Mayor’s Office
Mayor Mark Johnson
Past E-Blast 2026
- Chief Kevin Collins...E-Bike Safety Class...Boys and Girls Club...Friends of the Library...H.J Smith's Sons
- Chief Ferrell Retiring...A Succession Plan...Community Happening... Covington Presbyterian Church
- April Events...Traffic Circulation Data Collection...Irwin Marant
- Community Recreation Meetings/Discussions...A Little More Parking
- Downtown Striping is Stupid...Recreational Park Update...Downtown Restaurant Guide...Events
- Mardi Paws...Carnival in Covington...Harvey's House
- Krewe of http://Email link https://conta.cc/3NX7KoDBogue Falaya...Mardi Gras Day
- Steven Michell Named Fire Chief...Christmas Tree Removal...Mardi Gras...The Big Name Change
- Keep Up With Covington...Events...Hubie Gallagaher Park
Past E-Blast 2025
- Paving...Holiday Trash Schedule...Events...Dog Info
- Happy Thanksgiving...Events...Gardens of the Month...CHS Best in Show
- The Budget Process...Hubie Gallagher Park...I Love Old Maps
- Martin Luther King Creek...Downtown Paving Projects...Police Building Annex...Hubie Gallagher Tennis Courts...Fire Hydrant Testing...Events...Mayor Mark's History Corner
- City of Covington / Zip Codes of Covington
- Future Road Improvement...We are "High Grade"...The Red Bean-About
- DOTD Update...Events...Door to Door Solicitors...Covington Garden Club of the Month...The Republic of West Florida
- West 30s: It's Just Safer...Tammany Trace Beautification Path...More Parking on Theard Street...Happenings Around Town...First Baptist Church... Holy Family I and II
- Vote for The South's Best 2026...Events...John Slidell
- Our Crepe* Myrtles Are Getting a Little TLC...Accolades for CovPD...Officer Kenzie Jenkins
- Hometown Heroes...West 30s Redemption Company Hits Milestones...The Majestic Theater
- Menetre Park Boat Launch Open...Downtown Paving Project...Our Ms. Jancie...Orange Flags...Justin McCleese
- Infrastructure Update and Mayor Mark History Corner
- Loss of a Great Friend, Great Leader, Gary Blocker
- Just Another Week in CovLA...Bogue Falaya Bridge Update
- Events...Tree Canopy...The Tree Board...Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
- Collins Named New Deputy Chief...Sunset at the Landing...Northlake Performing Arts...Rockin' the Rails...Final Friday Block Party...Ellis' Shell
- Paving Updates...Drainage Updates...The City's Four Priorities of Drainage...Flood Zones in the Heart of Covington...A Whole Lotta Floodin' Going On!
- New Exhibit at the Trailhead Museum...River Forest Folks...Lock Those Cars...Fun With Maps: Train Depots
- Litterphobia...Thank You Joe Ard...The Seiler Building
- Christmas Tree Removal...Another Osprey...OLLI of LSU...Winter Coats...Bike Give Away...The Big Name Change
- Downtown Parking...Helping Our Outside Dewllers...Peggy Caserta
Past E-Blast 2024
- Lisa Ward and the Southern Hotel...Events...Earthly Signs Don't Work...One More Crosswalk Letter & Response
- More Great Music...YSB & Nutcracker...Wreaths Across America...Crosswalks to Heaven...Tim's Story...My Mother's Story...Back to Crosswalks
- Happy Thanksgiving...Parade!Santa!Crafts!Music...Acquistapace
- A Covington Address...Events...Dane's Books...Remember the Coats...John Edis Smith
- Menetre Park Boat Launch...Downtown Paving Projects...Pastor Alfred Young
- Stop Signs Don't Work...Tax Revenue...Halloween Night Rain...Newsletter...Did You Know?
- Downtown Parking...Happy 30th Birthday to Jewel's and to the Marines...Hope House...Becky Gelatt Memorial Sculpture
- John Oats...From Parish President Mike Cooper...Events...Post Hurricane Francine Drainage Assessment
- Community Health Survey...Coats for Kids...Acquistapaces Cut the Cheese...Early October Events
- Trailhead Museum Short Film & Kiosk...NPAS...Bluesberry...Waste Water Treatment Plant Kudos...St. Tammany Parish Hospital
- Nose Park...Events...Flooded Streets...Covington's Tree Canopy...Prior to Fire #2
- Back to Normal...Mayor Updates Nation...Bluesberry Festival...Beth Reform...Masonic Lodge Cornerstone
- Mini-Nugget Nose Park...Events...Daughters of the American Revolution...Flooded Streets...Covington Tree Canopy...Prior to Fires #2
- Back to Normal...Debris Placement...Mayor Updates Nation...Bluesberry Festival...Bethel Reform...Fools of Misrule...Zumba at the Food Bank...Masonic Lodge Cornerstone
- Blood Drive...Playmakers 70th Season...Public Works Getting it Done...Newsletter...From The Little Store to Gibsons to Walmart
- A "New" Quilt Ozone Layers...Events...There's a Story on Every Street
- Slow Your Roll...No More Unlicensed Electric Cart Drivers...PD Needs Help...What's Being Built on Collins...Trash Pick-up...Boys and Girls Club...Covington Themed T-Shirts...Music Fun and More...NAACP and Greater Starlight Baptist Church...Sharon Vergez Vercellotti
- Electric Vehicles...Louis Prima's Pretty Acres Golf Course
- Mini Infrastructure Update...Things to Do...Path to Homeownership...Covington and World War II
- OnStage Jeff Cryer...Festival of the Wines...Bogue Falaya River Bridge Update...Sparks in the Park...Cov PD Vacation Watch...Fly Uptick...Mosquito Abatement...The Old Madisonville Road Bridge
- Raising the Roof...Blood Drive...Southern Living Magazine...Man's Health Screening...City Pool Open...Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp...Master Po
- The City Four Priorities of Drainage...Flood Zone...Splash Pad...Fiddle Music...Camp Bearable...Sunshine Coffee...Trailhead Clock Repair...Flooding: Some History
- Our Restaurateurs...Covington Concert Band...New Fire Engine...Block Party...A Little History
- Omari Neville...Wayne Toups...Spring is Springing...British Motor Club...Covington's Easter Story
- Upcoming Events...New Newsletters...Dem Other Tigers...Southern Living Magazine...Lifeguards Wanted...Green Tammany Recycling Day...Cattle Pen on Gibson
- Slow Your Roll...Solicitors and Panhandlers...Hubie Gallagher Park Overhaul...Leadership St. Tammany...The Civil War in Covington
- Mystic Krewe of Olympia...Green Lights...Mardi Gras Day...Oak Alley...Happy Sesquicentennial
- Living Outside in the Cold...Bogue Falaya Tammany Trace Closure...Keep Covington Beautiful...Well this is Cool
- Disposal of Old Paint/Paint Cans...MLK Day...Playmakers...Carnival Time...Zumba...Keeping Covington Beautiful...1947 Phone Book Part 2
- Keep Up With Covington...Fools of Misrule...1947 Phone Book Part 1
Past E-Blasts Section 5
- Out of Town Vacation Watch Program...Toy and Coat Giveaway...Holiday Trash Schedule...Hubie Gallagher Park Overhaul...Christmas...Coach Hubie Gallagher
- Thanksgiving...Turkey Trot...Music...Mrs. Audry Cooper
- CovLA Printed Newsletter...Knights' of Columbus Coats for Kids...Men who Cook...Coffee with the Mayor...Live Well Northshore...Concerts...The Floods of Covington...Ron Barthet's Tammany Family Blog
- Music...Community Garden...Events...DOTD Tammany Trace Update...Happiness is a New Tractor...People We Knew, People We Know
- Jon Cleary...Upcoming Event...Disposal of Unwanted Meds...Bluesberry Festival...C.J Schoen School
- A Community of Prayer...Events...The Republic of West Florida
- Message From Public Works...More Gravestones...S&P Rating...Events...The Red Bean-About
- Budget Process...Leadership St Tammany...Engineering Department Update...Covington Police Department...Community Support...Did You Know?
- South's Best 2024...Peter Atkins Park...Playmakers...Events...Trivia
- A Bittersweet Benchmark Gun #100...August Events...Leadership St. Tammany 2024... 604 East Rutland Street
- Speeding Mitigation Efforts...A Little History
- Star Theater Demo...Group Homes...Hints from Heloise
- Coffee with the Mayor...Military Road Apartments...Events...Keep Covington Beautiful...Columbia Street
- Water Bill...Mosquito Abatement...A Taste of Covington...Jazz Sunday...Fiddle Week...Memorial Day...Veteran's Appreciation Luncheon...Zumba with the Mayor...Swap Shop
- The Four Priorities of Drainage...City Software Upgrades...Events...Lifeguard Needed
- Termites...Events...Newsletter...Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day...Wrong Side of a Gate
- Quality of Life...Councilman Joey Takes His Shots...Busy Weekend...Columbia Street
- Door to Door Solicitors...Lots to Do...Tree City USA...Affordable Housing Divide...St. Tammany Parish Library 1950
- Spring is Springing...Covington's Easter Story...A Call to Action is Answered
- Construction Project Update...Music is Upon Us...Another Gun and Another Knucklehead Off the Streets...Plastic Bags
- Featuring Covington...S&P Rating...Coach Christine Beauvais...Bulk Waste, Debris Piles, and Green Waste Pickup...Nice Article in the Picayune
- Construction Well Underway...Upcoming Events...Corner of Jefferson and 21st Ave
- Local Education...Gravestone Update...Manual Labor, Hoppers, and Robotic Arms...Tree Canopy...Blood Drive...Justin Chatman
- Mardi Paws...Mardi Gras Day...Council District D...Harvey's House
- Fat Tuesday...Gumbo Cookoff...Mardi Paws...Business Resouce Workshop...Trash and Recycling...Justin Jefferson...Isiah Robertson
- Olympia...Mardi Gras Day...Mardi Paws...Sesquicentennial
- Willie Nelson...Jack-n-Nat's...Election Commissioner...Zumba
- The "Turn Signal"...Fools of Misrule...Patrick Motel
- CovLA Water Department...Smarter than an 8th Grade Nun?...72nd Gun in 18 Months...United Way Volunteer Day...Keep Covington Beautiful...The Patecek Building
Past E-Blasts Section 4
- Well, This is Nice...Millage Renewal...A Community that Cares
- Father Otis Young
- Millage Renewal Reminder...On the Ballot
- Tax Millage Renewal...Fiscal Priorities...Litterphobia...Sewer Treatment Plant...
- Acquistapace Cheese...Feeding the Needy...Wolf Den...Budget...History and Holly...Lyon High Lions
- November 2022 Events...Covington Cougars
- October 2022 Events...Bayous and Bogues
- Speeding Mitigation Efforts
- A Few Quick Reminders for Sept
- Sept-Oct Newsletter...Events...There's a Story on Every Street
- Rev. Alfred Young Jr...Events
- Slow Your Roll...Drug Traffickers...Menetre Park Boat Launch...NAACP and Greater Starlight Baptist Church...Zumba...People We Knew People We Know
- Crepe Myrtles...Pool Open...Hwy 190 Bridge...Coffee with the Mayor...United Way Cook Off...Playmakers...Mayor Mark's Fun Facts
- Hurricane Season...Eagle Scout...Mayor Vacation
- Pro Rodeo...On the Horizon...Special Shout Outs...Newsletter...Gibsons
- Easter Morning
- Coolest City...Quack-a-Falaya...Sunset at the Landing...Sign Litter...Columbia Street Landing
Past E-Blasts Section 3
- St. Patrick's Day Concert...Boys and Girls Club of America...What's Next...Kevin Gullage...Quilter's Quilt...Playmaker's Play...Community Gardeners Garden...World Story Telling Day
- West 30s Revitalization Plan
- A Covington Address, but not "in" Covington
- Mystic Krewe...Mardi Gras and Mardi Paws..."She Means Business"...Ja'marr Chase...Isiah Robertson
- Nineteen Guns...Happenings...Northshore Prosperity Center...First Baptist Church
- Fools of Misrule...Christmas Tree Recycling...Patrick Motel
- Mayor's Budget Message...CovLA Neighborhood Watch
- Christmas in the Country...PD Wins!... The Lost of Marsolan
- History & Holly Tour...Tree Board & Trees...Harvey's House
- Three Rivers is Back...Election Day...Congrats to Greater Starlight Baptist Church!
- Good Rating for Fire Department...Coats for Kids...Covington's First Train Depot
- Neighborhood Watch...Banners in Historic Downtown
- City Leaders Comment on Ida...Spooky Events...Health Screenings
- Ida Recovery Continued...Debris Removal Update...Fall Events
- City Boundaries vs A Covington Address
- Getting Through Debris…More Events to Come…The First Movie Theater in Covington
- Recycling is Back...Community Events...Fire Station History
- More Ida Clean-up...Some Normalcy...Pasquale's Pizza
- Hurricane Ida Update 7-September 13, 2021
- Hurricane Ida Update 6-September 9, 2021
- Hurricane Update 5-September 7, 2021
- Hurricane Ida Update 4-September 5, 2021
- Hurricane Ida Update 3-September 2, 2021
- Hurricane Ida Update (pt 2)-August 31, 2021
- Hurricane Ida Update 2-August 31, 2021
- Hurricane Ida Update 1-August 30, 2021
- Recycling Suspended...Public Works Shortage...Tri-Parish Works
- CovPD Doing Good...Nose Park Feedback...More Activities Around Town
- Crepe Myrtles...A Little Trivia...Planning Director Job Opening
- A Busy Week Ahead...Covington's First Public Library
- Dat Band...Zumba...WARB Radio
- Harvest Day...Christian Serpas & Ghost Town & The Mande Milkshakers...Fuhrmann Majestic Theatre
- Fermin Cebellas...Late Utility Bills...Successful Blood Drive
- Sleeves Up: Vaccination Event...Fun Events...Mayor Mark's Blood Drive
- Community Helper in Need of Help (Update)...City Hack (Update)...Covid (Update)
- Will Block Parties Return?...Concerts...Community Garden Help
- Northshore Food Bank...Donate to Resale Store...Pasquale's to K. Lacour
Past E-Blasts Section 2
- We Can Still Mardi Gras...Disposal of Old Meds...CJ Schoen Building
- A Great New Year...Career Closet, Tree Recycling...Patecek Building
- Happy Holidays!...Wreaths Across America...Is MMJ Buddy the Elf
- Porch Fest Fun...Car Burglaries:Lock-up...The Bank Hotel
- A Few Things to Do...ETOP/KofC Team-up
- Police Pay Raises Paying Dividends...871411, CPDLA text...Bogue Falaya Park
- Community Opportunities...Coat Drive, Toy Drive, Downtown Planters...JE Smith to Kentzel
- Best Place to Be...West 30's Redemption Company...Killian's Grocery
- Trash Pick-up Update...No Recycling this Week
- Hurricane Zeta Update...No Wake Zone, CLECO's Priorities
- The Mighty Mystics...Iguanas & John "Papa" Gros
- Be a Sweetheart and Give...Mayor's Blood Drive
- What's a Fuhrmann?...Wilson Cemetery Clean-up...Ms. Rosemerry's Dancers/Pat Clanton
Past E-Blasts Section 1
- Chief of Police Mike Ferrell...Successful Juneteenth...3rd Son has 1st Son
- Volunteers Keeping Covington Beautiful…First Roundabout…Jefferson & 21st 100+ Years Ago
- Tails and Tales...St. Paul Seniors Help...A Poor Man Can Survive
- Work Getting Done...Life guards Wanted...Cattle on Gibson Street
- Sunset at the Landing...Utility Billing Confusion...Dat Band; Dedication to Roy Mouton
- Columbia Street...the Old West...Quack-a-Falaya...Art House of 1870's
- All Hail "Magic Day!"...CovPD Legend Retires...Restaurants of the 70's
- Finally Events!...Opening up While Closed Down...Mamie Martin Turns 100
- 2nd Covid Update...State Stopped Zip Code Reporting...Clerk of Court Miss Lucy
- Exterior Cameras are Affordable...Help Secure your Neighborhood, Tire Day...History of the West 30's, Dr. Eva Baham
- Why no Community Fund?...$$$$ Returned...Speed Limit:12mph & 7mph
- Zumba Does the Body Great!...St Tammany & Oschner Health Systems
- City Budget Process...Tedious and Long...Shrimp for Miss Willa Jean
- Covid Update...Zip Codes Explained...John E. Smith House
- Millage Rollback Explained...0$ for Recreation, Too Little for Fire
- Mayor Request Utility Rate Hike...The Council and Community Agree
- Citizen in Need of the Community, Community Responds: Easter Story...No Electricity, No Oxygen & Stairs Collasping
- Community Responds to Citizen in Need...Goodbee Plumbing & a Community that Cares
- Citizen in Need of Community Help...No Gas or Hot Water, No$$...Charlie Morse Motors on Ruthland
- Sparks & Big Hearts...Thank You Bert Duvic...Garden House of The Garden Hotel
Past Community Newsletter 2026
Past Community Newsletter 2025
Past Community Newsletter 2024
Past Community Newsletter 2023
Past Community Newsletter 2022
- November/December 2022
- September/October 2022
- July/August 2022
- May/June 2022
- March/April 2022
Past Community Newsletter
F.A.Q.'s of DaMayor
The Things One Should Know About Our Little City
- City Recreation Department or Parish Recreation District?
- Door to Door Solicitors - August 23, 2025
- Golf Cart Law and Terminology – July 24, 2024
- Drivers Licenses Required for Golf Carts – August 6, 2024
- Group Homes – Dec 2, 2022
- Recovery Group Homes – July 18, 2023
- Crosswalks to Heaven (and on Earth) – December 5, 2024
- Speed Mitigation Efforts – October 4, 2022
- Speed Mitigation Update – April 8, 2025
- West 30s Revitalization Plan – March 10, 2022
- West 30s Update – April 25, 2023
- Recycling Reminders – August 11, 2022
- Boat Launch, Downtown Paving – November 12, 2024
- Paving Update, Drainage Priorities, Flooding History
- Post Hurricane Francine Drainage Assessment – October 15th, 2024
- In the City Limits or Not in the City Limits?
- When the Street Address Numbers Changed - 1956.
