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  • 1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

    St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies will get a raise starting July 1. Sheriff Randy Smith adopted a 2025-26 fiscal year budget that will raise salaries by 4% for the rank and file of the department's deputies. Corporals, sergeants and lieutenants will receive 3.5% raises, and the rank of captain and above will receive 3% raises. The Sheriff's Office currently has 684 employees, a spokesperson said.

  • 1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

    It's been a long time since anyone has cast a line from St. Tammany Parish's popular fishing pier beneath the Interstate 10 twin spans in Slidell. The pier, a repurposed westbound section of the old I-10 twin spin left over from Hurricane Katrina, was closed in late 2020 for a $1.2 million upgrade. But before it could reopen in late August 2021, Hurricane Ida blew across Louisiana and wrecked it. It's been closed ever since.

  • 1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

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  • 1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

    A suspect in a domestic violence case who shot at Slidell police officers responding to a 911 call was later caught and arrested after a search using dogs and a drone, police said. The Slidell Police Department said in a news release Monday afternoon that the suspect fired at least two shots. The officers were not hit and did not return fire, the department said in the news release. The suspect, Corey Griffin, 39, was in custody, police said.

  • 1 week ago | nola.com | Bob Warren

    A suspect fired a gun at Slidell police responding to a domestic violence complaint Monday morning, the Police Department said in a post on the department's Facebook page. The post said no officers were injured and that a suspect was taken into custody. More information will be released later Monday, police said. Here's the Facebook post:"Early this morning, Slidell Police were fired upon while responding to a Domestic Violence complaint on Riviera Drive. No officers were struck by the gunfire.

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29 Mar 24

Meet Slidell's super volunteer, Andy Frisard. No, he doesn't get much sleep. https://t.co/0Ff0yUQkXB via @nolanews

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18 Mar 24

Lots of places claim Jimmy Buffett. Now two Louisiana politicians want to name a bridge after him. https://t.co/dFcm6cnjNv via @nolanews