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'I killed my grandparents' - Louisiana man confesses to neighbors, deputies
MOUNT HERMON, La. — A man and woman were shot and killed Wednesday in the small Washington Parish town of Mount Hermon. According to the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, the couple’s grandson confessed to shooting them. WPSO dispatchers got the call Wednesday afternoon. The caller told them...
Julia 'Judy' Pecoraro Bergeron
Judy, age 76, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. She was a native of Hammond and longtime resident of Denham Springs, LA. Judy loved to play sports. In school she excelled at softball, volleyball, and basketball. In the water, she was an excellent swimmer, lifeguard, and slalom skier. She was an extremely kindhearted and generous person, who always put her family’s needs first. Judy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend who is already dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Stephen Anthony Morgan, Sr.
It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of our beloved brother, Stephen Anthony Morgan of Ponchatoula, LA on July 3, 2024. Stephen was 49 years old, born to Jerry and Katy Morgan of Ponchatoula, LA on October 29, 1974. Stephen was the youngest of seven children...
Sports2-A-Days: Loranger Wolves
LORANGER - The Loranger football team has an opportunity. After not making the playoffs in recent years, the Wolves return 16 starters on a team that finished 4-6 last year and was a few plays away from the playoffs. Among those returners is four-year starting quarterback Colton Morris. Morris threw...
Gaynell Mary Delcazal Molinet
Always with a smile, the first thing you noticed in Gaynell was her bubbly, friendly, outgoing personality. She loved to laugh, often the loudest when playing Booray with the “Sharks” in New Orleans. Born Gaynell Mary Delcazal in New Orleans on May 11, 1933, she lived a full...
William "David" Rouse, Sr.
William "David" Rouse, Sr. went to be with his Lord on July 4, 2024 at the age of 83. He was born in Columbia, MS on April 25, 1941. His parents were Sedgie S. Rouse and Mary M. Bedwell. He was blessed in life with three foster "mothers"; Lea Borovec,...
Carly Stokes and Beverly Ann Stokes
Carly, age 81 and Ann, age 75 residents of Mt. Hermon passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Carley and Ann had been married for 57 years. They were members of First Baptist Church where Carley had served as deacon. They devoted their lives to their children and grandchildren. Carley retired from CLECO after 35 years and was employed with WST. Carley was very attentive to Ms. Ann. He was a Marine Veteran. He enjoyed watching Western Movies and reading books by Louis Lamar.
Floyd Ronald Jenkins
FLOYD RONALD JENKINS was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the summer of 1944, and died in Covington in the summer of 2024, at the age of 80. He was an astute international businessman, an accomplished photographer, a lover of history, an insatiable reader, and an explorer. He collected antiques almost involuntarily, not for their value, but because they allowed him to intersect physically with a past that enthralled him. He was once described as a “walking encyclopedia.” In conversation, he could summon startling amounts of accurate, detailed knowledge of almost any topic, however obscure it may have been. He moved seamlessly through all cultures and social classes, but his concern was always for the overlooked, misunderstood and downtrodden among us. Ron grew up in rural Louisiana, at the end of a long, gravel road lined with oaks and Spanish moss. He was blessed with wonderful parents who he adored. His father Floyd was a master welder in a Madisonville shipyard, and his mother Mildred a Sunday school teacher at the local Church of God. He had a classic southern boyhood. He earned pocket money by picking cotton, was once treed by a dog determined to snatch his grandmother Grace’s bread roll from his hand, made cane syrup the old fashioned way in a mill, and loved a horse named King. He attended grade school at Lee Road, Covington High School and Southeastern University, but his mind rebelled against traditional classroom education. He entered the Army National Guard at Fort Polk, and the private sector workforce as a doorman at a local office of computer company Sperry Univac, where someone recognized and helped him to release what his teachers could not: his genius. He met the love of his life, Molly Dixon, working on a NASA space program, and wooed her in a yellow Mustang. Against the odds, Ron made his own path, building a brilliant career in international business, succeeding in senior assignments with multinational corporations in Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, England, the Netherlands and Australia, with forays into most countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and what was then the Soviet Union. He dressed impeccably, and worked at full throttle, never giving less than 100%. He took us with him, and together we filled our lives with adventure - skiing across a glacier from Switzerland into Italy, scaling an ancient temple in Central Java, shooting the rapids and crashing through a waterfall in the Philippines, trekking on camels through the Northwest Territory in Australia, walking in Shinto gardens in Japan. He retired to Louisiana, where his childhood love of horses emerged again, and led him to volunteer as photographer for the New Orleans Polo Club, and on the Board of New Heights Therapeutic Riding Center, working with horses to help children and adults with special needs. He rescued two abandoned dogs in succession, and they were among his closest companions. He had a beautiful laugh, and passions for Hemingway, Michener, Andrew Lloyd Weber, photography, good food, skiing, salty jokes and Greenings Island, Maine. But most of all, he loved, and was loved by, and will always be loved by, his family. He burned like a bright comet, and was no dim light. When we close our eyes, we still see the afterimage, but he has left us now to explore new worlds. Ron is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years Molly Dixon Jenkins, his son Ron and daughter-in-law Jennifer, his daughter Amy and son-in-law Stephen Stewart, his son Jesse and daughter-in-law Kelcie Kraft-Jenkins, his grandchildren India, Adrian, Evangeline, Charles, Marjorie, Romany, Kael and Larkyn, his brother Dale Jenkins and sister-in-law Brenda, their children Misty, Beau and Natalie, his sister-in-law JoEllen Wolcott and brother-in-law Steve, their children Mathew and Stephanie, his brother-in-law Marvin Moyers and sister-in-law Jenny, their children Jarred and Megan, by aunts, uncles and numerous cousins, by cherished friends, and by a large network of acquaintances.
Jane Pittman Fornea
The family of Jane Pittman Fornea would like to announce that she passed away peacefully at her home in Covington on Friday, June 28, 2024, at the age of 85. She was born in Tylertown, Mississippi, on November 13, 1938, to the late Marlice W. Pittman and Bobbie Phillips Pittman.
Lester Dykes
And a resident of Franklinton passed away Thursday, July 4, 2024 at his residence. He was married to the love of his life Dianne Turnage Dykes for 57 years and was very fond of his children and grandchildren. He was a member of Crain’s Creek Missionary Baptist Church. He retired as a truck driver and then worked with the Washington Parish Government. Lester enjoyed doing wood work making many projects.
STPSO Issues Warrants in Connection with Armed Robbery
-------- St Tammany Parish Sheriff’s detectives have issued warrants for the arrests of two New Orleans men in connection with an armed robbery which occurred last week in the Covington area. June 28, detectives with the STPSO Major Crimes Unit were notified after a man was robbed at gunpoint...
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation announces new name and logo, renewed mission
COVINGTON – As it enters its twenty-first year of channeling the generosity of Northshore residents, the nonprofit St. Tammany Hospital Foundation on Monday reintroduced itself to the community with a new name, new logo and renewed mission statement. The new St. Tammany Health Foundation will serve as the philanthropic...
'Pride or die:' Queer Northshore champions LGBTQ+ support in rural Louisiana
Mel Manuel and Jeremy JF Thompson struggled to meet other LGBTQ+ folks when they moved to Covington three years ago. Having previously lived in New Orleans, Manuel and Thompson, who both use they/them pronouns, felt out of place in a less urban and more conservative region. Manuel, 40, and Thompson, 43, decided to create their own LGBTQ+ safe space. Two and a half years ago, the best friends co-founded Queer Northshore, a nonprofit based in St. Tammany Parish, to promote LGBTQ+ visibility, community and acceptance in Louisiana’s northshore region.
Women who stole puppies from backyard of Loranger home turn themselves in, sheriff says
LORANGER, La. — Two women were arrested after they turned themselves into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail for stealing puppies from the backyard of a Loranger home. This comes after the sheriff called for a search to find Folse and Witten when they were caught on home surveillance video picking up three German Shepard puppies and running back to the car.
Who killed a 40-year-old mother of 3 in Washington Parish 7 years ago and why was it ruled a suicide?
FRANKLINTON, La. — When you walk out of the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office in Franklinton, you might notice something. “‘There’s a murderer among us’ sign on the side of the building, over there across the street,” said Sheriff Jason Smith. “There’s been an unwillingness from the sheriff’s office to even address it.”
Sports2-A-Days: Ponchatoula Green Wave
PONCHATOULA - With a new coach, the Ponchatoula football team looks to improve on a first-round playoff exit last season. Longtime assistant Tim Walters takes over as the Green Wave's Head Coach. He replaces Trey Willie, who took a job on the Southeastern Louisiana football staff. After finishing with a...
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