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- Keep off the grass, Pearl River warns its dogs
The Pearl River Board of Aldermen has added teeth to one of the basic rules of pet ownership: Keep it clean.
- I-59 crash leaves man on critical list
An Indiana man remained in critical but stable condition Wednesday, two days after a driver slammed into his car on Interstate 59 while he and other motorists waited for a fire in the roadway to be ...
- 3 arrested in Picayune meth bust
A suspected methamphetamine lab was found when deputies responded to a house on Homestead Drive to a possible residential burglary in progress, Pearl River Sheriff's Chief Investigator Donnie Saucier said.
- Oyster reef areas to reopen Wednesday
Areas I "B" and II "A" conditionally approved waters will reopen Wednesday to the harvest of oysters, effective at legal sunrise, the Department of Marine Resources announced today.
- Pearl River High teacher fired for sexually explicit conversation with two students
A Pearl River High School teacher has been fired for "an inappropriate, sexually explicit conversation" with two female students, schools Superintendent Frank Auriemma said.
- Andrew McPherson remains bullish on industrial sector
Seretta Construction Inc. President Andrew McPherson has cut costs and reduced overtime in order to be more competitive when bidding on projects during the slow economy.
- Slidell Police Arrest Reports for Nov. 26th to Dec 1st, 2008
Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: November 26th, 2008: Baldomero Sales, age 31 of 744 Pine street, Slidell, LA Was arrested for No Driver's License and No Liability Insurance ...
- Holiday Hoopla ends with grand prize
Congratulations to Mandeville resident Pamela Faure, who is the winner of $500 in St.
- Bad past betrays suspect in car break-ins, cops say
Even after spending seven years in prison, it didn't take Michael Nelson long to get back to his old habits, Slidell police said.
- Dirt laid for Rooms To Go facility
The first thing you notice at the Rooms To Go construction site in Pearl River is the dirt.
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A Pearl River man was recently arrested after he threatened to kill his wife during a game of Russian roulette, then escaped through thick fog when a SWAT team arrived at their home.
- Pearl River robber sentenced
Michael Hall, 26, of 9 Hickory Street in Spring Valley was sentenced yesterday to 3 1/2 years in prison for robbery outside of the Pearl River Hilton in January.
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Thanks to plummeting gas prices, impressive manufacturer deals and the Northshore's solid economy, conditions are more favorable now than they've ever been for purchasing a vehicle, Keith Williams with Robert ...
- 8 arrested in KKK killing
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain speaks Tuesday at a news conference in Covington, La., about the homicide of an Oklahoma woman who was killed at a Ku Klux Klan initiation in Louisiana last weekend.
- Murder suspect has history of KKK activity
Raymond "Chuck" Foster, the alleged Ku Klux Klan leader arrested Monday for killing a woman following a Klan initiation ritual near Sun, has a history of Klan activity dating back at least to January 2001, Mark ...
- Washington Parish authorities believe KKK group tied to killing was not extensive organization
In the wake of a weekend slaying tied to a Ku Klux Klan initiation ritual, Washington Parish authorities said they are surprised to learn the group was based in their area.
- Oklahoma womana s death prompts look at a home-growna white supremacist set
Slaying victim Cynthia C. Lynch appears to have been enticed into the Louisiana bayous of St.
- Eight arrested in La. for murder during Klan initiation
A woman was allegedly murdered by the leader of a Louisiana Ku Klux Klan group when she tried to leave an initiation ritual over the weekend.
- St. Tammany Sheriff: Woman's Murder Connected to KKK Ritual
Eight people are under arrest after the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office recovered the body of a woman near the end of Lock 3 Road in Sun on Monday.
Pearl River Classifieds
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City DescriptionPearl River is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,839 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pearl River is located at 30°22′16″N 89°45′4″W / 30.37111, -89.75111 (30.371096, -89.751139).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km²), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.58%) is water.
The community that is today Pearl River was originally known as Halloo, a moniker it reputedly garnered from loggers yelling to one another as they labored along the nearby Pearl River. Early Halloo was a small railroad town, located at the junction of the Northeastern and Poitevent and Favre’s East Louisiana Railroads. In 1886 a train station was constructed at the site, and two years later Samuel R. Poitevent established the first store in the village. The community’s name was first changed from Halloo to Pearl, later to Pearlville, and eventually Pearl River, in 1888, after the train station built in the town.
On July 13, 1898, the 200 citizens of Pearl River voted to petition the state of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Louisiana
- St. Tammany Parish
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