• 911 system getting upgrade
St. Tammany Parish's 911 dispatchers will have a better idea of exactly where they're directing first responders with a new system that provides multiple aerial views of properties throughout the parish.

• Covington High principal now official
Covington High School Principal Deborah McCollum, who was holding the position on an interim basis this year, has been given the job outright.

• THE CANDIDATES Slidell Mayor
Freddy drennan

• Tax for fire district on ballot
Residents who live in northwestern St. Tammany Parish are being asked to renew a property tax to help pay for fire service after officials in the 5th Fire Protection District failed to put the measure before voters in time to collect the millage in 2010.

• Tax renewal for fire district on ballot
Residents who live in northwestern St. Tammany Parish are being asked to renew a property tax to help pay for fire service after officials in the 5th Fire Protection District failed to put the measure before voters in time to collect the millage in 2010.

• Trial begins in drug dealer's killing
A Covington man is standing trial this week in St. Tammany Parish for allegedly robbing and killing a drug dealer in 2006.

• Mayoral race pits pair of officials
Two candidates promising to clean up Mandeville's image and promote its economic development are competing to be the city's next mayor.

• Testimony hurts murder defense
Two sets of eyes, both seemingly filled with hurt and anger, took different paths Tuesday in a first-degree murder trial expected to conclude today in Covington.

• THE CANDIDATES MAndeville mayor
Trilby lenfant

• Asking directions ends in jail time
Slidell Police arrested a New Orleans man Friday after he stopped in a stolen car to ask a police officer for directions, authorities said.

• Asking directions lands man in jail
Slidell Police arrested a New Orleans man Friday after he stopped in a stolen car to ask a police officer for directions, authorities said.

• Cops seek suspect in robberies
St. Tammany Parish deputies are searching for a man who robbed four people in the Abita Nursery subdivision Sunday night, holding up several at gunpoint and pistol-whipping one of them, authorities said.

• N.O. man arrested after asking cop for directions
Slidell Police arrested a New Orleans man Friday after he stopped in a stolen car to ask a police officer for directions, authorities said.

• N.O. man arrested after asking cop for directions
Slidell Police arrested a New Orleans man Friday after he stopped in a stolen car to ask a police officer for directions, authorities said.

• Slidell charter changes on ballot
Slidell voters on March 27 will decide a slate of charter amendment proposals, representing an effort by some City Council members to delete obsolete charter language and change the process for setting the salaries of the city's elected officials.

• finishing strong
To the causal observer or passer-by, it might have appeared to be a routine track meet.

• Road repair a waiting game
A Covington woman waited more than six months for the city's public works department to repave her street after fixing a broken drainage culvert there.

• Saint Tracy Porter to appear at fundraiser
New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter will be a special guest tonight at the Junior League of Greater Covington's "Night for the Museum" fundraiser.

• Scalise hosts cancer expo
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise will host a Health and Cancer Awareness Expo today in Slidell to give families the opportunity to meet with medical professionals and learn more about cancer prevention and detection.

• Burglary investigation also winds up with drug arrests
Seven St. Tammany Parish residents were arrested, most on drug charges, Wednesday following an investigation into the burglaries of two vehicles in a supermarket parking lot in Covington, authorities said.

• Slidell man gets life in prison
A 43-year-old Slidell-area man was sentenced to life in prison this week after a state judge in Covington determined he was a career criminal.

• Turn over records soon, coroner's office told
A state judge in Covington ruled Thursday that the St. Tammany Parish coroner's office should provide one of its former forensic laboratory managers with all the public records she requested at minimal cost and as quickly as possible.

• Folsom girls take aim at hoops title
Folsom residents Bria Bickham, 14, and Hailey Sellers, 11, have taken top honors in their respective age category events at the annual Knights of Columbus free throw competition.

• Motorcyclist is killed in I-10 wreck in Slidell
A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon when he veered into the path of an 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 in Slidell, authorities said.

• Price's sentencing is delayed
Former Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price's sentencing on federal public corruption and tax evasion charges has been delayed again.

• 'Green Lantern' to close off Lake Road
A section of Lake Road in Madisonville will be closed intermittently today from 10 a.m. to noon as a film crew prepares to shoot scenes for a movie.

• Morris takes lumps at forum
As the current mayor running for police chief, Ben Morris found himself on the defensive before he even took the stage during forums held Monday night.

• 'Black and Gold' adds up to green
Having spirit for the world champion New Orleans Saints paid off in many ways this season, but St. Tammany Parish students took it to another level.

• 'Black and Gold' adds up to green
Having spirit for the world champion New Orleans Saints paid off in many ways this season, but St. Tammany Parish students took it to another level.

• Concert will put jazz ensemble on road
Fontainebleau High is looking to get St. Tammany residents in the swing of things tonight.

• Concert will put jazz ensemble on road
Fontainebleau High is looking to get St. Tammany residents in the swing of things tonight.

• Ex-lawmaker leads delegation to Iraq
A former state representative from Covington is en route to Iraq to help monitor the March 7 parliamentary elections.

• Fire ravages landmark Covington restaurant
A late-morning fire destroyed a Chinese restaurant familiar to longtime Covington residents and motorists who frequent U.S. 190 near the city.

• Lesson: 'Black and Gold' makes green
Having spirit for the world champion New Orleans Saints paid off in many ways this season, but St. Tammany Parish students took it to another level.

• Parish schools facing scrutiny
The St. Tammany Parish school system Monday began a three-day process of gaining renewed accreditation from AdvancED, a national organization that has accredited 27,000 public and private schools and districts across 30 states.

• Slidell man gets 40 years in McDonald's robbery
A 19-year-old Slidell man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Monday for robbing a McDonald's employee at gunpoint outside the Slidell-area fast-food restaurant a week before Hurricane Katrina.

• Slidell man guilty in drug death
A Slidell man, described as a former large-scale narcotics distributor, has admitted to giving an 18-year-old the methadone and benzodiazepine, a class of drugs that includes Xanax and Valium, that led to his death.

• Slidell man guilty in teen's drug overdose death
A Slidell man, described as a former large-scale narcotics distributor, has admitted to giving an 18-year-old the methadone and benzodiazepine, a class of drugs that includes Xanax and Valium, that led to his death.

• Text message lands Slidell man in jail
A Slidell man was arrested Saturday after he tried to persuade someone via cell-phone text message to help him with a robbery, authorities said.

• Fund to aid Slidell family who lost home to a fire
A fund has been set up to aid a Slidell family whose home was destroyed by a fire earlier this week.

• LOOKING ahead
With distractions such as video games, television and footballs and basketballs lying around at an arm's length, is it tough to keep the focus of pre-teens and teenagers these days?

• Man gets 20 years for plotting to sell Ecstasy on north shore
A Seattle man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute Ecstasy in St. Tammany Parish, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office announced Friday.

• Two arrested in jail escape
Two more people are behind bars on charges of aiding a murder suspect in his flight from the St. Tammany Parish jail last week, even as the search for the escaped inmate continues.

• Two more arrested in inmate's escape from Tammany jail
Two more people are behind bars on charges of aiding a murder suspect in his flight from the St. Tammany Parish jail last week, even as the search for the escaped inmate continues.