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posted on March 11, 2010 08:22 
LIVINGSTON – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a single-vehicle fatal crash that left a Walker man dead.
The accident occurred on...
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posted on March 10, 2010 23:56
from http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/25984/joe-bastardi-more-active-2010-1.asp
AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center meteorologists, led by Ch...
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posted on March 09, 2010 23:41
AMITE---Amite Police have arrested two local men in the fire that destroyed the former site of Amite Building Supply on Hwy 51 two weeks ago.
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posted on March 09, 2010 23:21
Southeastern Starts Fast, Holds On at Southern
BATON ROUGE – Southeastern Louisiana, ranked No. 26 by Collegiate Baseball, got out to an early 5-0 ...
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posted on March 09, 2010 20:22 
AMITE---The Tangipahpa Sheriff"s Office will no longer enforce a 2:00 AM Sunday closing time for bars in the unincorporated parts of the parish.
In f...
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posted on March 08, 2010 23:54
Council sends issue of 2 a.m. versus 4 a.m. closing time for bars to public hearing March 22
AMITE---The issue of "last call" will be put to a public...
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posted on March 08, 2010 22:25
LIONS CLIMB TO NO. 26 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL; FACE JAGUARS IN MIDWEEK ACTION
HAMMOND – After posting a 4-1 week to improve its record to 11-1...
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posted on March 08, 2010 21:58
Troopers Remove Nearly 800 Pounds of Marijuana off the Streets Sunday Morning
LIVINGSTON – Troopers arrested two individuals Sunday morning, March ...
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posted on March 08, 2010 20:05
FRANKLINTON - On March 5, 2010, Louisiana State Police Region I Narcotic Detectives received information about an alleged heroin dealer in the city of...
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posted on March 08, 2010 12:27 
TICKFAW – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder which occurred a...
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posted on March 08, 2010 12:25
HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Agents arrested two suspects on narcotics charges as they w...
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posted on March 08, 2010 12:23
COVINGTON – The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man described as a dark skinned black male, approx. 5’11”, 200 lbs. in his 20’s i...
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posted on March 07, 2010 13:38 
AMITE---A judge's order to require an election for a $250 million desegregation plan at taxpayer expense and taking money from other school districts ...
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posted on March 07, 2010 11:27
HAMMOND---Over the week-end Tangipahoa residents tried to make sense out of a federal judge's surprise order which cleared the way for an enormous tax...
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posted on March 06, 2010 18:09
SENIORS HELP LIONS RALLY PAST NORTHWESTERN STATE, 86-77
HAMMOND – Playing in their final game in the University Center, Southeastern Louisian...
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posted on March 06, 2010 18:07
HAMMOND – The 2010 Southeastern Louisiana baseball team now has the school’s all-time best winning streak all to itself. After tying the mark Friday, ...
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posted on March 05, 2010 20:58
Principals Named to New Livingston Parish Schools
LIVINGSTON, La. – The Livingston Parish School Board recently approved the ...
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posted on March 05, 2010 14:45
Sheriff Edwards Partners in Leading the Fight Against Underage Drinking
HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards proudly announces a...
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posted on March 05, 2010 06:54
NEW ORLEANS---Judge Ivan Lemelle's surprising order on Thursday insures that a triple-tax proposal that most observers thought was a dead issue will a...
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posted on March 04, 2010 18:27 
NEW ORLEANS---Nearly one year to the day that the Tangipahoa Parish School Board made public its draft desegregation proposal to settle the more than ...
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posted on March 04, 2010 14:59
Press Conference Scheduled
HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following:
A press conference and open house has been sc...
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posted on March 03, 2010 21:08
SLIDELL – Wednesday at 2:28 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 10 eastbound at milepost #265...
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posted on March 03, 2010 11:28 
Citing First Amendment rights, defendent has injunction hearing set this month before Judge Wolfe in Amite
AMITE – Global Wildlife Center has sued lo...
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posted on March 03, 2010 10:16 
BLUES BROTHERS MUSICIAN TO JOIN SOUTHEASTERN ENSEMBLE FOR JAZZ CONCERT MARCH 13
HAMMOND – Legendary Blues Brothers saxophonist “Blue Lou” Marin...
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posted on March 02, 2010 23:40
HAMMOND---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster told the City Council Tuesday night that sales tax collections for the month of January were down more than 12 p...
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posted on March 02, 2010 12:18 
HAMMOND – Without a diversion from the Mississippi River or the introduction of other sources of fresh water in the near future, the Maurepas Swamp in...
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posted on March 02, 2010 07:21
For Immediate Release
March 1st, 2010
Head-On Collision takes Two Lives in Washington Parish
Washington Parish – Today at 5:25...
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posted on March 01, 2010 18:58
In March, O'Reilly Auto Parts begins construction on a 6,800-square-foot location at the corner of Walker South Road and Florida Boulevard, next...
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posted on March 01, 2010 14:33 
HAMMOND – After recording a three-game sweep at Mississippi State last weekend, the Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team entered the nation...
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posted on February 28, 2010 23:08
SORRENTO – Two young men from southern Tangipahoa Parish were killed Sunday in a three-vehicle crash on LA 70 near Sorrento shortly after 5:00 p.m....
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posted on February 28, 2010 09:42
Driver Impairment suspected in Head-On Fatality
St. Helena – Today at 1:35 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatal cras...
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posted on February 26, 2010 20:07
HAMMOND MAN DROWNS AFTER FISHING ACCIDENT
INDEPENDENCE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the TPSO investigated an incident on T...
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posted on February 26, 2010 19:57
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University is increasing its admission standards for the 2010 fall semester, a move that was approved Fri...
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posted on February 25, 2010 08:14 
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish School Board officials told Hammond Magnet School parents this week that if they are successful in voting in the new nine ...
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posted on February 24, 2010 19:53 
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that TPSO Narcotics Agents along with the Hammond Police Department executed four search wa...
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posted on February 23, 2010 22:42 
AMITE---Firefighters from much of Tangipahoa Parish are working into the night Tuesday to extinguish a major structure fire on Hwy 51 near the Entergy...
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posted on February 22, 2010 23:30
AMITE---A loophole in Tangipahoa Parish law has Parish Councilmembers studying a new ordinance that would potentially govern when restaurants can and ...
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posted on February 22, 2010 09:45 
PONCHATOULA---State and local authorities continue the investigation into a house fire in Ponchatoula that left a 60-year-old resident dead Mo...
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ActionNews17 posted on February 21, 2010 22:59 
COVINGTON---As of 10 p.m. Sunday, the manhunt for an escaped inmate from the St. Tammany Parish Jail entered its second day.
St. Tammany Pari...
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posted on February 21, 2010 12:39
Covington – Today at 02:10am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one vehicle serious injury crash on LA 21 north of Covington at milepost #...
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posted on February 20, 2010 12:58
QUIANA SELDERS, a/k/a Quiana Bridges, a/k/a Quiana Bridges-Selders, age 35, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was charged in a one count bill of infor...
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posted on February 19, 2010 16:12
INDEPENDENCE---A pan of food left cooking on the stove is believed to have sparked a fire that heavily damaged the home of former Independence Fire Ch...
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posted on February 19, 2010 16:10
FLUKER – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of two male subjects for manufacturing methamphetamines at a Hwy 10 residence in ...
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posted on February 19, 2010 15:58
MANCHAC – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on February 18, 2010, Deputy Albert sharp along with the assistance of partnering law ...
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posted on February 19, 2010 15:55
TANIGIPAHOA PARISH WOMAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR THEFT
February 18, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WANITA S. WILLIAMS, age 33, a resident of ...
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posted on February 18, 2010 09:54
HAMMOND-– Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that sheriff’s deputies arrest two suspects in the act of attempting to burglarize a reside...
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posted on February 17, 2010 20:02 
PUMPKIN CENTER---Former Police Juror Rube Rogers is still recovering from two recent near-death experiences.
Most recently, last month his 12-p...
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posted on February 17, 2010 08:48
HAMMOND---U.S. Sen. David Vitter today announced the award of a $699,400 grant to Tangipahoa Parish for the first phase of a proposed shoreline protec...
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posted on February 13, 2010 10:32 
PONCHATOULA--Ponchatoula Police have issued 15 citations to local businesses in less than one week as Chief of Police Bry Layrisson and his department...
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posted on February 10, 2010 22:56
Traffic Safety Tips for Winter Weather Conditions
Weather forecasts for the latter part of this week predict rain and freezing temperatures for Sou...
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ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2010 18:29 
**UPDATE**
Troop B – On February 7, 2010, at approximately 6:38PM, the 16-year-old passenger that was in critical condition at University Hospital ...
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posted on January 25, 2010 23:23
Town Attorney LeAnn Malner, above, is flanked by Mayor Mike Ragusa, Town Clerk Robin Dagrow, and Alderman Nick Joseph.
INDEPENDENCE---Town Attorney L...
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posted on January 16, 2010 14:34
PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on January 13, 2010, Deputy Reginald Cotton responded to 14079 HWY 22 West to exec...
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posted on January 15, 2010 15:11
HAMMOND WOMAN SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING AMERICAN RED CROSS
January 14, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CYNTHIA McGOWAN, 27, a resident of Hammond, LA, ...
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posted on January 09, 2010 11:05
SLIDELL - The private, not-for-profit Ochsner Health System today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase NorthShore Regional Medi...
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7lmp63dg2 posted on January 05, 2010 17:46
According to U.S. Attorny Jim Letten's office, Anthony P. Maurer, age 60, a resident of Independence, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count bill of in...
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AMITE

Oyster Festival

The Bar-B-Que Station on Hwy. 51 in Independence will be open throughout the three days of the Sicilian Festival with ice cold beer, great food, and live music!

Sicilian Grand Marshal
SDT Waste President Sidney Torres IV has been named Grand Marshal of the Sicilian Festival which runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Independence. Torres is pictured above with Mayor Mike Ragusa and Chairman Reggie Martin holding a case of Castello beer that was presented to him at Town Hall. The genuine imported Sicillian beer will be available at the festival this weekend.

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