavors such as King Cake, Hurricane and Buttered Popcorn.

A bill that backers claim would have made sweeping changes in the way school boards operate by taking elected board members out of the day-to-day operations of schools and vesting more authority in the hired superintendents died on the House floor, 47-50. The vote means that House Bill 851 by Rep.

An Abita Springs man accused of fraudulently obtaining an insurance producer's license and using it to sell insurance to a person who did not exist was arrested by detectives with State Police's Insurance Fraud and Auto Theft Unit Friday, State Police said.

An Abita Springs man who was allegedly stalking his estranged wife was arrested Wednesday by Mandeville Police officers who found loaded handguns in the car he parked near where she was staying, authorities said.

President Obama is trying to bridge the gap between the U.S. and the Muslim world.

State police arrested a south Louisiana preacher on fraud charges Friday in Abita Springs.

There always has been a certain stability to life in toney Beau Chene. With homes ranging from merely upscale to downright luxurious, St.

Caliente staff writers bring you the latest from the music world. An evening of New Orleans fun at Hotel Congress 05/28/2009 01:13 PM Gerald Gay What better way to kick off the brand new Caliente music blog than with a fun and festive benefit concert announcement? Hotel Congress is whipping up a gumbo stew of Louisiana music, culture and cuisine ...