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Parish plans ‘New Directions’ Development plan elicits strong feelings
BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer
PHOTO BY MATT DOBBINS
Caroline Tebbs, accompanied by Greg Barnhill and Sean Murray, performs at the Slidell Little Theatre. The Slidell-born performer recently moved to Nashville to study music at university and released her debut album ‘Good Enough.’
Singer-songwriters sound off on stage in Slidell Staff report
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The OZONE Sound-Off on May 30 welcomed a group of ambitious singer-songwriters to the stage of the Slidell Little Theatre, a midyear fundraiser-performance that delivered a night of original music and generated plenty of anticipa-
tion for the three-day OZONE Songwriter Festival in Covington Oct. 31 through Nov. 2. The evening was headlined by Emmywinning, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Greg Barnhill, the OZONE Music Foundation president and founder, and
Editor’s note: There was such a positive response to our “Where Are They Now?” stories last year that we’re bringing the series back to the pages of the St. Tammany Farmer this summer. We asked that question again recently, looking for some of the best athletes in local sports history. Then we went out and found them. Each edition this summer, we’ll reacquaint readers with one of these familiar faces. We’ll take a deep dive into stories that began in youth leagues, continued at local high schools and then colleges near and far. Many of these homegrown talents played professionally, too, reaching the pinnacle of athletic achievement. This week, we feature St. Scholastica soccer starturned sommelier-turned drone photography entrepreneur Tricia Johnson.
organized by Christine Barnhill Tramel. The event showcased emerging singersongwriters Madison & Stephen McDonald, Caroline Tebbs, Laine Bleu and Hannah Belle. All proceeds will be used in the foundation’s mission to help shape the next generation of music creators and industry professionals.
Three teens indicted in death of Sgt. Grant Candies
BY JOSEPH HALM
BY WILLIE SWETT
St. Scholastica alumna Tricia Johnson always loved soccer, and it showed. The 5-foot-11 standout was named the 2009 Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year and played two seasons at LSU before hanging up her cleats. Since stepping away from soccer, the now 34-year-old mother-to-be — she’s expecting a baby boy in September — has been all over the world and owns her own drone photography business. And she says soccer played a huge role in the person she became. “It was the sport that I loved, “Johnson said. “I did a lot of other sports, but soccer just held a special place in my heart. And that came back to the coaches because Coach Mike (Ortner) made it such
A St. Tammany Parish jury has indicted three teenagers from Slidell in the death of a sheriff’s deputy who was killed during a high-speed police chase Sgt. Grant Candies, 37, was struck and killed while putting down a spike strip on an Interstate 10 onramp near the Oak Harbor exit near Slidell as he tried to stop the speeding vehicle on March 23. The grand jury indicted the vehicle’s driver, Adrian Waughtal, 17, Candies and one of the passengers, Mason Paul Eugene Fischer, 17, with charges of seconddegree murder, northshore District Attorney Collin
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More than three years after St. Tammany Parish’s Planning Commission adopted a long-range land development plan that sparked heated opposition by some who said it had been poorly studied, the Parish Council formally weighed in last week to satisfy an order handed down by a judge. The council adopted a resolution concurring with the Planning Commission’s decision and saying that the necessary studies had been conducted. The dispute over the plan, called “New Directions 2040,” had raised questions about the future of one of the fastest growing parishes in the state, as it tries to balance the preservation of its natural environment with its rapid growth, as well as what role residents will play in the shaping of that future. The plan, adopted by the Planning Commission in May 2022, broadly outlines future development in the parish. Opponents argued there was insufficient public comment on the final version, as well as inadequate study, especially about the component of the plan that designates 17,000 acres across St. Tammany for manufacturing and warehouse development. “You’re talking about a major reconfiguration of this parish,” Joan Simon told the council at its June 5 meeting. Simon is one of dozens of residents who tried to appeal the plan and filed suit against the parish in court, along with Orleans Audubon Society. Simon told the council the plan’s proposed logistics corridor could affect the air, water, traffic and fire control, “basically making us a hub of the port of New Orleans.”
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