Covington News

An inmate at the St. Tammany Parish jail apparently hanged himself with a bedsheet while being held in an isolation cell, authorities said.

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

Owners of "Barlow" galleries in Mandeville and French Quarter defrauded customers by misrepresenting paintings from China A mother and son from Covington who operated art galleries in the French Quarter and Mandeville have been sentenced to prison for misrepresenting paintings they bought in bulk from China and sold as original works of regional ...

The Louisiana attorney general's office arrested a man Thursday morning for allegedly creating a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors over $11 million.

NATHANIEL JACKSON III, age 23, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, entered a guilty plea today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey admitting that he participated in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, or "crack," between August 13, 2008, and November 26, 2008, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

COVINGTON, La. a ' An alleged Ku Klux Klan member has been found competent to stand trial in connection with the killing of a Tulsa woman who reportedly tried to back out of a Klan initiation ceremony last year in St.

A man accused of beating and robbing a woman in her Covington-area home was arrested while pandhandling outside of a Walmart in Baton Rouge, authorities said.

Robert D. Lyle "was a quiet, hard-working student, who's going to be greatly missed by the students and staff," said Covington High School Principal Jason Haak Monday, Nov.

" One of the last surviving aviators from World War II's famed Black Sheep Squadron has died in Covington, Louisiana.

The St. Tammany Sheriff's office says the woman was beaten, tied up and left injured in her home by a 29-year-old man who fled with cash and the woman's automobile, a beige colored 2005 Toyota Corolla.

A man wanted in the robbery and beating of a 66-year-old woman in Covington may have fled to Lafayette, according to the St.

Covington Police arrested three women for allegedly running a prostitution ring out of a massage parlor on U.S. 190.

Artists from all over the United States displayed their wares in the juried show.

The leader of a St. Tammany Parish cocaine distribution ring admitted in federal court on Thursday to conspiring with his ex-wife, father, cousin and two other Covington residents to distribute about seven ounces of crack cocaine between August and November 2008.

Three years ago, Northshore residents successfully blocked an effort to bring big box stores to the Colonial Pinnacle Nord Du Lac Mall project west of Covington.

COVINGTON, La. - Cheryl Ziegler, an employee of the St. Tammany Parish Jail since 2001, has been arrested for hindering the investigation of a man stabbed in her home.

The shin bone of a Catholic saint said to have wiped the feet of Jesus Christ and witnessed his resurrection will be on public display Wednesday at a local church during a first-ever tour of the U.S. The relic of Mary Magdalene, which has been touring Louisiana churches in the New Orleans area and at Abbeville, is expected to arrive about 6 p.m.

A deputy escorting a funeral procession was struck by a pickup truck and tossed off of his motorcycle Friday afternoon in Covington .

The Grand Opening of the St. Francis Animal Sanctuary adoption center in Covington starts Thursday, Nov.

In the past few months, the New Orleans area has had no shortage of new restaurant openings to spark conversation.