Covington News

Stefanie Egan of Mandeville started carpooling for her daily trips across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and using her compact car for local errands.

The most beloved of all children's books comes to life on stage in Covington, LA for children and their families, starting July 17.

Covington Mayor Candace Watkins is asking the City Council to place a property tax for the city fire and police departments on the ballot this fall.

Many communities feature a Fourth of July celebration, but Covington makes it a seven-day affair.

A rush-hour accident snarled traffic on Louisiana Highway 21 for about an hour as rescue workers extricated a woman from a car that flipped after slamming into the back of an SUV.

Amid patriotic songs from a brass quartet and speeches Friday afternoon, Covington officials and citizens dedicated a larger-than-life bronze statue of Ronald Reagan at the city's new downtown Tammany Trace ...

The Mandeville City Council on Thursday night declined in a split 3-2 vote to grant itself a $200-per-month pay raise.

A St. Tammany Parish deputy who was permanently paralyzed last summer when a tree crashed onto her patrol car has filed suit against the state transportation department and the company that owns the property ...

After four years and several setbacks, the world's largest Ronald Reagan statue will be unveiled in Covington, Louisiana, this Friday .

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Dog parks in Terrebonne Parish. The Hot Air Balloon Festival.

A years-old dispute between Covington and a neighboring fire protection district over which one is entitled to property taxes from areas annexed by the city is headed to court.

A St. Tammany Parish grand jury today indicted a Covington man in connection with an April 6 auto accident that killed a passenger in his vehicle.

COVINGTON -- A St. Tammany Parish grand jury has indicted a former janitor at W.L. Abney Elementary School in Slidell on three counts of aggravated rape and one count of molesting a juvenile for incidents ...

Covington officials are planning a June 27 ceremony to dedicate the final addition to the city's new downtown Tammany Trace trailhead -- a larger-than-life statue of Ronald Reagan.

After reading about the Legislature's latest approval of a significant pay increase, readers have submitted passionate responses to the Times-Picayune and NOLA.com. Here is what you're saying.

The Navy's 151-foot-tall water tank next to Millington Regional Jetport is gone.

St. Tammany Parish planning officials have scheduled a June 21 meeting with property owners and citizens as they prepare to rezone the unincorporated areas of southwestern St.

Slidell man charged with molestation By Erik Sanzenbach St. Tammany News Published on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:27 AM CDT A three-month investigation by Slidell police has led to the arrest of a Slidell man ...

Stores report higher interest in bikes By Matthew Penix St. Tammany News Published on Monday, June 9, 2008 8:53 AM CDT By some accounts, Graham Erickson Sr.

Whitney Holding Corp., which operates banks in the Gulf Coast region, said Monday that it has agreed to buy Parish National Corp.