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To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us SLIDELL, La. -- Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has started work at a new building in Slidell that will combine three current offices and add 50 new high-tech positions. http://www.yourstreet.com/5007886/northrop-grumman-adding-50-positions Move will expand technology workforce http://www.yourstreet.com/5003710/northrop-grumman-to-build-new-office-complex-in-slidell Northrop anticipates the new 20,000 square-foot building will bring 85 high-tech jobs, including 50 new positions, to St. Tammany Parish. http://www.yourstreet.com/4986630/northrop-grumman-to-start-building-new-slidell-facility Police said a Slidell woman was shot in the face twice by her new roommate Saturday night in a case that has investigators baffled as they try to determine what the man's motive... http://www.yourstreet.com/4986184/slidell-woman-shot-in-face-by-new-roommate-police-say-there-was-no The Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues features The Spiritual 5ive. Harmonica man Jumpin' Johnny Sansone does an afternoon set at Palmettos in Slidell. Bruce Daigrepont stages... http://www.yourstreet.com/4980388/music-in-new-orleans-for-sunday-jan-4 Yesterday, Oaklawn became the first horseracing track in the nation to ban the shipment of horses from Louisiana race tracks, an attempt to stem the potential spread of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4976912/oaklawn-ban http://www.yourstreet.com/4968458/st-tammany-parish-president-eyeing-another-term-slidell-casino Slidell officials will soon open bids for construction of a multi-million dollar animal control center, with an eye toward completing the facility by the spring of 2010.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4961569/bids-to-be-opened-soon-for-construction-of-3-million-animal-control There will be daily intermittent lane closures on Interstate 10 near Slidell from Monday through Jan. 18 due to construction work, the state highway department said.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4955888/construction-work-to-cause-interstate-10-lane-closures-in-the-slidell Mayor Ben Morris has hired a renowned New Orleans architectural firm to rebuild the Slidell Senior Center, finally moving forward with the project after wrangling with FEMA for... http://www.yourstreet.com/4949991/new-orleans-firm-hired-to-design-new-senior-citizens-center-in-slidell SLIDELL, La. (AP) - St. Tammany Parish officials will soon consider a proposal that would call for voters to approve gambling in the parish. Parish President Kevin Davis wants... http://www.yourstreet.com/4912208/st-tammany-parish-to-consider-casino-proposal SLIDELL, La. -- St. Tammany Parish officials will soon consider a proposal that would call for voters to approve gambling in the parish. http://www.yourstreet.com/4911318/st-tammany-parish-to-consider-casino-proposal An argument over a woman in Slidell turned violent early Friday morning as four men scuffled in and around a Waffle House in a brawl that continued even after one of them was... http://www.yourstreet.com/4902459/slidell-man-shot-in-leg-during-fight-outside-waffle-house http://www.yourstreet.com/4894526/slidell-woman-charged-with-using-gift-cards-to-steal-thousands A Winn-Dixie store manager was tossed from the hood of a van Tuesday night in Slidell as he tried to stop the driver from speeding off with three bottles of stolen liquor.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4887795/winn-dixie-store-manager-is-injured-trying-to-stop-fleeing-shoplifter-in SLIDELL, La. -- Two so-called herbal incense products have caught the attention of Slidell Police, who are worried teens may be getting high by smoking them. http://www.yourstreet.com/4860196/slidell-police-worried-about-teens-smoking-incense NEW ORLEANS . A rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, triggering crashes on major highways... http://www.yourstreet.com/4853265/rare-snow-falls-in-south-louisiana-mississippi The national weather service in Slidell has issued a winter weather advisory in effect until noon today. A winter weather advisory means that periods of snow and sleet will... http://www.yourstreet.com/4844763/winter-advisory-issued-for-new-orleans Celebrate the holiday season with the City of Slidell when two popular events, Christmas Under the Stars and Olde Towne Alive, team up for an unforgettable holiday celebration... http://www.yourstreet.com/4837130/christmas-is-alive-in-olde-towne-slidell SLIDELL, La. -- Police are looking for a pair of men who robbed a series of Sonic Drive-Ins from Ponchatoula, La. to Picayune, Miss., in the past month. http://www.yourstreet.com/4836085/robbers-hit-5-sonic-drive-ins-in-past-month COVINGTON, La. -- A St. Tammany Parish grand jury on Tuesday indicted a 40-year-old Slidell woman for allegedly running over a man who was riding his motorized wheelchair on the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4834838/woman-indicted-in-death-of-man-in-wheelchair I went to see A Christmas Carol at SLT and it was a holiday treat!... http://www.yourstreet.com/4832704/a-christmas-carol-at-slidell-little-theater A St. Tammany Parish grand jury today indicted a 40-year-old Slidell woman for allegedly running over a man who was riding his motorized wheelchair on the shoulder of the road.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4830377/st-tammany-parish-grand-jury-indicts-woman-for-running-over-man-who-was SLIDELL, La. -- Students and teachers were evacuated from St. Tammany Junior High School in Slidell on Monday morning as firefighters tried to figure out how a hallway water... http://www.yourstreet.com/4822247/water-fountain-fire-causes-school-evacuation Students and teachers were evacuated from St. Tammany Junior High School in Slidell on Monday morning as firefighters tried to figure out how a hallway water fountain caught... http://www.yourstreet.com/4822068/water-fountain-fire-causes-evacuation-at-st-tammany-junior-high-school City of Slidell Christmas Ornaments from 2000 to 2007. Due to popular demand, the City of Slidell is offering a one-time opportunity for citizens to bring home a part of Slidell... http://www.yourstreet.com/4820510/residents-offered-chance-to-own-slidell-history The holidays came early for Brock Elementary School employees, who unpacked boxes and moved into the newly renovated school Monday as if it were a 49,000 square-foot Christmas... http://www.yourstreet.com/4820781/hurricane-katrina-damaged-brock-elementary-school-in-slidell-to-reopen The Causeway Commission has given up on plans to use the Interstate 10 spans that now connect Slidell and eastern New Orleans to build safety bays along the Lake Pontchartrain... http://www.yourstreet.com/4773984/causeway-nixes-plan-to-use-old-i-10-spans-as-safety-bays SLIDELL, La. -- Louisiana State Police say a one-car wreck killed a 74-year-old reserve officer in the New Orleans Police Department early Saturday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4754794/highway-crash-kills-new-orleans-reserve-officer SLIDELL, La. — An American Indian boy who wears his hair in a braid as part of a religious custom will be allowed to remain at his school after school officials reversed an... http://www.yourstreet.com/4751320/seminole-student-will-keep-braid-in-school A former employee of a Slidell medical practice is behind bars in Picayune, Miss., after allegedly stealing a doctor's pad, writing dozens of fake prescriptions and selling the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4729712/slidell-woman-arrested-in-mississippi-for-selling-pills-using-stolen The Times-Picayune ArchiveJanessa Touchet returns as a guest dancer with the Delta Festival Ballet, which performs with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans and... http://www.yourstreet.com/4728862/new-orleans-ballet-theatre-s-nutcracker-is-the-first-of-the-season The third open house for the public to review new preliminary flood maps for St. Tammany Parish will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Slidell office of the St. Tammany... http://www.yourstreet.com/4728306/public-to-get-3rd-chance-to-view-st-tammany-flood-maps