AMITE---Since March of last year the Tangipahoa School Board has planned to ask voters to approve $250 million in taxes for school con...

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Man Attempts Suicide in Booking Cage   COVINGTON – A 26 year old Slidell area man unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide while being booked...

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - GABRIEL CUTRER, 31, a resident of Kentwood, pled guilty yesterday in federal court before U. S. District Judge Stanwood R. Du...

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HAMMOND---Following a tour of the facility on Wednesday, Parish Council Chairman Carlos Notriano said the new hospital near the Airport Road exit of I...

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Rogers murder case expected to be first case heard by new Grand Jury AMITE---21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Wednesday that his...

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Perrilloux: Witness statements, handwriting samples were not consistent in alleged murder plot against 21st Judicial District Court Judge Beth Wolfe ...

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AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work on the north end:    The parish...

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MANDEVILLE---St. Tammany Parish proudly unveils its Cultural Icon Project to the public today.  A ‘Cultural Icon’ is an individual who during hi...

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AMITE---A Tangipahoa Parish Grand Jury on Friday is expected to hear the case of Eric Maurer, the 31-year-old Springfield man accused of killing ...

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AMITE---The Amite Police are getting five new, fully-equipped patrol cars, thanks to a grant from the USDA. Chief Jerry Trabona said the package incl...

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GREENSBURG---There appears to be good news and bad news for some 1,200 St. Helena students who attent school in admittedly unsafe buildings. The sugg...

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AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish's Board of Election Supervisors recorded one additional vote for the challenger to the parish's junior Senator Wednesday aft...

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PUMPKIN CENTER---The worst road in Tangipahoa Parish by any measure, Pumpkin Center Road is soon going to be completely refurbished. State Rep...

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AMITE---Police Chief Jerry Trabona says four north-end women are lucky to be alive after their car ran off Hwy 51, flipped, and hit a light pole at ...

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Lane Closure-I12; Bayou Liberty Bridge Closure   St. Tammany Parish received the following notifications of road/bridge construction f...

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HAMMOND---Beginning Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at approximately 7:00 a.m., the Emergency Room (ER) entrance at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond wil...

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AMITE---Tangipahoa councilmen were notified Thursday that a special election next Spring will be required to fill the vacancy created by the resignati...

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FRANKLINTON---A Franklinton High School senior died Thursday afternoon after he fell approximately 35 feet from the top of the high school football st...

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AMITE--Police Chief Jerry Trabona has finally confirmed what the local rumor mill has reported for months---his department is the subject of a federal...

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PONCHATOULA---Police say a Ponchatoula man who was a known drug offender was shot dead Thursday morning after deputies' attempts to execute a routine ...

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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash where an 18 Wheeler collided with a Freight Train near Diamond B Construction and the ...

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AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Assessor Jr Matheu announced Tuesday that local property owners have until Sept. 8 to review their proposed 2010 assessment ...

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AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of Amite Police Officer Joseph Phillips, 48 of Amite.    Phillips was a...

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HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess said the Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work o...

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AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work on the north end:  The parish's grass ...

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AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that the parish has received a grant award of $1.55 million in recovery funding whi...

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Longtime Parish Councilman expected to become Public Works Director for City of Hammond AMITE---Longtime Tangipahoa Parish Councilman Buddy Ridgel an...

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AMITE---The Hammond Area Recreation District got one step closer to making their plan for a world-class athletic park near the I-12/Airport Road inter...

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  In this segment, Livingston Parish President Mike Grimmer talks about plans for the courthouse plus the Juban Crossing development, al...

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HAMMOND---Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is scheduled to speak at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce’s special meeting on Friday, September 3rd. “We a...

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$90,000 in Stolen Equipment recovered in Multi-agency Investigation Ponchatoula, LA - A multiagency investigation including the Vermillion Parish...

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BATON ROUGE, LA - The Office of the United States Attorney announced today that, as part of an ongoing investigation known as Operation Blighted Offic...

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HAMMOND---With the first week of school in Tangipahoa barely completed, the new Tangipahoa Charter School Association is just days away from their own...

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16 year old arrested after a High Speed Pursuit in a Stolen Truck     On August 18th, at 1:25 am Slidell Police Officer Jeremy Bertu...

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Board fails to get required unanimous vote to go into executive session to discuss decision to hire former fire chief convicted of theft AMITE---A
...

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AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted 7-0 to appoint a Spring Creek dairyman to fill the seat vacated by longtime Board member Robert Potts...

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AMITE---A Tickfaw man is in jail Tuesday after a custody dispute in 21st Judicial District Court on Monday carried over into a fatality shooting west ...

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Update to Rogers’ Murder Investigation: On August 15, 2010 Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Detectives traveled to Waverly, TN to meet with and...

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  HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that two men have been arrested for the brutal murder of longtime broadcaster and ...

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PONCHATOULA - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 31-year-old Springfield man wanted for th...

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PUMPKIN CENTER---Longtime broadcaster and former Tangipahoa Parish Police Juror Rube Rogers was killed in his home Friday night. Tangipahoa Parish Sh...

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MANCHAC – Yesterday at 9:00 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatality crash on the Interstate 55 high rise bridge south...

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HAMMOND---The Hammond Area Recreation District on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a 10-mill, 15 year tax to fund a proposed $15.5 million recrea...

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  PORT VINCENT---Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office water patrol deputies recovered the body of a man who drowned in the Amite River earlie...

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VACANCY --- Robert Potts (back row, second from right) has resigned from the Tangipahoa Parish School Board after completing nearly eight years o...

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ARCOLA---Tangipahoa Parish Fire District 1 responded to another train collision in North Tangipahoa Parish, but thankfully there were no injuries repo...

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PONCHATOULA---State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning announced today that his office in cooperation with the Ponchatoula Police Department have arre...

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NATALBANY---Even before the first bell rang at Midway Elementary Thursday morning, the new school year was kicking off in a very memorable fashion. N...

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INDEPENDENCE---Independence councilman Larry Cardaronella told the town's board of aldermen Wednesday night that he won't stop demanding that the Tang...

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Sparacello says he will support Duncan in School Board race TICKFAW---A first-time challenger in this fall's Tangipahoa Parish School Board races got...

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Dufrene: No serious business possible until new utility service installed PONCHATOULA---The Port at Manchac may not get the BP lake clean-u...

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AMITE---A Hammond man who was scheduled to go to trial this week on vehicular homicide charges involving multiple pedestrian victims will have to wait...

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Traylor, Simmons say new policy dilutes Board, gives absolute power to Superintendent AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School Board members Sonya Traylor an...

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AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council Monday night approved a $42 million budget that is up $8 million from last year. Parish President Gordon Burges...

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AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that Unified Response will implement a Snare Sentinel monitoring program to help pr...

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  FROST – Frost School will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new library and administrative building at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 10). ...

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COVINGTON – A Slidell area man has been arrested in Houston, TX after attempting to rape his ex-girlfriend last week in her Slidell home.   T...

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LORANGER - Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following: An investigation conducted by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office has led to the arrest o...

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LIVINGSTON---On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana applauded the Livingston School Board's decision to back down from a legal fig...

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NEW ORLEANS---A U.S. District Court Judge has concurred with a Tangipahoa Parish School Board request to appoint Mildred Johnson as the new princ...

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HAMMOND---Southeastern Louisiana University's Lions Football program announced Saturday that the team will dedicate its season to raising funds for th...

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MILWAUKEE, Wis.---Among business executives, it's like winning the Super Bowl. On Thursday night, the East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce was named ...

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AMITE---Yesterday marked the first day on campus for the new principal of Amite High School, Mildred Johnson, but Judge Ivan Lemelle did not sign the ...

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Administrators guaranteed salary/benefits of larger schools; offered preferential placement if vacancies occur NEW ORLEANS---Opposing counsel in the...

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MAUREPAS---A four-year-old Maurepas boy died Tuesday evening after he wandered away from his parents and drowned in the family swimming pool. Kyle Fa...

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Mandeville voters on Saturday renewed the city's 1 / 2 cent sales tax by 60% to 40%, or 1,520 votes to 1, 022. Turnout was 30.6 %

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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**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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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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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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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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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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