Slidell News

Residents were able to review proposed revised federal flood maps at a monthly meeting sponsored by Parish Councilman Gene Bellisario.

Bill Brady, second from left, claps as Superintendent Trey Folse took office in 2010.

As art teacher Sandra Deason looked on, occasionally offering a suggestion or technique to consider, Henry McKnight bent over a blank piece of black construction paper and brought an eagle to life.

A Slidell teen previously charged as an accessory to a 2012 homicide in which a woman was stabbed and then burned now is facing a second-degree murder charge after a St.

Noel Morris, 18, shows off her Jobs for America's Graduates award to the St. Tammany Parish School Board on May 2, 2013.

"Elder abuse is a major social ill in our communities, our state and our nation," said St.

Liz Lowery battles Nicky Wilson in Cutting Edge Theater's production of 'Troop Glamour Girls,' on stage through May 26, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults; and $15 for students.

'It's Himself,' plaster and acrylic paint, is one of more than 40 paintings, sculptures and prints by Nolan Lefort on display through May 30 at the OFFstage Gallery in the Slidell Little Theatre lobby.

St. Tammany Parish Councilman Reid Falconer signs the recall petition against Coroner Peter Galvan in Slidell on Thursday.

Christina Stewart will be arraigned on a felony aggravated cruelty to animals charge on June 18 in 22nd Judicial District Court in Covington.

The Camellia City Market in Olde Towne Slidell, which on June 1 will celebrate its fifth anniversary, is enjoying an early birthday gift: A fresh supply of seasonal vegetables.

An overflow crowd waits for the first Poetry and Prose Reading by the Creative Writing class at Delgado Community College to begin May 11 at at Brewgier Coffee House in Slidell.

After a plea from Slidell Police Chief Randy Smith to compromise, the City Council agreed to scale back on a proposed budget reduction to the Slidell Police Department for the coming fiscal year.

The Slidell Art League opened its first exhibit this year, Art & Bloom on the Northshore, on a rainy May 10 evening at the Slidell Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Center.

The New Orleans Children's Chorus will present a Spring Concert for the NOCC Northlake Chorus and the Concert Chorus on May 19 at 7 p.m. at the Lakeview Presbyterian Church, 5306 Canal Blvd., and will be directed by NOCC Artistic Director Cheryl Dupont.

St. Tammany Parish's law enforcement community paused Tuesday to remember fallen officers across the region during the Sheriff's Office's annual Police Memorial Ceremony.

Two doctors in New Orleans and a third in Baton Rouge are among 11 new defendants indicted as a result of investigations by the Baton Rouge Medicare Fraud Strike Force, federal officials announced Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Between $80 million and $100 million in fraudulent Medicare billings are alleged in two Strike Force indictments in Baton ... (more)

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder giving a speech in Mississippi. The U.S. Department of Justice announced several Medicare fraud indictments Tuesday, including two in Louisiana.

The teenager accused of gunning down 19 people during Sunday's second-line parade was caught two months earlier, allegedly carrying a handgun with an extended clip and a bag of heroin.

Pearl Williams, who passed away suddenly in early 2007, checks out James LaVergne's new skateboard at the Children's Wish Endowment Christmas party held in 2007.