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The St. Tammany Farmer 05-13-2026

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W e d n e s d ay, M ay 13, 2026

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Tyson pleads guilty in killing Young, Prats BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

PHOTO BY MATT DOBBINS

Pope John Paul II graduates

First to go forth

Antonio Tyson pleaded guilty on May 5 to two counts of first-degree murder for the 2022 slaying of Covington priest the Rev. Otis Young and church worker Ruth Prats, avoiding the death penalty but agreeing to spend the rest of his life in prison. Tyson, 49, will receive two life sen- Tyson tences for the murder charges plus 40 years for obstruction of justice, which will be served consecutively, according to 22nd Judicial District Attorney Collin Sims. He will be sentenced by a judge on June 8. Tyson made his guilty plea in front of Judge Ellen Creel and over two dozen

ä See KILLINGS, page 4A

ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Free meals in schools get yes vote BY JIM DERRY

Contributing writer

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ä Pope John Paul II graduation. Page 2A ä St. Scholastica ceremony. Page 2A ä Northlake Christian Class of 2026. Page 3A

PHOTO BY GRANT THERKILDSEN

Graduates Mia Casi and Reese Dantin exchange a hug before St. Scholastica Academy’s May 9 commencement. PHOTO BY GRANT THERKILDSEN

Solomon Gianellioni knows that his May 8 graduation from Northlake Christian was a victory for him and his classmates.

With overwhelming support, the St. Tammany Parish School Board preliminarily voted to extend free breakfast and lunch to all students for the 202627 school year. The resolution was discussed for just shy of a half-hour at the Finance and Administrative Committee meeting held May 7 at the C.J. Schoen Administrative Complex in Covington. It passed on a 12-1 vote, with one abstention.

ä See MEALS, page 4A

Girl Scout grabs gold with Slidell history project BY SUZIE HUNT

Contributing writer The seeds for Sue Helen Ford’s Girl Scout Gold Award project were sewn in the fourth grade on a trip to Georgia. “My mom and I were on a trip to Savannah, and I saw how people used QR codes to provide information at different historical places. I wanted to bring something like that

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to Slidell because we have so much history here,” Ford said. When it was time to develop an award project that would benefit her community, Ford remembered her trip to Savannah and adapted the concept to create the “Olde Towne Slidell History Stroll.” The Stroll consists of QR code displays at 11 locations in downtown Slidell. Each code accesses historical facts about that location. The

Sue Helen Ford points out one of the QR codes attached to a specific address as part of her Olde Towne Slidell History Stroll. Ford created the Stroll as part of her Gold Award project.

Stroll is listed on the city of Slidell’s website, www.myslidell.com/oldetowne-slidell-history-scroll, where it shows up as “scroll” instead of “stroll.” “I chose to use QR codes because a lot of people have smartphones with them and can look up the information easily,” Ford said. Ford worked with Alex Carollo,

PHOTO BY SUZIE HUNT

ä See SCOUT, page 4A

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