COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury found Paul J. Lambert, 40, of Mandeville, guilty Thursday (Oct. 1) of molesting and physically abusing a girl who was 10 years old when the incidents occurred in 2005. Lambert, who had been out on bond since shortly after his 2008...

COVINGTON—Former Pearl River Mayor James E. Lavigne, 75, pled guilty Monday to malfeasance in office, theft over $500, and two misdemeanors, stemming from a state legislative audit that showed he used his office to benefit personally. District Judge Raymond Childress...

COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Trenique C. Faciane, 41, of Lacombe, of second degree murder Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the death of her 22-month-old foster child. Faciane’s arraignment hearing is set for Sept. 21 before District Judge J. William Knight....

COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury found James. R. Eley, 33, of Madisonville, guilty Thursday (Sept. 10) of the aggravated rape of a boy who was 4 years old when the incident occurred in April 2012. Eley faces up to life in prison. Assistant District Attorney Jay...

District Attorney Warren Montgomery was among the public officials who stood with St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister Tuesday (Sept. 1) as she gave an overview of the parish’s plans for the former Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville.  Brister said the...

COVINGTON—Former Pearl River town clerk Diane Bennett Hollie pled guilty Thursday (Sept. 3), just before she was set to go to trial on a series of charges, including felony theft, related to an investigation last year by the state legislative auditor. District Judge...

District Attorney Warren Montgomery presented an outstanding service award Tuesday morning to retired Constable Tilman “Pete” King, 82, of Bush.  King worked 39 years (from 1975 to 2014) as a Justice of the Peace and Constable for Ward 2 in St. Tammany Parish. King...

COVINGTON—A Washington Parish jury found James Spikes, 58, of Bogalusa, guilty Tuesday (August 25) of distribution of oxycodone during a 2013 undercover operation in his hometown. A separate jury found Shawnathan Fabre, 25, of Covington, guilty of possessing a firearm...

COVINGTON—Loren Wright, 35, of Pearl River, pled guilty Wednesday to molestation of a juvenile under 13 in an incident last year. District Judge August J. Hand sentenced Wright to 40 years in prison without the benefit of parole, probation, suspension of sentence, or...

COVINGTON—Cornelius Kirsh, 24, of Slidell, faces up to life in prison as a three-time multiple felony offender when he is sentenced Sept. 28 for aggravated flight from an officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and attempted aggravated obstruction of a...