Covington News

Tony Welch, a 20-year veteran hotel executive, has been named general manager of Hilton Garden Inn Convention Center in New Orleans, announced Gary Gutierrez, president of the Lodging Division of HRI Properties.

Qualifying begins today for March 27 elections in St. Tammany Parish, including contests for Slidell mayor, police chief and all nine City Council seats, as well as special elections for Mandeville mayor and a seat on the Sun Board of Aldermen.

February 05, 2010, 5:30AM The silhouette of a 16-year-old Lacombe boy, 5 feet 6 inches tall, perhaps 140 pounds, a gun in his hand, shot what resembled fireballs in the evening light at a much larger Lacombe man who was by then down in a ditch, sitting slumped in a mix of water and blood, one witness recalled.

Originally published February 4, 2010 at 3:07 p.m., updated February 4, 2010 at 3:16 p.m. COVINGTON, La.

Three teenagers, including a St. Paul's School football player, allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl last month and were arrested by St.

Winn-Dixie opens a new 55,000-square-foot store in Covington this morning. The store, located on Hwy.

Angel Armando Hernandez, 34, of New Orleans, was shot and killed, and German Alberto Hernandez Zuniga, 25, of Covington, was shot and wounded.

When New Orleans native Keith Kornfeld started work in the kitchen of Mr. B's Bistro at age 27, he didn't know how to hold a knife, he says.

It took six minutes for a St. Tammany Parish jury to find a homeless Covington man guilty as charged of second-degree murder Wednesday, for bludgeoning a 64-year-old woman to death in June 2008.

A 39-year-old homeless man is on trial in St. Tammany Parish in the death of a 64-year-old artist whose decomposed body was found in her downtown Covington apartment.

Covington- As a result of Operation Child Watch, an aggressive enforcement campaign against online child exploitation, Louisiana State Police Region I Detectives arrested a Covington resident for possession of child pornography.

January 26, 2010, 6:36PM Ileana Lyons' decomposed body was found in July 2008 wedged between a toilet and vanity in her downtown Covington home.

State Police arrested a Covington man Monday as part of a state-wide campaign against child pornography, authorities said.

January 25, 2010, 6:53PM A homeless man is standing trial this week for allegedly murdering a 64-year-old female artist whose decomposed body was found two weeks later in her downtown Covington apartment on North Vermont Street.

Lee Road School students and teachers participate in a fundraising event for Haitian earthquake victims Friday.

The interior of the Florida Parishes juvenile detention center was photographed in October 2008.

Slidell, La. A man who ran from police after being handcuffed was arrested hiding inside a refrigerator and led to the arrest in an armed robbery, according to St.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Slidell gas station on the night of Jan.

SCOTT THRELKELD / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Victoria Burns of the Covington High School flag team performs as the flag team and school band join marchers passing through the West 30s neighborhood of Covington Monday, January 18th, 2010, during an MLK Holiday Birthday Celebration.

COVINGTON, La. A St. Tammany jury found Ronald Bickham guilty of a double murder that happened 15 years ago near Covington.