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Bob Warren

Covington, New Orleans

Deputy Metro Editor| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

Deputy Metro Editor at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Deputy metro editor for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate.

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  • Covington Fire Chief Gary Blocker Jr., who rose through ranks over long career, dies

    6 days ago | nola.com | Bob Warren |Andrew Canulette

    Covington Fire Chief Gary Stephen Blocker Jr., who joined the department as a teen and rose through the ranks over a nearly three-decade career, died May 6. He was 46. A cause of death was not disclosed. Blocker, a Metairie native and longtime Covington resident, joined the Fire Department in the mid-1990s as a volunteer in the department's junior division, he told a reporter in 2018. He rose through the ranks before then Covington Mayor Mike Cooper named him as the chief in August 2018.

  • Ceremonial procession planned for Covington Fire Chief Gary Blocker Jr., who died Tuesday

    6 days ago | nola.com | Bob Warren |Andrew Canulette

    Covington Fire Chief Gary Stephen Blocker Jr., who joined the department as a teen and rose through the ranks over a nearly three-decade career, died Tuesday. He was 46. A cause of death was not disclosed. Blocker, a Metairie native and longtime Covington resident, joined the fire department in the mid-1990s as a volunteer in the department's junior division, he told a reporter in 2018. He rose through the ranks before then Covington Mayor Mike Cooper named him as the chief in August 2018.

  • St. Tammany voters were asked to OK millions of dollars of construction. How did they vote?

    1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren |Willie Swett

    St. Tammany Parish voters gave a thumbs-up Saturday to a $325 million school projects bond proposition, and a separate bond proposition for Slidell Memorial Hospital was also on its way to being approved. Returns Saturday night showed the school district's bond proposition passing with 56% of the vote, with two of 170 precincts still out.

  • Taxes, bonds and a hot Jefferson council race. Here are the highlights of Saturday's election.

    1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

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  • Northshore residents protest President Trump, federal policies at busy Covington corner

    1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

    Waving signs and asking passing drivers to honk, 100 or so people gathered Thursday afternoon at a busy Covington intersection to protest the policies of President Donald Trump. Numerous motorists honked. Some clapped in support and others jutted their arms from their windows, turning a thumbs-down. One passing driver of a pickup flipped the bird.

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