A 200-year-old Nova Scotia church is going to a Louisiana town, where it will be rebuilt to serve a congregation of 80 people, but not everyone is happy about it.

After nearly two centuries as a place of worship in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County, one of the area's aging churches will now receive a rebirth south of the border.

A 76-year-old man was convicted on Thursday of raping a 20-year-old, mentally handicapped woman.

Hops is used during the brewing process and affects a beer's bitterness and aroma.

The Grand Opening of the St. Francis Animal Sanctuary adoption center in Covington starts Thursday, Nov.

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An Abita Springs-area man is accused of stealing more than $110,000 from his 65-year-old girlfriend this year, possibly to buy drugs, authorities said.

Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew.

The Abita Springs Board of Aldermen on Tuesday evening agreed to lower the town's taxes by one mill, saving the owner of a $200,000 house about $20 a year.

It's election day in St. Tammany Parish, with a school volunteer and a former justice of the peace squaring off in a special School Board race and five propositions affecting several communities.

St. Tammany Parish voters decided several tax renewals and a bond issues Saturday night.

Tammany Parish Democrats will host the third annual DemFest on Oct. 17 at the Abita Springs Trailhead Plaza, with political speeches, music and food all free to the public.

Supriya Jindal, right, wife of Gov. Bobby Jindal, joined Habitat for Humanity-St. Tammany West volunteers and staff on Tuesday to help build two homes on Jasmine Strreet near Abita Springs.

Abita Springs officials are asking residents to approve an Oct. 17 ballot measure that would allow money from 3 mills, already approved for bond debt, to be reallocated during the next 10 years to provide and maintain public parks and lighting.

This company practices many methods of conservation and encourage their employees to do the same at home.