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- Man pleads guilty in rape of 17-year-old
A Slidell-area man on Monday pleaded guilty to raping a 17-year-old girl from Michigan.
- St. Tammany Parish councilman pleads guilty to DWI
St. Tammany Parish Councilman Marty Gould has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in November.
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A Covington family left homeless by a Dec. 7 fire is thankful they still have each other this holiday season.
- Covington mayor looks forward to new year
As Covington Mayor Candace Watkins looks back at 2008, she is also looking forward to the New Year.
- Help is on the way for public defender' s office
Overworked, underpaid and short-staffed, St. Tammany Parish public defenders constantly face uphill battles, with many working 12 hours a days and weekends, swamped in more cases than legally healthy and all ...
- Man and son killed in house fire remembered with special benefit
South Louisiana has definitely seen its share of tragic news stories this year. One of those involved a Baton Rouge family visiting loved ones in Covington.
- Shooting fireworks tonight? Know the rules
While the best shows may be set off by the pros, authorities expect backyard revelers to ignite thousands of illegal fireworks as usual this New Year's Eve in St.
- Wal-Mart looking to build store along Louisiana 1077 southwest of Covington
When developers, in the days before Katrina, unveiled plans for a regional shopping center with a Wal-Mart Supercenter and a Sam's Club south of Covington, hundreds of local residents voiced their opposition to ...
- A village called Hope
In a candlelight ceremony resplendent with a Christmas tree and toys for the children, Hope Village II in Covington added three more families to its Habitat for Humanity community.
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The St. Tammany/Washington parishes Home Builders Association installed its 2008-2009 Board of Directors and Associate Council recently.
- Laugh it up: 2008's wackiest news
Hello there, and welcome to the first installment of NOLA.com's 2008 wackiest news stories.
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About 300 people, some letting out moans of disgust and others swinging paper petitions in their hands, debated for more than four hours Tuesday night on a comprehensive rezoning plan for southwest St.
- Fog blankets the area
Fog, the white clouds that lately have wrapped themselves like a blanket around St.
- Model train exhibit on display in Covington
The old locomotive seemed to struggle as it rounded the bend in the tracks. Pulling an endless number of cars, it huffed and puffed, tooting its horn and gearing up for the "pull." The brakes squealed as the ...
- Ethics Board: St. Tammany Library Staff Can't Accept Gifts
Some not-so-cheery holiday news for staffers with the St. Tammany Parish Library: They can't accept gifts from grateful patrons - not even small ones such as baked goods or houseplants.
- Burglar may be behind 6 car break-ins
Deputies think the same smash-and-grab burglar is responsible for breaking into six cars near Mandeville and Covington this week, authorities said Friday.
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Considered the most "sophisticated building in the state," Tulane University officials on Friday unveiled a high-tech, $27.5 million biosafety lab south of Covington where scientists study cures for infectious ...
- Lee Road Junior High School is closed; all other St. Tammany Parish...
Lee Road Junior High School students will have the day off from classes today, and so will students who don't have power at their homes.
- Infant Killed in Crash on LA 25 in St. Tammany Parish
On December 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of an infant passenger.
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City DescriptionCovington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,483 at the 2000 census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River.
Covington is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Earliest known settlement by Europeans was in 1800 by Jacques Dreux. In 1813 John Wharton Collins established a town here with the name of Wharton. He is buried on the corner of the city cemetery directly across from the City Hall.
The city was renamed after General Leonard Covington, a hero of the War of 1812.
Commerce was brought here by boat up the Bogue Falaya, which connects through the Tchefuncte River to Lake Pontchartrain.
In 1888 the railroad came to town.
In the late 20th century many people who worked in New Orleans started living in Covington, commuting across Lake Pontchartrain on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Population continues to grow. In 2003, Covington elected its first female and first Republican mayor, Candace Watkins. She since has been elected to a second term after running unopposed.
As Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Slidell, Louisiana, Covington proved out of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Louisiana
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