Sara Pagones

The return of live theater to the North Star Theatre in Old Mandeville is already getting applause, even though the curtain won’t rise on the inaugural show, Evangeline Theater Company’s

When the Children’s Museum of St. Tammany reopens in its new Mandeville home later this summer, young visitors will enjoy the same familiar exhibits and activities that drew them and

Mandeville Middle School was Gayle Sloan’s baby — that’s what speaker after speaker recalled on July 11 as former colleagues, students, parents and family members gathered in the school’s cafetorium

Education and economic development leaders are working together in St. Tammany to try to reverse the trend of students leaving the parish and state, according to panelists at a recent

After two years of court battles and public clashes, the St. Tammany Parish Council on Thursday called for good faith negotiations between the parish and criminal justice officials over ongoing funding disputes, as well as an end to all litigation.

The St. Tammany Farmer's 150th year of publication was recognized by the St. Tammany Parish Council and the Slidell City Council at recent public meetings in which its contribution for civic engagement and journalistic excellence were saluted.

Slidell city government's plan to buy a 24-acre park from a youth baseball organization took a step forward when the Slidell City Council voted at its Sept. 10 meeting to approve a $310,000 deal to buy the land off Terrace Avenue.

While the new headquarters for Slidell Police, including the city jail, won't be finished for more than two years, some initial steps forward are being taken for the department's new home on Robert Boulevard.

A second attempt by Abita Springs Mayor Dan Curtis to fire Town Marshal Richard Bonnet has failed when a divided Town Council recently refused to approve the mayor's request to terminate him.

Calvin Coolidge was president, Prohibition was the law of the land, and jazz was the popular music of the day when St. Tammany Homestead formed on Oct. 15, 1924, to provide home loans to residents of Covington, then a town of about 3,000 souls.