AMITE -- A March 2 court date to consider a sanity hearing for Thomas Bickford of Ponchatoula, accused of allegedly attempting to kidnap a child from the Florida Parishes Arena in July, 2011, was set by Judge Ernest Drake Wednesday.

TICKFAW---The Village of Tickfaw's longtime Police Chief and Village Clerk were personally and strongly criticized in an internal audit of town finances which found disturbing issues with the latitude each of these officials were given in performing multiple duties for the midparish community, according to a report published on the Legislative Auditor's website this week.