🌱 How a tragic murder-suicide unfolded in a neighborhood near Abita Springs

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• How a tragic murder-suicide unfolded in a neighborhood near Abita Springs

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 61 and low of 46 degrees.
• Wednesday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 56.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 77 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Coroner's office identifies man and woman killed in Money Hill murder-suicide (wwltv.com) — A man and woman were found dead in a Money Hill home near Abita Springs in what authorities have confirmed was a murder-suicide, both from gunshot wounds. The St. Tammany Parish Coroner identified the victims as 57-year-old David Ladner and 55-year-old Ni Huang, after deputies responded to the gated neighborhood on the morning of Dec. 8.
   

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📸 Around Abita Springs

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Abita Springs

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 30

• BYO Diamond Art
  St. Tammany Parish Library Abita Springs Branch, 71683 Leveson St, Abita Springs
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Lit Wit's Book Club
  Abita Springs Branch Library , 71683 Leveson Street , Abita Springs
  10:30 am

Friday December 19

• KIDS Creative Family Storytime - Santa Edition
  Abita Springs Branch Library , 71683 Leveson Street , Abita Springs
  10:30 am
• KIDS Santa Claus at the Library
  Abita Springs Branch Library , 71683 Leveson Street , Abita Springs
  10:45 am
• KIDS Holiday Make It Party - Family Drop-In Program
  Abita Springs Branch Library , 71683 Leveson Street , Abita Springs
  3:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Paper Quilling
  Abita Springs Branch Library , 71683 Leveson Street , Abita Springs
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Ribbon Cutting at The Ox & The Bee
  St Tammany Chamber of Commerce , 428 N. Florida Street , Covington
  11:30 am
• Business After Hours Presented by Banner Ford
  St Tammany Chamber of Commerce , 610 Hollycrest Blvd , Covington
  4:30 pm
• Holiday Cooking Workshop - Cookies
  Culinary Kids , 915 Marigny Ave , Mandeville
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• American Legion Post 16 BINGO sessions
  St Tammany Chamber of Commerce , 610 Hollycrest Blvd , Covington
• KIDS Mrs. Claus Visits the Library
  St. Tammany Parish Library Madisonville Branch , 1123 Main St , Madisonville
  10:00 am
• AI Powered Content Creation - SBDC sponsored Seminar
  St Tammany Chamber of Commerce , 610 Hollycrest Blvd , Covington
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My back yard tonight 😍 was kicked back wondering when the shower was going to show itself.
  And decided to snap some pictures with my phone. It’s crystal clear out here! (Nextdoor Southwind)
• Hey there.
  Who has good firewood we could use tonight for our fire? The meteors were so pretty last night. It should be happening again tonight also. (Nextdoor Southwind)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Abita Springs. Apply here.
• Louisiana Staffing posted a job opening for Housekeeper General Clean in Covington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Abita Springs here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Covington

• Hodgins Devereaux Injury Lawyers Expands Advocacy for Injured Riders as Leading Motorcycle Accident Lawyers in Covington (express-press-release.net)
• How Is Pool's Stock Performance Compared to Other Industrial Stocks? (barchart.com)
• President Fitts celebrates TNBRC breakthroughs and growth, delivers State of the University address (tulane.edu)

Mandeville

• Mandeville mayor says Trader Joe's coming to his north shore city (fox8live.com)
• Mandeville domestic incident ends in one dead, one injured (wdsu.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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