With an early Mardi Gras, the Carnival ball season has already opened with the Krewes of Athena, Cleopatra, Harmonia, Selene and Titans having staged their balls in November and December.
Star Theater demolished, more buildings to come down on 300 block of N. New Hampshire Street in Covington, La. The St. Tammany Farmer, the parish s oldest business, will remain, however, and is about to celebrate 100 years in the location and 150 years in operation.
Sam O’Keefe remembers the old Star Theater in downtown Covington from his boyhood days. He’d walk or ride his bike there. And the movies cost all of 15 cents.
The St. Tammany Farmer has, for the fourth consecutive year, been named the best large weekly newspaper in the state, the Louisiana Press Association announced July 18.