Slidell News

Construction of a new Slidell Senior Center officially kicked off Friday, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the Cousin Street site.

An inmate who had been in the St. Tammany Parish since last month has committed suicide.

A Slidell pharmacy technician allegedly scored nearly 40 prescriptions for hydrocodone by manipulating the computer system at the Walgreens where she worked, authorities said.

JAZZ: The city of SLIDELL won a first-place Gold Award for Municipal Excellence from the National League of Cities, the first Louisiana city to do so.

Beating out hundreds of other cities nationwide, the city of Slidell has received the first-place Gold Award for Municipal Excellence from the National League of Cities.

The Louisiana Lottery Corp. reports that nobody won the major jackpot in the Louisiana Lotto on Wednesday night, but there was one jackpot ticket sold in Kansas and one big winner in Louisiana in the multistate Powerball drawing.

A select group got a sneak peek Friday at Disney's newest animated film and its first to be set in New Orleans, "The Princess and the Frog." The first 30 minutes of the film was screened at the New Orleans Museum of Art as part of the grand opening of "Dreams Come True," an exhibit of original artwork from Disney's most famous animated films, like ...

From the Slidell Police Deparment: On October 1st, 2009 at around 2:45 pm a 40 year old woman from Pearl River, La reported that her vehicle had been broken into while it was parked in 2200 block of Carey Street.

A 43-year-old Slidell man was found guilty as charged this week of possessing both child pornography and about a pound of marijuana.

The St. Tammany Parish School Board on Thursday approved two land purchases intended to alleviate overcrowding at Abney Elementary School , whose population has skyrocketed in the years after Hurricane Katrina.

Nearing the end of a three-month process, the Slidell Charter Review Committee is finalizing a list of proposed charter changes some members hope to send to the council next month and eventually to the voters.

Holding its third public meeting on an updated hazard mitigation plan on Tuesday, the Slidell City Council again solicited feedback from residents for the document that updates drainage projects and other storm-related mitigation measures in light of the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina.

La. Highway 433 is closed in both directions in Slidell due to water on the roadway, according to Louisiana State Police.

As winds whistled through palm trees and wrecked piers on Lakeview Drive , Steve Thiel, 58, looked out over Lake Pontchartain to assess the situation.

With extra city personnel and police on hand, Slidell officials have an eye on the Palm Lake subdivision and other low lying areas as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the Gulf Coast.

Firefighters battle a 3-alarm blaze Saturday at Big T Tires on Powell Road near Slidell.

Firefighters responded to a major structure fire near Slidell Saturday afternoon.

A Slidell-area woman admitted in federal court this week to going to the Red Cross and securing her one-time, post-Hurricane Katrina benefit of about $1,500, then applying for the same benefit 12 more times.

A 60-year-old Slidell woman has admitted to stealing $287,000 from a New Orleans air conditioning and heating company to feed her gambling habit and pay bills.

A robber cleaned out an ATM machine in Slidell between 11pm and midnight Saturday after disabling its video camera.