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St. Tammany sheriff pleads guilty, resigns from office

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith pleaded guilty today (Wednesday) to one felony count of Second Degree Battery and one . . .

SLU campus food highly rated in rankings

Students’ opinions and taste buds earned Southeastern Louisiana University a place among the 2026 Best College Food in the nation . . .

Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. this Saturday (June 27) for primary run-off races. Saturday’s . . .

Parish Council tackled lengthy agenda at recent meeting

A meeting of the Washington Parish Council was held on Monday, June 15. Following the opening of the invocation and . . .

Almost 400 youngsters were in WPSO summer camp

Almost 400 young people from across Washington Parish gathered at Pine High School last week for the Washington Parish Sheriff’s . . .

A Southeastern Louisiana University student receives her meal selection at the Mane Dish restaurant in the university’s Student Union. Southeastern food has been rated 66th nationally for the quality of its food by Niche, a national college marketing research firm.

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St. Tammany sheriff pleads guilty, resigns from office
Wed,06/24/26-10:51AM , 307 Reads
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Jack Ryan: Another private movie screening
Thu,06/25/26-12:24AM , 158 Reads 5,108 Statewide
A few weeks ago, writing about my affinity for watching movies on a big screen in a theater, I recalled the night in 1990 when I was the only person in the auditorium for the film “Misery,” and had a great time watching it.
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Opinion: 55 years of the war on drugs
Thu,06/25/26-12:34AM , 154 Reads 4,530 Statewide
June marked the 55th anniversary of what has come to be known as “the war on drugs,” although five decades into this battle, it is fair to ask whether any progress has been made.
It’s hard to see it when modern scourges like fentanyl have been responsible for tens of thousands of deaths in recent years.
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Mount Pisgah News
By NELL SMITH
Thu,06/25/26-6:07PM , 48 Reads
Greetings!
Can you believe this is the last week of June? Where has the time gone? We have only a few more weeks of summer vacation left. School has been out five weeks and I haven't accomplished any things around the house.
We've had lots of rain a week ago. Water was over the roads in some places.
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