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2012

Hammond woman offered deal in exchange for manslaughter plea

Woman accused of stabbing Hammond man to death in domestic dispute last August

Author: Don Ellzey

 

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2012

Ponchatoula man accused of attempted kidnapping faces sanity hearing

Drake refuses to act on case without defense attorney present

Author: Don Ellzey

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.

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Ponchatoula man sentenced to 12 years hard labor on burglary charges

Author: Don Ellzey

AMITE -- Thomas Sharp of Ponchatoula was sentenced by Judge Ernest Drake Wednesday to 12 years in state prison at hard labor on two incidents of burglary.

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2012

Norma Jean Handley

Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Hammond

Author: AN17

 

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Marian Louise Varnado Phillips

McKneely Funeral Home, Amite

Author: AN17

A resident of Kentwood, she died on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at her home.

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01

School Board opens 2012 with tenure hearing Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on January 01, 2012 15:32
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will begin their year with a tenure hearing for an employee. The board is scheduled to hold their first ...

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Hammond Council meets Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 01, 2012 01:18
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA January 3, 2012 5:30pm ...

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AN17.com takes look back at 2011 headlines

ActionNews17 posted on December 31, 2011 16:52
AN17.com---Not exactly the best of times, 2011 will, in a matter of hours, be one for the books. AN17.com logged more than 1,250 news stories in this...

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Two more women kidnapped, robbed in Slidell New Year's Eve

ActionNews17 posted on December 31, 2011 14:18
SLIDELL---On the eve before the New Year, two more women were kidnapped and forced to drive to an ATM, before being released by their captor.  ...

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Authorities urge safety first as revelers ring in New Year 2012

ActionNews17 posted on December 30, 2011 23:26
New Year's Eve is a night to have fun and celebrate the coming year. However, safety is a must when participating in the festivities. Whether you're s...

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30

Funeral services set for Saturday for Springfield man killed in New Orleans crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 30, 2011 13:37
SPRINGFIELD---Funeral services are set for Saturday for a 54-year-old Springfield man who died in a 40-car pile up Thursday in New Orleans. Michae...

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29

54-year-old Springfield man, Slidell man die in 40-car crash in New Orleans East Thursday morning

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2011 16:59
NEW ORLEANS---A 54-year-old Springfield man and an adult male from Slidell were fatally injured in this morning's 40-car crash on the I-10 Westbo...

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29

Initial list shows no Sears, K-Mart closures in Louisiana for now

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2011 16:32
McComb Sears slated for closure at future date HAMMOND---Corporate executives from Sears and K-Mart announced this week that 79 stores are initially ...

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29

Mt. Hermon wreck claims Mississippi man's life

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2011 16:26
Motorcyclist succumbs to Injuries following LA 10 Crash Washington Parish, LA – Following a crash yesterday afternoon at approximately 3:30 pm, a ...

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29

1 arrested, 2 sought for Mandeville bank robbery

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2011 11:51
Bank Robbers’ Bad Luck Continues with Arrest   Since three south shore men robbed a Regions Bank at 1901 N. Causeway Blvd. in Mandeville last F...

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29

Walker mayor announces 2012 plans

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2011 11:20
Walker---Mayor bobby font has announced his plans for the new year: Construction begins on the widening of Interstate 12 through Walker. Major in...

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28

Amite man arrested on 30 counts of child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on December 28, 2011 11:46
Amite man arrested on 30 counts of child pornography   Amite—A 46-year-old Amite man has been arrested and charged with 30 counts of pornograph...

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28

Tragic death east of Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 28, 2011 11:40
  Deputies responded to a report of a tragic death at 61116 Vining Rd. Upon arrival, Deputies found the deceased, Jerri Lynn Hall (3-8-61), in he...

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27

Another Slidell coed carjacked, kidnapped, and robbed at gunpoint

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2011 15:42
Another Young Female Carjacked, Kidnapped and Robbed at Gunpoint Slidell---On Monday night, December 26, 2011, at approximately 8:30pm, Slidell Pol...

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27

Outgoing Tangi Council talks surplus property, board appointments Tuesday night in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2011 10:05
AMITE---The final meeting of this assembly of the Tangipahoa Parish Council should prove itself quick and easy with only a few routine measures on the...

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27

Covington-area man killed in fire

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2011 08:48
St. Tammany Man Dies in His Home Due to Fire Covington, LA- An early morning fire has occurred in St. Tammany Parish that has claimed the life of...

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26

Bedico home destroyed by fire

ActionNews17 posted on December 26, 2011 14:05
BEDICO – A Bedico family lost their home Friday morning after their mobile home caught fire, Ward 8 Fire Protection District Fire Chief Nathan Sticker...

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26

Disabled Ponchatoula man dies in early morning fire

ActionNews17 posted on December 26, 2011 12:50
Fire Marshal says there were no working smoke detectors in home PONCHATOULA---State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning released information today in re...

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25

Deputies, community reach out to help 2-year-old facing brain surgery

ActionNews17 posted on December 25, 2011 23:59
Photos and story by: Susie Cambre, AN17.com HAMMOND---On an early Saturday morning which was blustery and cold, marked police units began pulling up ...

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25

Livingston councilwoman holds firm on Eden Church Road project

ActionNews17 posted on December 25, 2011 14:25
Parish Councilwoman Cindy Wale supports outgoing Parish Presiden Mike Grimmer on the selection of an enginneer for the important Eden Church Road over...

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24

No Christmas Eve holiday for most men and women in uniform

ActionNews17 posted on December 24, 2011 09:38
MIDNIGHT RUN ON CHRISTMAS EVE---Sgt. David Copeland and Lt. Richard Lindsey have a late-night meal as they prepare to work the Chr...

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23

Missing 59-year-old Albany woman found

ActionNews17 posted on December 23, 2011 00:05
UPDATE:  GOOD NEWS: Ms. Virginia Bates, the 59-year-old missing Albany woman, was found Wednesday night in New Orleans, where she was safe and so...

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22

Hammond man faces jail time and $250,000 fine for alleged tax evasion

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 23:54
New Orleans---JOHN M. NDANYI, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information today with violating federal law when h...

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22

40-year-old Greensburg man sentenced for federal gun violations

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 23:51
New Orleans---CLIFTON HOLMES, JR., age 40, a resident of Greensburg, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U. S. District Court Judge Stanwood R. Duval, J...

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22

LAST HURRAH: Outgoing Livingston Council 'ratifies' Fairburn as parish engineer, offers final comments at last meeting of term

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 23:14
Grimmer presents alternate firm to oversee long-awaited Eden Church Road project, but Council nixes acting on contract until January LIVINGSTON---The...

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22

Tangipahoa unemployment drops again, while retail sales and building permits continue to rise

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 17:33
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess said Christmas came a few days early to the area, as joblessness in Tangipahoa Parish is on the d...

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22

Burgess, Zabbia announce drainage fund grant for E. Ash Street in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 17:31
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess and Ponchatoula Mayor Bob Zabbia announced today that they have secured $59,809 in grant funding fo...

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22

St. Tammany Fishing Pier opening delayed

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 17:22
SLIDELL---As a result of unanticipated construction issues, the opening of the St. Tammany Fishing Pier will be delayed until sometime in the first Qu...

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22

Slidell Police give "Toys from Cops"

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 11:29
Slidell Police Association will Conduct First Annual Toys from Cops On behalf of the Slidell Police Association (S.P.A.), on Friday, December 22,...

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22

Tornado warning for S. Tangi, St. Tammany until 10:30 a.m.

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 10:11
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A * tornado Warning for: Central St. Tammany Parish in Southeast Louisiana this includes th...

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22

Tornado watch in effect until after lunch

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 09:11
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A * severe thunderstorm Warning for: North Central Ascension Parish in Southeast Louisiana ...

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22

Landfill adjusts Friday hours, closes next two Saturdays for Christmas, New Year's holidays

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2011 07:36
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Landfill will slightly alter their operating hours over the next two weeks to allow for the upcoming Christmas and New Y...

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21

Vermont sex offender arrested for Tangipahoa offense

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2011 19:31
Amite---In October 2011, U.S. Secret Service agents in Vermont contacted Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office cyber detectives requesting assistance wit...

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21

Alert deputy arrests wanted man in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2011 17:37
From the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office ---On December 18, Deputy Leo Tate was patrolling area of North 12 st in Ponchatoula when he observed a subjec...

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21

Abita Springs man arrested in Folsom for child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2011 17:30
**UPDATE** Shortly before 3:00 am this morning, Troop L received a Crimestoppers tip indicating the location of Lee at a residence in Folsom, LA.&...

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21

Walker Christmas display open again following vandalism

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2011 17:21
Following the vandalism this morning in Sidney Hutchinson Park in the City of Walker:   THE WALKER WONDERLAND IS OPEN AGAIN! Thanks to this won...

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21

Recycling centers in Hammond, Roseland closed for holiday weekend

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2011 12:47
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish's two recycling drop-off centers will be closed this Saturday, Dec. 24, as employees celebrate the Christmas holiday. Tang...

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20

Arson burns Abita Springs church

ActionNews17 posted on December 20, 2011 19:21
State Fire Marshal Investigates Arson Fire Set at Church Abita Springs, LA- The State Fire Marshal’s Office is currently investigating a fire that ...

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20

Simmons continues battle for change on Tangipahoa School Board

ActionNews17 posted on December 20, 2011 18:47
Veteran Tangipahoa School Board Member Sandra Simmons voted against the contract extension for Superintendent Mark Kolwe after the school district san...

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20

Funeral services set for first nursing staff member at North Oaks

ActionNews17 posted on December 20, 2011 09:29
HAMMOND---Funeral services are set for Wednesday for Nina Adele Erichson Haddad, who was the first nurse on staff at North Oaks Hospital. Haddad die...

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19

St. Tammany economy shows rise

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2011 23:01
  EDF RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER ECONOMIC TRENDS DATA The St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation today released its quarterly Trends Re...

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19

19-year-old killed in St. Tammany wreck

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2011 18:47
 Alcohol Use suspected in I-59 Fatal Crash Slidell, LA – This morning at approximately 2:30 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one...

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19

Southeastern names new head coach

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2011 14:20
RON ROBERTS NAMED SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA FOOTBALL COACH HAMMOND – Ron Roberts, who guided Delta State University to four Gulf South Conference cham...

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19

Hammond cracks down on parking violations

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2011 14:16
HAMMOND---Parking in restricted areas reserved for handicapped motorists carries a heavy penalty, one that Hammond Police will be re-enforcing, effect...

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19

Winn-Dixie sold to Bi Lo; merger expected in 2012

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2011 12:33
Winn‐Dixie Shareholders to Receive $9.50 Per Share in Cash Transaction Valued at $560 Million Combined Company to Operate Both BI‐LO and Winn‐Dixie Ba...

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19

Co-eds carjacker at gunpoint in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2011 12:25
Two Female College Student’s Carjacked, Kidnapped, and Robbed at Gunpoint On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at approximately 11:30pm, two female college ...

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18

Ragusa outlines accomplishments, announces re-election bid in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on December 18, 2011 10:27
INDEPENDENCE---Independence Mayor Michael Ragusa issued the following statement regarding the accomplishments of his first term and announcing his bid...

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16

Mandeville Police target underage drinking

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2011 15:07
 On December 15, 2011, Mandeville police officers from both the Criminal Patrol and Crimi- nal Investigation’s Division conducted a Juvenile Unde...

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16

18-year-old from Ponchatoula killed in Montpelier crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2011 12:33
 Impaired Driver arrested in Overnight Fatal Crash Montpelier, LA – This morning at approximately 12:30 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L invest...

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16

St Tammany recognizes two airports

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2011 10:47
St. Tammany Regional Airport & Slidell Municipal Airport   Koop Drive---Governor Jindal has proclaimed December 2011 as “General Aviation A...

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16

Pearl River man arrested on 55-counts of child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2011 10:17
Pearl River—A Pearl River man has been arrested and charged with 55-counts of pornography involving juveniles, announced Attorney General Buddy Caldwe...

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15

SLU, kids get AT&T grant

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 17:05
Story and photos by Alissa Vilardo, Action News 17 Congratulations to the Early Start students of Hammond, Independence, Loranger and Ponchatoula hi...

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15

Livingston / Denham Springs save $10 million

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 16:36
BATON ROUGE, LA - The State Bond Commission approved over $48 million for projects statewide and $11 million in savings by refinancing existing publ...

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15

Jury convicts Slidell man of armed robbery

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 16:20
 COVINGTON—District Attorney Walter Reed reports that Rondell Delaney, 20 of Slidell, has been found guilty as charged of armed robbery.  A ...

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15

Springfield man gets 40 years

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 15:57
Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on December 1, 2011, Melvin Sibley, 35, pleaded no contest to Attempted First Degree M...

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15

DA turns Delahoussaye over to Feds

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 13:51
Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s office will be turning over the investigation of...

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15

Mandeville Arrest Report

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 11:45
Latest Mandeville Police Arrest Reports12/09/2011 Trace Pigott 19 13186 Brickyard Road Independence, Fugitive Warrant.12/10/2011 Juan Valadez 36, 1938...

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15

Port Vincent man arrested for drugs

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2011 08:25
Citizen Complaint Leads to Marijuana Arrest On the afternoon of December 13, 2011, LPSO Narcotics Detectives, acting on a complaint from the publ...

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14

Jindal breaks ground on I-12 widening project in Livingston Parish, announces funding for additional I-12 widening projects

ActionNews17 posted on December 14, 2011 16:33
DENHAM SPRINGS – Governor Bobby Jindal broke ground today on a $21.9 million project to widen 3.2 miles of I-12 from four to six travel lanes b...

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14

Denham Springs man gets 20 years for cruelty to juveniles

ActionNews17 posted on December 14, 2011 11:43
 Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, Judge Doug Hughes sentenced Charles Edwards, 25, to serve 20 years with the Depa...

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13

Road work continues on I-12 in St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2011 15:34
Lane Closures; I-12 and I-59 St. Tammany Parish received the following notices from LaDOTD: Lane Closure, I-12 Westbound, between milepost 64.0 ...

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13

SLU limits access during holidays

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2011 14:56
SOUTHEASTERN TO LIMIT ACCESS DURING HOLIDAY BREAKHAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University will limit access to its main Hammond campus while closed...

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13

Tangipahoa Council may hire lawyer against Charter

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2011 09:25
Tangipahoa Parish Council Chairman Carlo Bruno  says the council is considering the re-hiring of New Orleans attorney Bill Abbott, an expert in c...

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12

Ponchatoula Council considers noise complaints

ActionNews17 posted on December 12, 2011 23:15
Story and photos by Alissa Vilardo, Action News 17    Ponchatoula - In a brief council meeting on Monday, the City of Ponchatoula appro...

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Tangipahoa Parish Council hears building permits are up

ActionNews17 posted on December 12, 2011 23:13
Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess said building permits are almost double their normal rates, as builders started 44 new single-family homes ...

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12

Greensburg man dies in Saturday crash on S. River Road near Roseland

ActionNews17 posted on December 12, 2011 13:47
ROSELAND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on December 10, 2011, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated a fatal cra...

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10

Corona dies in Livingston Parish crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 10, 2011 09:56
UPDATE: Louisiana State Police identify the deceased as Douglas Corona, 45, of Loranger. Unrestrained Driver Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash, I...

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09

Qualfying closes with 3 man races for Independence, Ponchatoula, Mandeville mayoral posts

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2011 18:39
LIVINGSTON PARISH DSCC District 64, Office B: Roger Sanford DSCC District 71, Office A: Paeton Burkett DSCC District 71, Office B: Ronnie H. Wi...

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09

60-year-old Bogalusa man arrested by State and Bogalusa Police for drugs

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2011 17:33
 LSP Investigations lead to Narcotics Seizures and ArrestsTroop L- Troopers working across the Troop L region made several arrests this past week...

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09

Santa brings Christmas to Springfield

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2011 13:38
Story and Photos by: Susie Cambre SPRINGFIELD---The squeals of the children along the route and the loud bellowing Ho-Ho-Ho’s of the North Pole’s jol...

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09

Titan helps DEA take down alleged fugitive in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2011 10:02
INDEPENDENCE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on December 8, 2011, Deputy Albert Sharp and TPSO K9 Titan, assisted the DEA (Dru...

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09

UPDATE: 91-year-old Hawaii man dies in Bedico crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2011 07:38
UPDATE: Notification has been made to the next of kin. The driver of the Chevrolet Cobalt was identified as Frederick Demont (W/M age 91) of Waianae, ...

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08

QUALIFYING DAY 2: Check out all five parishes

ActionNews17 posted on December 08, 2011 23:20
AMITE---The race for mayor of little Independence became a lot more crowded Thursday as a third candidate jumped in the contest, set for March 24. In...

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Pat Brister is now parish president

ActionNews17 posted on December 08, 2011 18:36
Pat Brister Takes Oath of Office At a special meeting held at 6:00PM, the St. Tammany Parish Council elected Pat Brister to serve the remainder o...

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08

New job forces Notariano to resign from Tangipahoa Parish Council

ActionNews17 posted on December 08, 2011 16:38
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Council will officially accept notice Monday night, declaring a vacancy, which was created this week when Carlos Notariano r...

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QUALIFYING: Two big mayor's races turn up heat on March ballot

ActionNews17 posted on December 08, 2011 08:19
AMITE---The weather may be cold but the first day of qualifying was hot, turning up the temperature on two mayor's races scheduled for March across th...

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07

Pike County woman killed in crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 22:22
Mississippi woman dies in Kentwood crash KENTWOOD – A 25-year-old Mississippi woman died Wednesday morning when her car diverted off Interstate 55 in...

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07

Amite parade rescheduled for next Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 19:41
 Amite Christmas Parade Rescheduled to December 15With the overwhelming support for the Amite High School Warrior football team and in order to h...

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07

McComb woman killed in I-55 crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 17:37
Troopers investigate Early Morning Fatal Crash on I-55 Kentwood, LA – This morning at 7:25 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one ve...

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07

Livingston office gets child sex abuse training

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 16:01
Livingston- On Friday, Assistant District Attorneys David Guidry, Matt Belser, and Mike Forbes, led a two-hour training session on sex abuse investiga...

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07

Layrisson qualifies for re-election

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 15:58
PONCHATOULA -  Chief of Police Bry Layrisson has qualified as a candidate for re-election as Ponchatoula's top cop. "As Chief of Police, i...

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07

Walker man sentenced to 10 years for meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 15:50
Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on November 15, 2011, Donald Jean McDonald Sr., 41, of Walker, LA, was sentenced by Ju...

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Walker man sentenced to 25 years for rape

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2011 15:43
Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, Judge Robert Morrison sentenced Richard W. Book, 45, of 36916 Weiss Road, Walker, LA, ...

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06

TWO MORE YEARS: Kolwe contract extended until June 30, 2014

ActionNews17 posted on December 06, 2011 22:17
Only three board members--Anderson, Duncan, Simmons--vote 'no' AMITE---In a move that took less than ten minutes of public input, board discussion a...

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05

The Case for Mark Kolwe: Superintendent submits 17-pages of 'accomplishments' supporting bid for contract renewal

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 23:27
AMITE---In the absence of public support for his contract to be renewed, Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Mark Kolwe on Friday submitted a 17-p...

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05

Qualifying opens Wednesday for March municipal, Party races

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 23:05
AMITE---Qualifying opens Wednesday for a number of municipal races as well as for the state and local representatives to the Democratic and Republican...

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05

Hammond City Council considers appointment of new fire chief, John Thomas, Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 22:42
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA December 6, 2011 5:30pm &#...

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05

School Board votes new President for 2012, Kolwe contract extension Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 22:19
AMITE---Eric Dangerfield is expected to be named the next President of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board, and School Superintendent Mark Kolwe should...

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05

Finance Committee considers walk-thru security detectors for Crystal Academy

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 22:14
MEETING:  Tuesday, December 6, 2011 – immediately following the Hammond Delegation meeting at 4:30 p.m.         En...

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05

Hammond Delegation meets Tuesday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 22:11
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 – 4:30 p.m. Central Office – Enos “Jake” Bailey, Jr. Room 59656 Puleston Road Amite, Louisiana A meeting of the Hamm...

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05

SHOWDOWN: SB attorney faces BESE Tuesday to stop proposed Charter School for Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 20:42
Leadership Academy application dropped by commitee, but SB attorney Patin vows to appear after BESE officials say process affords 'no review...

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05

Railroad conducts safety operation in Tangipahoa and St. John

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 16:44
Railroad Safety Operation Conducted in Southeast LouisianaToday, Louisiana State Police and numerous other law enforcement agencies partnered together...

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05

Independence High School student killed in wreck

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2011 16:08
 following Weekend Crash Natalbany, LA – On Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 at approximately 1:40 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a ...

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Walker Firefighter killed in line of duty UPDATED

ActionNews17 posted on December 03, 2011 17:01
Walker---A 45-year-old volunteer firefighter died Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack suffered while battling a fire.A spokesman for Livingst...

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02

Parish Council expected to name Brister interim president

ActionNews17 posted on December 02, 2011 13:41
The St. Tammany Parish Council will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 6:00 PM for the purpose of appointing an interim Parish Pr...

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02

Deputies find Marijuana while looking for child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on December 02, 2011 08:44
Deputies Looking For Child Pornography, Find Marijuana Cultivation Tangipahoa Parish cyber detectives were contacted by detectives from the Notting...

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01

Kolwe contract on go for Tuesday School Board meeting

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 22:57
AMITE---Should he stay or should he go? That is the question facing the Tangipahoa Parish School Board Tuesday night as they consider a move to e...

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01

Brister asks to become interim parish president

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 22:54
BRISTER ASKS COUNCIL TO APPOINT HER INTERIM PARISH PRESIDENT             As St. Tammany Parish ...

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01

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: 17th annual Zemurray 'Wonderland'

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 21:40
HAMMOND---A multitude of miniature lights await visitors to the 17th annual Christmas light display in Zemurray Park, which opens this Friday night, D...

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01

Lawmakers optimistic about mid-year cuts

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 21:26
Representative John Bel Edwards of Amite believes Lallie Kemp Hospital is safe. Senator Jack Donahue of Covington sees better fiscal times ahead
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01

Hammond woman defrauds Red Cross

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 17:15
TAMARA MORRIS, age 30, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. to a ...

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01

Amite building new police station

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 16:05
 
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01

Truck crashes into Covington Bank

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 15:57
At approximately 4:00 AM on Thursday, December 01, 2011, the Covington Police Department responded to a report that a pick-up truck had stuck the Whit...

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01

Bechac to run for Mandeville mayor

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 14:54
BECHAC TO RUN FOR MANDEVILLE MAYOR  Mandeville business-owner and former City Councilman Denis Bechac has announced his candidacy for Mayor of...

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01

Baton Rouge arrest for Tickfaw murder

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2011 14:16
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of William Brown III (27, of 17021 Chadsford Ave. on Baton Rouge, La). On November 29, ...

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30

Lucius sentenced to 10 years for negligent injuring of Jon-Michael Williams

ActionNews17 posted on November 30, 2011 23:02
AMITE---A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to serve 10 years in the Department of Corrections for the 2010 accident that left a Tickfaw teen confine...

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30

Mayor Bob Zabbia announces for re-election

ActionNews17 posted on November 30, 2011 21:42
Next week candidates will qualify in Ponchatoula for the election set for March 24. Mayor Bob Zabbia issued his announcement:​Robert F. “Bob” Zabbia h...

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29

Petitto set for bench trial April 23

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2011 21:58
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Councilman Michael Petitto is scheduled to stand trial after the first of the year on malfeasance allegations stemming from ...

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29

Tangipahoa agencies work to regulate fracking

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2011 21:23
Tangipahoa's Economic Development Director Bob Basford said the parish's economic development district is drafting regulations for the oil and gas dri...

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28

SOURCES: Kolwe poised to get multi-year contract renewal next week

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2011 17:02
AMITE---With slightly more than six months left in his second contract, Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Mark Kolwe appears to be poised to get...

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28

Central crash kills child

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2011 16:23
**UPDATE** Earlier today, Troop A was notified that Emily Simmers, the ten year old rear passenger in the Honda Accord, succumbed to her injuries s...

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28

Lallie Kemp prepares for mid-year budget cut

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2011 09:20
  Representative Steve Pugh of Ponchatoula said he and other local lawmakers this week would meet to plan their opposition to a proposed 15 p...

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28

Broken water line cancels classes at HHS on first day back

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2011 08:56
HAMMOND---Classes are cancelled at Hammond High School Monday after a water main ruptured on the second floor of the main building. School officials...

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26

Denham Springs man arrested for vehicular homicide

ActionNews17 posted on November 26, 2011 11:52
TROOP A - NEWS RELEASE         ** Update:  November 26, 2011** Troopers arrested James T. Watts I...

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25

Recycling centers in Hammond, Roseland closed for holiday weekend

ActionNews17 posted on November 25, 2011 17:35
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish's two recycling drop-off centers will be closed this Saturday, Nov. 26, as employees celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Ta...

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24

Senator Jack Donahue on Thanksgiving

ActionNews17 posted on November 24, 2011 11:43
Senator Jack Donahue, whose district runs from Hammond eastward almost to Slidell, is pictured with his wife Maura. Friends,  More than 1...

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23

AG arrests Bogalusa man on child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on November 23, 2011 11:24
BOGALUSA MAN ARRESTED ON 30-COUNTS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY   Bogalusa—A Bogalusa man has been arrested and charged with 30-counts of pornography i...

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UPDATED: LPSO investigates shooting off Church of God Road in Springfield

ActionNews17 posted on November 22, 2011 11:51
SPRINGFIELD-- Homeowner Shoots Burglar On November 22, 2011 at approximately 9:15 am, LPSO dispatch received a 911 call from a homeowner at 2784...

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21

17-year-old arrested, charged with theft after allegedly stealing cell phone in what may have been a botched carjacking in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on November 21, 2011 22:32
PONCHATOULA---A 17-year-old Ponchatoula man has been arrested after he allegedly attacked and stole another teen's cell phone in what witnesses say ma...

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21

SLU fires Coach Lucas

ActionNews17 posted on November 21, 2011 16:36
SOUTHEASTERN RELEASES LUCAS AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH   HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University officials announced Monday that head f...

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21

Parish completes road work leading up to holiday

ActionNews17 posted on November 21, 2011 12:57
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish road crews completed the following work insouthern Tangipahoa Parish for the week of Nov. 14-18:Grass Cutting: Hammond, Na...

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THANKSGIVING: Judge approves new Loranger bathrooms along with $2.9 million in new school construction for Tangi

ActionNews17 posted on November 20, 2011 00:05
AMITE---A U.S. District Court Judge has given the Tangipahoa Parish School System the go-ahead to proceed with nearly $3 million in new construction a...

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20

ELECTION 2011 ROUND UP: Voters reject incumbents, elect new parishwide office holders in Livingston, Washington, and St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on November 20, 2011 00:01
AN17.com---The November run-offs were bad for incumbents across the Florida Parishes as three of the five parishes in the AN17.com coverage area voted...

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18

First NBC takes over Central Progressive Bank

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 21:09
LACOMBE---On Friday, November 18, 2011, Central Progressive Bank, Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, was placed under the conservatorship of the ...

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18

Slidell man arrested for aggravated burglary

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 15:24
 Slidell Man Arrested for Aggravated Burglary St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies have arrested Chad Turkin (2405 Bluebird St, Slidell – DOB: 1...

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18

Brister announces members for 'seamless' transition team

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 14:34
BRISTER ANNOUNCES TRANSITION TEAM STRUCTURE, MEMBERS        For Immediate Release Friday, November 18, 2011 St. Tammany Parish President-elect Pat Bri...

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18

Dufreche predicts 20% turnout or less

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 05:49
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18

SLU closes season with a conference win

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 04:00
Southeastern Reclaims River Bell With 31-14 Win Over Nicholls HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana football team forced Nicholls State into five tu...

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18

Jury convicts Denham Springs man of felony battery on police officer

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 03:57
Livingston- On November 16, 2011, before Judge Ray Chutz, a Jury of six convicted James Clark, 36, of Felony Battery of a Police Officer with Injury, ...

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18

Hammond man gets 10 years for drug convictions

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2011 03:55
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on November 15, 2011, Richard Nigel Kinney, 26, of Hammond, LA, pleaded guilty to Possessio...

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17

Authorities battle Albany wildfire

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2011 18:00
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) wildland firefighting crews have responded to a wildfire about three miles west of Albany, Agr...

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17

Washington Parish getting mobile broadband

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2011 17:13
AT&T LAUNCHES MOBILE BROADBAND IN fRANKLINTON WHAT:         AT&T is doing a ribbon-cutting to launch mobile broadband service in Franklinton. Parish, ...

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16

Jury convicts Denham Springs man on drug charges

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 19:08
Livingston- On November 8, 2011, before Judge Elizabeth Wolfe, a jury of six convicted Richard McManus, 58, of Walker South Rd., Denham Springs, LA, o...

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16

Midway Elementary honors veterans

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 19:03
Story and photos by Alissa Vilardo, Action News 17    TICKFAW - As America honored the nation’s finest heroes of wars past and present ...

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16

Ponchatoula man gets 10 years for meth and burglary

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 13:27
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on November 15, 2011, Presiding Judge Zorraine Waguespack sentenced Brian Registar, 33, of ...

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47-year-old Hammond man gets 10 years for meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 13:24
  Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on November 15, 2011, Alvin Henderson, 47, of Hammond, LA, was sentenced to serve 10...

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16

Sheriff takes issue with political mailer

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 13:15
SHERIFF STRAIN RELEASED POLICECLARIFICATION ABOUT CORE MAILER Abita Springs, LA, Wednesday, November 16, 2011—Tuesday, voters received a mailer from P...

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16

Slidell man arrested for killing parents

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 12:33
Slidell Man Arrested for Murder of His Own Parents   St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a 25 year-old Slidell area man wi...

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16

Albany Board raises reconnection fees

ActionNews17 posted on November 16, 2011 01:42
By Susie Cambre Albany---Town leaders had to make a difficult decision Monday night at the November Town Council Meeting. After a good bit of discu...

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15

Pair arrested in murder of Baptist man

ActionNews17 posted on November 15, 2011 15:43
BAPTIST---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards and LA State Fire Marshal Butch Browning report that through a joint investigation between the TP...

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15

Southeastern monitors air quality for Tangi schools

ActionNews17 posted on November 15, 2011 11:02
HAMMOND – A project designed to monitor and help improve the indoor air quality in Tangipahoa Parish schools is being spearheaded by a Southeastern Lo...

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15

Hammond Council considers liquor permits, authorizes grant paperwork

ActionNews17 posted on November 15, 2011 05:51
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA November 15, 2011 5:30pm &...

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14

Police investigate Ponchatoula man's shooting death

ActionNews17 posted on November 14, 2011 20:26
PONCHATOULA---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of 38 year old Gary Shurley of 186 Ford St. in Ponchatoula, LA. SHURLEY w...

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14

Ricks gets endorsements from mayors, others

ActionNews17 posted on November 14, 2011 17:46
Layton Ricks Announces Endorsements    As the campaign for Livingston Parish President winds up, candidate Layton Ricks has announced the endorsements...

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14

TPSO conducts big drug roundup

ActionNews17 posted on November 14, 2011 15:42
 HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following arrests.  These arrests were made after the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s...

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Our Daily Bread sponsors Thanksgiving food distribution Sat., Nov. 19

ActionNews17 posted on November 13, 2011 22:41
HAMMOND---On Saturday November 19th Our Daily Bread Food Bank will partner with area churches, Southeastern Louisiana University student groups, commu...

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12

Pairings for Week 2 of High School Playoffs

ActionNews17 posted on November 12, 2011 09:51
5A Mandeville @ Parkway Ponchatoula (HOME) v. Barbe 4A Salmen @ Breaux Bridge 3A Amite @ Westlake Loranger (HOME) v. Port Allen 2A Pope...

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11

Friday Night Prep Scores

ActionNews17 posted on November 11, 2011 22:55
5A Airline d Covington 28-27 Central d St. Paul's 35-28 Ruston d Denham Springs 33-14 Parkway d Fontainebleau 47-17 Ponchatoula d Dutchtown 28-14...

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11

5-vehicle wreck on I-55

ActionNews17 posted on November 11, 2011 21:42
Road Rage Leads to Injury Crash Involving Five Vehicles on I-55 Troop B – Yesterday, shortly before 5:00 PM, Louisiana State Police Troop B respond...

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11

Davis, Brister begin transition at Koop Drive

ActionNews17 posted on November 11, 2011 03:26
 Parish Administration & Transition Team Start Collaboration   Koop Drive---Parish President Kevin Davis announced this morning that h...

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10

Kentwood man charged with 1st degree murder of baby

ActionNews17 posted on November 10, 2011 14:37
HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards and Kentwood Chief of Police Greg Newton report that through a joint investigation between the Tang...

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10

Judge dismisses motion to recuse DA and local judges

ActionNews17 posted on November 10, 2011 00:10
Amite- On November 8, 2011, in the case of the State of Louisiana vs. Brian Registar, defense attorney Doug Brown motioned to recuse not only every ju...

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Rube Rogers murder case could go to trial before summer 2012

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 23:35
AMITE---The Pumpkin Center man accused of killing local media great Rube Rogers in a brutal slaying in August 2010 will likely have his day in court b...

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09

Tangipahoa early voting exceeds 1,100 with two days to go

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 23:16
AMITE---Although early voting in Tangipahoa this week is only a small percentage of what it was this time last month, Registrar of Voters John Russell...

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09

Hughes: Chaucer remains on probation through early 2012

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 22:43
AMITE---A former local businesswoman, who was sentenced earlier this year on a "best interest" plea in the securities fraud case brought against her a...

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09

State Police award honors for valor, service

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 21:53
Baton Rouge – Louisiana State Police honored troopers, officers, and civilians today for their extraordinary efforts over the past year at the 2011 LS...

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09

Walker woman guilty of infant daughter's manslaughter

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 16:57
Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on October 24, 2011 Johnnie Garner, 29, of Walker, LA, pleaded no contest to Manslaugh...

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09

20-year-old Pine Grove man gets 10 years for armed robbery

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 16:49
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on October 17, 2011, Judge Bruce Bennett sentenced Antonio Holden, 20, of 706 Carier Rd., P...

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09

Hammond man killed on I-12

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2011 10:03
Hammond Man Killed in Crash on I-12 Troop L – On November 8, 2011, shortly after 7:00 PM, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatal crash...

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08

School Board members consider, 'not advocating' millage increase, reductions in force to plug budget gap

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 23:25
AMITE---School leaders shared a sobering message of a $5.5 million deficit hole this year, to be followed by a $10.1 million shortfall next year, as T...

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08

Lawsuit attacks Grimmer attack ad

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 19:15
Livingston--The race for parish president has heated up even more, with a lawsuit filed by the prominent local engineering firm of Fairburn and Associ...

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08

Covington woman raped and stabbed; Suspect arrested

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 18:22
Woman Raped and Stabbed From Covington Police: At approximately 3:00 PM on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 Communication Operators received a chilling ...

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08

Coalition endorses three candidates for BESE races

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 12:32
BATON ROUGE – The Coalition for Louisiana Public Education has officially endorsed candidates for the three remaining seats on the state Board of...

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08

Tangi School Board studies deficit, reduction proposals tonight in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 11:03
AMITE---With hopes of balancing their proposed $5.5 million deficit for this current fiscal year and another projected deficit facing them next year, ...

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08

Livingston schools wins national recognition for student performance

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 10:24
BATON ROUGE - Tuesday the Louisiana Department of Education announced that two schools, Mermentau Elementary School in Acadia Parish and Southside Ele...

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08

Registrar reports 'steady' vote as early voting continues in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 09:34
  AMITE---Registrar of Voters John Russell reports this morning that, through close of business Monday, there have been 568 early votes cast i...

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08

Albany fugitive arrested in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2011 07:38
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of wanted suspect 22 year old Justin Tilley of Albany, LA.   TILLEY wa...

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07

Independence man gets 10 years for meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on November 07, 2011 21:18
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on October 11, 2011, Judge Doug Hughes sentenced Kip McDonald, 29, of 31208 Horseshoe Road,...

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06

LHSAA releases match-ups for week 1 of high school football playoffs

ActionNews17 posted on November 06, 2011 21:12
5A 1 St. Paul vs. 32. Central BR 16 Ruston vs. 17 Denham Springs 9 Mandeville vs. 24 Westgate 8 Parkway vs. 25 Fountainebleau 4 Dutchtown vs. 29 ...

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04

Broadwater reports election dirty tricks to police

ActionNews17 posted on November 04, 2011 18:18
 CHRIS BROADWATER VICTIM OF PHONE SPOOFING Candidate not responsible for calls   HAMMOND, La. – Chris Broadwater-R, who is running for re...

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04

21-year-old Amite man killed in early-morning crash

ActionNews17 posted on November 04, 2011 15:07
Impairment suspected in Early Morning Fatal Crash Tangipahoa Parish, LA- Shortly after 7:00 am this morning, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troo...

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04

Layton Ricks responds to Grimmer attack

ActionNews17 posted on November 04, 2011 12:26
Ricks: Burgess Sets the Record Straight     In an newspaper article in the Baton Rouge Advocate on Nov. 4, 2011, Donald Burgess set th...

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04

Ponchatoula school sponsors 'kiss the pig' contest to raise funds for United Way

ActionNews17 posted on November 04, 2011 08:53
PONCHATOULA---School-age children in Ponchatoula are rounding up dollar bills with a single goal in mind: They want one of their school leaders to pu...

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03

Duncan loses on election complaint today

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2011 21:38
AMITE---The 21st Judicial District Court has reversed course, scheduling a hearing Friday at 9:30 a.m. to hear an election complaint filed by unsucces...

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03

15 mile yard sale returns Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2011 21:31
15 MILE YARD SALE (7 a.m. until 2 p.m.) along Hwy 16 east to 445 and into Husser.  Date: Saturday, Nov. 5 Great annual event. Sales, food, acti...

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03

Grimmer wants Burgess to disavow job

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2011 19:41
  Challenge To Burgess: Pledge Not To Take Parish Job Parish President Candidate Illegally Offered Job for Endorsement Former candidate fo...

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02

DA moving toward paperless office

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2011 17:45
Amite- The Offices of District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux have been making upgrades to their computer and filing systems. Formally, the District...

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01

Grimmer says 50 jobs coming to Albany

ActionNews17 posted on November 01, 2011 23:37
Livingston Parish President Mike Grimmer, in a wide-ranging interview, says a steel manufacturer will soon bring 50 jobs to a site just north of the S...

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01

School Board plans special meetings next week to examine finances, test scores

ActionNews17 posted on November 01, 2011 23:20
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will meet in two special sessions next week to consider two key issues facing the local public school syste...

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01

Columbia Theatre presents 'Evening with Edwin Edwards' Wednesday night in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on November 01, 2011 21:09
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will present “An Evening with Edwin Edwards” on Wednesday, Nov....

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01

School Board approves personnel changes

ActionNews17 posted on November 01, 2011 21:06
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School approved the following personnel changes at their meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, in Amite: Teacher-New Hire: Jane...

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Duncan files election challenge; judge denies 'pauper' filing status

ActionNews17 posted on October 31, 2011 21:45
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court's office has advertised notice of a possible challenge to the Oct. 22 primary election results but will h...

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31

Docs: Titan on way to recovery after suffering gunshot wound in search for Magee

ActionNews17 posted on October 31, 2011 18:45
MANDEVILLE---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office K-9 Titan is on the road to recovery after being shot, presumably by fugitive Kaunda Magee, who was ...

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29

Elderly Husser man dies in house fire

ActionNews17 posted on October 29, 2011 16:23
 Elderly Man Dies in Tangipahoa Parish FireHusser, LA- The State Fire Marshal’s Office released information today in reference to an early mornin...

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28

Ponchatoula businessman indicted on federal charges

ActionNews17 posted on October 28, 2011 12:37
HOME ELEVATION COMPANY, OWNER AND ANOTHER MAN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRING TO HARBOR ILLEGAL ALIENS, MONEY LAUNDERING AND STRUCTURING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION...

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28

Reward offered in Hammond murder

ActionNews17 posted on October 28, 2011 09:23
  TPSO News ReleaseFor Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards  HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Tangipah...

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27

LIVINGSTON POLITICS (PART 2): Ricks says Grimmer keeps promise of 'ugly' run-off campaign, denies incumbent's allegations of bribe

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2011 22:49
LIVINGSTON---Livingston Parish President Mike Grimmer is keeping his word and running an "ugly" campaign, says opponent Layton Ricks who denied Grimme...

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LIVINGSTON POLITICS: Grimmer goes to authorites, alleges Ricks 'bribed' Burgess

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2011 22:19
LIVINGSTON---The Livingston Parish President's race took a whole new direction on Thursday as incumbent Mike Grimmer said he was forwarding paperwork ...

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27

Public asked to call Crime Stoppers with info on North Baptist fire/possible murder

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2011 12:24
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on October 24, 2011, a joint investigation began between the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff...

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27

Kentwood man gets 10 years for gun

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2011 10:27
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, On Wednesday October 26, 2011, Dantoni Tippett, 39, was sentenced to 10 years with the Depa...

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26

MANHUNT OVER: Magee shot, captured Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on October 26, 2011 15:37
PROGRESS, Miss.---Kaunda Magee, the 36-year-old fugitive who led law enforcement from a two-state area on a 14-day manhunt through the piney woods nea...

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25

Notariano gets recount Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2011 23:34
Recount set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Clerk's Archives Building UPDATE: This afternoon Clerk of Court Julian Dufreche received the paperwork from the C...

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25

Firehouse Screenprinting opens with special Saints theme event

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2011 23:30
Story & Photos by Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com HAMMOND---At precisely 6 p.m. in Hammond on Wednesday, Firehouse Silkscreening and De...

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25

Southeastern moves up Homecoming festivities to accommodate for LSU/Alabama game

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2011 22:15
HAMMOND – Due to scheduling issues, the Southeastern Louisiana University 2011 Homecoming football game on Saturday, Nov. 5, against Sam Houston State...

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25

Edwards: Magee fires on deputies, flees on foot in S. Pike County, Miss.

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2011 12:40
Reports indicate Magee could be surrounded as law enforcement closes in on suspect OSYKA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announced Tuesday...

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25

Baptist fire set to cover murder

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2011 12:07
Baptist---A house fire on Sally Kinchen Road off North Baptist Road Monday night is being treated as likely arson to cover up a murder.The Sheriff's O...

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24

Parish Council calls for two taxes

ActionNews17 posted on October 24, 2011 20:47
Amite---The Tangipahoa Parish Council Monday night voted unanimously to put two tax propositions on the March 24 ballot. Voters in Rural Fire Distric...

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24

Hammond couple survive Covington crash

ActionNews17 posted on October 24, 2011 17:10
 At approximately 3:00 AM Sunday Morning October 23, 2011, Covington Police and Fire Rescue Units responded to a report of a crash on Hwy 190, Ro...

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24

Parish Council discusses March tax elections for Rural Fire 2, Hood Hospital

ActionNews17 posted on October 24, 2011 08:10
AMITE---A 10 mill fire tax renewal and a 5 mill tax for the Hood Memorial Hospital service district will go before the Tangipahoa Parish Council Monda...

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23

Williams family reaps blessings from Fuller Center home dedicated in memory of Joe Monistere

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 22:17
Photos & Story by: Alissa Malnar-Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com                      ...

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23

'Unbeatable' Burgess wins historic eighth term as Tangipahoa Parish President

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 04:43
HAMMOND---Amid cheers, fears, and a few tears, Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess rode a wave of support Saturday night delivering his histori...

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23

Edwards, Matheu returned to office

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 04:05
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards pulled in more than 80 percent of the vote in Saturday's primary election to win re-election in his...

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23

Ard wins Livingston Parish Sheriff; Grimmer, Ricks face run-off for Parish President

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 03:46
LIVINGSTON---Livingston Parish voters have elected their first sheriff in almost 50 years who does not carry the last name Graves, although he did car...

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23

BESE, State Rep., Senate winners announced; run-offs set for Nov. 19

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 03:11
BATON ROUGE---Florida Parishes voters will return to the polls to select two BESE members and two more House members after the Oct. primary ...

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23

St. Helena voters return Williams, Blades; run-off set for Clerk of Court

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 02:53
GREENSBURG---St. Helena voters returned longtime Assessor Wesley Blades and Sheriff Nat Williams to their respective offices for another four-year ter...

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23

Washington Parish elects Crain, Stevenson; sends Seal, Crowe to run-off for Sheriff

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 02:32
FRANKLINTON---Washington Parish voters on Saturday re-elected Johnny Crain for another term as their Clerk of Court and stood behind Jimbo Stevenson, ...

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23

St. Tammany sends Brister to Parish President's office

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 02:10
COVINGTON---St. Tammany Parish voters have selected a new Parish President, opting to send former Parish Councilwoman and U.S. Ambassador Patricia "Pa...

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23

Hammond's Piccadilly location closes suddenly

ActionNews17 posted on October 23, 2011 02:07
Sudden closure? Hammond diners were disappointed to learn Saturday that Piccadilly will close their location in the Albertson's shopping center thi...

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21

Whose jobs? TEDF head says Tangipahoa is not the loser

ActionNews17 posted on October 21, 2011 19:37
Hammond---On the same day that Parish President Candidate Carlos Notariano ran an ad that Hammond was losing a grocery distributor to Jefferson Parish...

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21

BREAKING NEWS: TPSO reportedly closes in on Magee

ActionNews17 posted on October 21, 2011 11:38
EAST FORK ---Tangipahoa Parish law enforcement authorities are reportedly closing in on 36-year-old Kaunda Magee as the manhunt for this suspect ...

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21

BREAKING NEWS: Former St. Helena Parish Sheriff "Gun" Ficklin dies

ActionNews17 posted on October 21, 2011 11:16
Former St. Helena Parish Sheriff Ronald "Gun" Ficklin, who also served as a Mayor of Greensburg, has died after a battle with cancer. Reliable sour...

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20

Natalbany man murdered, BR man arrested

ActionNews17 posted on October 20, 2011 18:09
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the TPSO is investigating a homicide which occurred on Landry Lane and Tin Can Alley in Tic...

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20

Jury convicts Denham Springs man on numerous charges

ActionNews17 posted on October 20, 2011 12:57
 Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on October 13, 2011, a jury of six convicted Logan Michael Craig, 37, of First D...

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20

Holden man gets 40-year sentence

ActionNews17 posted on October 20, 2011 12:49
  Livingston- On October 18, 2011, after pleading guilty to the 2010 manslaughter of Brenda Myers, Joseph Mixon, was sentenced to 40 years with t...

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19

Clerk of Court explains ballot

ActionNews17 posted on October 19, 2011 14:50
Tangipahoa Clerk of Court Julian Dufreche explains Saturday's ballot.
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19

Hammond City Council gets grant for park, airport plan

ActionNews17 posted on October 19, 2011 14:43
Mayor Mayson Foster and City Councilman Jason Hood discuss a $250,000 grant for Zemurray Park, the five-year plan for the Hammond Aiport, and proposed...

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19

Manhunt Update: Authorities say they will not leave until Magee is found

ActionNews17 posted on October 19, 2011 09:54
KENTWOOD---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that Washington Parish fugitive, 36 year old Kahnuda Magee, is still at large, but authori...

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18

Loranger agenda passes unanimously before Tangi School Board

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2011 21:33
AMITE---Loranger schools garnered unanimous support from the Tangipahoa Parish School Board Tuesday night for more than $316K in appropriations, inclu...

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17

$9 million slated for Washington Parish from Bond Commission

ActionNews17 posted on October 17, 2011 23:41
 Senator Ben Nevers said the state prison north of Bogalusa is on the agenda this week at the State Bond Commission for $2.2 million in securit...

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17

Zabbia gets more details from Wal-Mart about Ponchatoula store

ActionNews17 posted on October 17, 2011 23:23
 
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17

Manhunt continues for Franklinton escapee in Kentwood

ActionNews17 posted on October 17, 2011 16:48
Kentwood---The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office  is still looking for wanted suspect 36 year-old  Kahunda Magee, bm, gold teeth, wearing a white shi...

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17

Final early voting report contains surprises for Florida Parishes

ActionNews17 posted on October 17, 2011 16:28
Amite---Registrar of Voters John Russell on Monday completed his analysis of last week's Early Voting numbers:   THIS is the "total" activity rep...

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17

Burgess announces new communications tower

ActionNews17 posted on October 17, 2011 15:57
Burgess said the LWIN 700 mhz repeater system, installed on a new tower off Hwy 1058, was turned on and activated over the weekend, after a long proce...

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16

Final days of campaign for candidates

ActionNews17 posted on October 16, 2011 21:35
Tangipahoa Assessor Jr. Matheu, Senator Ben Nevers, Legislative candidate Joel Morgan and Parish Council candidates Waylon Givens and Danny Long broug...

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16

Local judge retiring after 38 years on the bench

ActionNews17 posted on October 16, 2011 11:29
 
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16

53rd not good enough for school board member

ActionNews17 posted on October 16, 2011 11:22
 
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15

Heavy Early Voting reported in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on October 15, 2011 19:27
Amite---Early voting ended strongly in Tangipahoa, with 856 ballots cast on Saturday, bringing the parish's total to 6121 for the week. Registrar John...

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15

Chris Edwards killed in head-on crash

ActionNews17 posted on October 15, 2011 08:36
Troopers investigate Head-on Fatal Crash in Tangipahoa Tickfaw, LA- Shortly before 6:00 pm this evening, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop...

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14

New figures show steady growth in St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2011 17:32
2ND QUARTER TRENDS REPORT SHOWS STEADY GROWTH IN ST. TAMMANYThe St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation today released its Trends Report showing s...

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14

Hammond man arrested for arson

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2011 14:07
Store Employee Sets Fire to cover up a Theft Hammond, LA- The State Fire Marshal’s Office released information today in reference to the intentionally...

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One Hammond man dead, another arrested

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2011 10:08
A Hammond man has been arrested for the murder of another Hammond man, but police readily admit that it might turn out to be self-defense.Hammond  Pol...

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Independence man sentenced to life

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2011 08:45
Amite- District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux reports that on October 11, 2011, Judge Doug Hughes sentenced Joshua Charrier, 31, to life in prison for ...

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Livingston Parish Multi-purpose facility organizers postpone action on project until after parish elections

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2011 00:21
LIVINGSTON---Organizers helping to develop plans for a multi-purpose event center in Livingston Parish told the Parish Council Thursday night that the...

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Hammond DDD wins $43K grant for Farmer's Market program

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2011 23:39
HAMMOND---The City of Hammond has won more than $43K in an agricultural marketing service grant to help brand, promote, and enhance the Downtown Devel...

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Port eligible for $10-12 million TIGER grant

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2011 22:57
PONCHATOULA---A Recovery Act economic development initiative may mean upwards of $10-12 million in shovel-ready grant funding for the South Tangipahoa...

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Update: Manhunt continues

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2011 20:29
Sheriff  Daniel Edwards of  the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reports that the sheriff's office  is looking for wanted suspect 36 year  Kahunda M...

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Manhunt underway for Washington Parish suspect in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2011 16:47
East Fork---At last report, Tangipahoa deputies were armed and posted at the Tangipahoa River bridge east of Kentwood searching for one of two suspect...

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Independence sales tax up 10%

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2011 16:45
Mayor Michael Ragusa told the Board of Aldermen that sales tax collections for the town last month were up almost 10%, continuing a long-standing tren...

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Tangi early voting reaches 3200+

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2011 21:16
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish voters are still coming out in force, although the parish is no longer leading the state as election officials reached the h...

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Hammond wins grant for Zemurray Park fishing areas

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2011 10:41
BATON ROUGE---The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund is providing funding for the development of outdoor recreation, via the Louisiana Offi...

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Zabbia pleased with Ponchatoula audit

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2011 02:52
By Susie Cambre Ponchatoula ___Mayor Bob Zabbia and city council members were all smiles as they heard the results from the latest audit conducted...

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Tickfaw continues to improve finances

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2011 02:43
By: Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com Tickfaw - The Village of Tickfaw is finally showing extra revenue each month, after what seems to ha...

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Senator Vitter to headline Livingston meeting

ActionNews17 posted on October 11, 2011 01:52
 U.S. Sen. David Vitter headlines the LEDC Quarterly Meeting LIVINGTON — U.S. Sen. David Vitter will be the keynote speaker at the Livingston Eco...

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TPSB's Hammond Delegation eyes $1.5 million in new facilities for Hammond High Magnet

ActionNews17 posted on October 11, 2011 01:21
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Hammond Delegation passed the first hurdle Monday in an effort to construct two new facilities, valued at...

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Ard brings campaign to Albany

ActionNews17 posted on October 11, 2011 00:40
By Susie Cambre--- Albany---In a demanding political whirlwind, an eleven day remaining election countdown, candidates for numerous offices are hitti...

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Tangipahoa voters cast 767 ballots on Columbus Day

ActionNews17 posted on October 10, 2011 20:47
Tangipahoa leads the pace in vote Registrar John Russell reports 767 early votes cast Monday in Tangipahoa. So far, almost 1,600 votes have been cast...

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Parish Council pushes for more rural internet

ActionNews17 posted on October 10, 2011 04:24
Tangipahoa Parish Council Chairman Tom Tolar says they are in the process of hiring an expert communications attorney to provide better internet acces...

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Word expected on Hammond Charter School this week

ActionNews17 posted on October 10, 2011 03:21
 Local educational activist Lisa Rau expects to hear from two key authorities this week on her proposal for a new charter school in Hammond.
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Perrilloux explains endorsement of Notariano

ActionNews17 posted on October 10, 2011 03:10
District Attorney Scott Perrilloux explains his decision to endorse Carlos Notariano for Tangipahoa Parish President.
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Natalbany man arrested for Covington bank robbery

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2011 17:10
Sheriff’s Office Nabs Bank Robber Shortly after Holdup A Hammond area man has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery this afternoon in the Co...

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UPDATE: Duncan responds to deplorable SB test results

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2011 16:27
HAMMOND---After an AN17.com report today on the deplorable test results ranking Tangipahoa as 47th in the state, following 52 of the other 70 school d...

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Drug search warrants at 10 stores in Livingston

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2011 14:57
Synthetic Drug Search Warrants Executed at Ten Stores in Livingston   On the morning of October 7, 2011, Deputies from LPSO, Agents from the Lo...

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Sheriff's Office investigates death of 2-year-old

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2011 14:41
 Sheriff’s Office Investigating Baby’s Death   The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 2 year old Slidell ...

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Tangipahoa schools earn "D" on state report card

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2011 03:02
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish's latest academic report card from state education officials shows a majority of the local public schools performing at a "D...

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St. Tammany West Chamber wants zoning exception

ActionNews17 posted on October 06, 2011 12:25
St. Tammany West Chamber supports zoning exception The St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce, representing 1,100 members and their nearly 30,000 employ...

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06

Denham Springs man dies in fire

ActionNews17 posted on October 06, 2011 11:25
Denham Springs Man Dies in Fire Police Officer Saves AnotherDenham Springs, LA- State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning released information in referen...

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06

Covington teenager killed in crash

ActionNews17 posted on October 06, 2011 11:18
Covington Resident killed in Single Vehicle Crash Covington, LA – Yesterday evening at 10:30 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a single ...

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05

Southeastern Channel airs candidates forums; will post online

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2011 19:05
SOUTHEASTERN CHANNEL TO RE-RUN CANDIDATES FORUMS HAMMOND – The Southeastern Channel, the educational broadcast unit of Southeastern Louisiana Uni...

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05

Arden Wells loses suit; Cannot re-enter sheriff's race

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2011 18:50
Baton Rouge---Perennial candidate Arden Wells has lost his bid in federal court to return to the October 22 ballot as a candidate against Sheriff Dani...

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05

Former "Swamp People" star arrested at his Pearl River home

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2011 10:54
 Pearl River Area Man Arrested After Running from Deputies ( The following news release came from the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office. The susp...

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Hammond couple arrested for multi-state crime spree

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2011 10:23
Attorney General’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit Arrests Pair in Multi-State Crime Spree   Hammond—A tip from Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers has led ...

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05

Amite Council limits big trucks

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2011 08:49
By: Alissa Malnar-Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17 Amite - Stricter ordinances placed on heavy gravel trucks traveling on city streets will be enforced...

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04

Wells files suit to put name back on Oct. ballot for Sheriff

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2011 22:57
BATON ROUGE---Approximately two weeks after he withdrew his candidacy and just four days until early voting begins, perennial candidate Arden Wells ha...

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04

Livingston Chamber holds candidates' forum next Wed.

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2011 13:32
The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidate’s “Meet & Greet” on October 12, 2011.  The event will take place at Suma Hal...

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House District 86 candidates square off in Chamber/SGA forum Monday

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2011 07:41
By: Alissa Malnar-Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com HAMMOND - The Hammond Chamber of Commerce and SELU Student Government Association hosted the “M...

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Roseland residents suffer serious injuries in fire Sunday

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2011 23:31
Four Amite firefighters lucky to be alive after flashover Sunday morning ROSELAND---The cause of a Sunday morning blaze that left two residents injur...

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Independence man convicted of Ponchatoula assault

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2011 13:07
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on September 26, 2011, Jacque Spears, 26, was sentenced to 12 years with the Department of ...

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02

Young Walker man killed in crash

ActionNews17 posted on October 02, 2011 17:49
October 2, 2011 Sunday Mid-Day Crash Claims One Life Livingston Parish- Earlier today, Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a two vehicle fatal...

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02

Juveniles plead guilty in Albany drive by shooting; adults face Oct. 10 court appearance

ActionNews17 posted on October 02, 2011 08:41
ALBANY---Two juveniles accused in a late night drive by shooting in Albany just before school went back in session have reportedly pleaded guilty and ...

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Three firefighters arrested in Livingston arson investigations

ActionNews17 posted on September 30, 2011 13:25
Livingston, LA- Louisiana State Fire Marshal Office along with the Livingston Police Department announced today the arrest of three persons who are be...

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Roseland police chief remains absent; Town relies on deputies

ActionNews17 posted on September 29, 2011 21:56
Roseland Town Meeting By Susie Cambre Roseland ___ Mayor Wanda McCoy called a special town council meeting Wednesday night to discuss the proble...

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29

Prostitution arrest in Natalbany

ActionNews17 posted on September 29, 2011 19:31
NATALBANY - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following early morning arrest of women loitering near the roadway in reported prosti...

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29

Flood control to be discussed in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on September 29, 2011 19:27
District 9 Community MeetingSt. Tammany Parish District 9 Councilman Gene Bellisario has set Tuesday, October 4th for his next District 9 Community Me...

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Deputies search for Kentwood man

ActionNews17 posted on September 29, 2011 19:12
KENTWOOD – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Department is looking for wanted suspect Daniel Fremin, 3...

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28

Greensburg man pleads guilty to federal gun charges

ActionNews17 posted on September 28, 2011 19:10
New Orleans---CLIFTON HOLMES, JR., age 40, a resident of Greensburg, Louisiana, pled guilty today in federal court before U. S. District Judge Stanwoo...

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28

Sheriff's Office to show recovered property

ActionNews17 posted on September 28, 2011 14:30
TPSO News Release For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announces that on October 7...

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28

Stabbing in Springfield

ActionNews17 posted on September 28, 2011 14:13
 Stabbing in Springfield   Approximately 10:30 pm on the evening of September 27, 2011, LPSO Deputies were dispatched to the address of 31...

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Amite man arrested for shooting death of Indy man overnight

ActionNews17 posted on September 28, 2011 11:45
AMITE---A 37-year-old Independence man is dead and a 25-year-old Amite man has been jailed on manslaughter charges after an argument escalated to gunf...

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27

Stabbing incident at Denham Springs nursing home

ActionNews17 posted on September 27, 2011 17:48
 Nursing Home Stabbing IncidentArrest Approximately 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 25, 2011 LPSO, Deputies were dispatched to the report of a stabb...

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MATHEU: Parish continues to show 'steady growth'

ActionNews17 posted on September 27, 2011 06:29
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Assessor Jr. Matheu had more good news for the Parish Council Monday night, announcing another $11.9 million in new taxable ...

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26

Kentwood woman sentenced for vehicular homicide

ActionNews17 posted on September 26, 2011 17:05
Amite- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on September 21, 2011, Kathy Guilliums, 47, was sentenced by Judge Elizabeth Wolfe to serve...

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25

Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center dedicates first home, Joe Monistere build, Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on September 25, 2011 04:13
In Memory of Joe---Volunteers have spent weekends, holidays, and vacation time building the first home dedicated under the newly merged Ginger Ford No...

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Tangipahoa Parish Council meets Monday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on September 24, 2011 21:33
P U B L I C  NOTICE  - Notice Is Hereby Given That The Tangipahoa Parish Council Will Meet In Regular Session on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 ...

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24

Missouri man dies in I-55 crash

ActionNews17 posted on September 24, 2011 17:12
September 24th, 2011 Troopers investigate Single Vehicle Fatal Crash on I-55 Tangipahoa Parish, LA – This morning at 10:25 am, Louisiana State Pol...

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24

Local senator finds private funding for billion-dollar super port

ActionNews17 posted on September 24, 2011 12:05
Senator A.G. Crowe of Slidell says that he has found a private investor who is  willing and able to put up most or all of the $1.1 billion needed...

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24

Livingston parish president prepares to launch mikegrimmer.com

ActionNews17 posted on September 24, 2011 12:01
 
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'Justice' for Paige: Kenner man convicted for killing Hammond Police officer's daughter

ActionNews17 posted on September 24, 2011 09:48
Roger Chairs found guilty in second degree murder of Paige Dejean GRETNA---A Jefferson Parish jury on Friday convicted a Kenner man in the fatal shoo...

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23

Drive-by shooting scandal affects Albany Football team

ActionNews17 posted on September 23, 2011 18:21
By Susie Cambre Albany-Springfield --- Since late August, parents and concerned residents in  the towns of Albany and Springfield have been hear...

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23

57-year-old Lacombe man guilty of sexual battery

ActionNews17 posted on September 23, 2011 17:34
MAN FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL BATTERY            COVINGTON—District Attorney Walter Reed reports tha...

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23

Springfield Council hears from candidates, chamber

ActionNews17 posted on September 23, 2011 13:10
  Springfield Town Council September Meeting                 ...

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23

Denham Springs man convicted of child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on September 23, 2011 12:51
WASHINGTON—Paul W. Miller, of Denham Springs, La., was convicted late yesterday of two counts of producing and one count of possessing child pornograp...

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22

JURY DEADLOCKS 11-1: Varnado found guilty in triple murder at Hammond FEMA park

ActionNews17 posted on September 22, 2011 18:16
AMITE---Thursday afternoon, a 12-member Tangipahoa Parish jury needed less than two hours to find triple murder suspect Michael Varnado guilty in...

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22

Candidate withdraws after DWI and resisting arrest

ActionNews17 posted on September 22, 2011 15:37
SHAY WITHDRAWS FROM COUNCIL RACE St. Tammany Parish Council District 7 candidate Audra Shay today announced she will withdraw from the race. Sha...

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22

Thieves arrested at Livingston Courthouse

ActionNews17 posted on September 22, 2011 14:05
 Vacuum Cleaner Bandits Caught at Courthouse   On the afternoon of September 21, 2011, LPSO Detectives arrested a pair of vacuum cleaner b...

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SLU RESEARCHER: RFID holds potential in waste management and recycling efforts

ActionNews17 posted on September 21, 2011 16:24
HAMMOND – It may not be too far into the future when your trash cans or recycling bins bear bar codes or some other scannable identification, accordin...

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Defense repeatedly calls for mistrial as Varnado murder trial enters fourth day of testimony

ActionNews17 posted on September 20, 2011 23:23
AMITE---Defense attorneys on Tuesday afternoon called for a mistrial not once, not twice, but three times in less than half an hour on this third day ...

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Board splits 6-3 to cut Perfect Attendance incentive pay for teachers

ActionNews17 posted on September 20, 2011 22:13
By: Cathy Chapman, AN17.com AMITE---“This is just a drop in the bucket compared to the hard decisions we’ll have to make next year,” said Tangipahoa ...

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LSU Health Systems gives away car seats at Robert Head Start Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on September 20, 2011 21:41
ROBERT---The Interim LSU Public Hospital (ILH) in New Orleans has purchased 400 child safety seats.  These have been allocated at no charge thr...

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Hammond man arrested for 7th offense DWI on I-12 Monday afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on September 19, 2011 18:37
ST. TAMMANY PARISH – Following a pursuit along Interstate 12 through Tangipahoa and St. Tammany Parish, troopers arrested Donald Murphy Jr., (W...

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DEQ schedules meeting on Tickfaw water Thurday

ActionNews17 posted on September 19, 2011 17:12
For Immediate Release:                     &#...

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18

9-1-1 tape, photos silence courtroom as first day of Varnado trial concludes in Amite Sunday

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 22:41
AMITE---A 10-minute 9-1-1 recording and a series of post-mortem photos depicting burns sustained by two siblings who died in a FEMA trailer fire ...

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18

Springfield man arrested for doctor shopping

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 21:05
LSP Narcotics Investigators make Arrests across Southeast LouisianaTroopers assigned to the Louisiana State Police Narcotics Unit made several arrests...

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18

Police Chief of Roseland remains absent

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 16:48
Mayor Wanda McCoy, Alderman Sandra Turner, and Sheriff Daniel Edwards discuss the apparent absence of Roseland Police Chief Donnie Hammons.
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18

CN plans mock terrorist attack at Manchac

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 16:44
Amite Police Chief Jerry Trabona, Ponchatoula Fire Chief Leslie Fletcher, Port CEO Pat Dufrene, and wrecker company operator Danny Long discuss the Ca...

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18

Burgess airs first TV commercial

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 14:04
 Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess began airing this commercial last week.
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Varnado triple murder trial began Sunday morning

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 13:32
AMITE---Opening arguments began this morning in the four year old murder trial of Michael Varnado. The defendant is charged with three counts of f...

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18

Crimestoppers looks for stolen farm equipment

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 09:56
TPSO News Release For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards LORANGER – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following in...

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Alert from citizens in Loranger leads to arrests

ActionNews17 posted on September 18, 2011 09:33
TPSO News Release For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards LORANGER – Tangipahoa Paris Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on  9/1...

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Walker man succombs to injuries in Kentwood crash Friday

ActionNews17 posted on September 17, 2011 10:04
Kentwood, LA – Yesterday evening at 8:50 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash involving a pedestrian on Interstate 55 appr...

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Schwartz asks local court to disqualify Wells from Sheriff's campaign

ActionNews17 posted on September 16, 2011 22:51
Suit filed by former ADA cites new state law requiring candidates to certify status of income tax records in trying to disqualify Wells AMITE---...

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Alleged Florida rapist captured in Hammond Friday after multi-state search

ActionNews17 posted on September 16, 2011 22:49
HAMMOND – Through the cooperative effort of several law enforcement agencies, a convicted sex offender and fugitive rapist was taken into custody al...

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Former Mandeville Policeman pleads guilty to perjury

ActionNews17 posted on September 16, 2011 16:47
 Former Mandeville Police Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Perjury Mandeville--Former Mandeville Police Sergeant David Hurstell pleaded guilty today to ...

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33-year-old Angie woman killed in Covington wreck

ActionNews17 posted on September 16, 2011 13:41
Troopers investigate Head-on Crash in Covington Covington, LA – This morning at 6:50 am, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a t...

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SLU reports increse in enrollment

ActionNews17 posted on September 16, 2011 10:22
SOUTHEASTERN SHOWS INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT, ACT SCORES         HAMMOND – Overall enrollment and ACT scores of incoming freshmen increased at Southeaste...

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15

Live televised debate makes history in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on September 15, 2011 23:38
Photo by Susie Cambre   Hammond---Local history was made Thursday night when AN17.com and Channel 17 provided live television coverage of t...

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58-year-old Franklinton woman killed

ActionNews17 posted on September 15, 2011 16:23
 Unrestrained Driver killed in Washington Parish Crash Franklinton, LA – Early this morning at 6:35 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigat...

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Slidell residents found dead in their homes

ActionNews17 posted on September 15, 2011 12:19
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Deaths SLIDELL – The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of two Slidell area residents who ...

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14

Senator brings $791,000 to Independence

ActionNews17 posted on September 14, 2011 08:55
 
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DA discusses Varnado trial,etc.

ActionNews17 posted on September 14, 2011 08:49
 
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Governor endorses Broadwater, Mack in new House Districts

ActionNews17 posted on September 14, 2011 00:15
BATON ROUGE---Governor Bobby Jindal announced his endorsement of candidates, including two newcomers vying for newly created House districts in t...

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Jindal names key leaders to 'Kitchen Cabinet' team

ActionNews17 posted on September 14, 2011 00:02
BATON ROUGE---Governor Bobby Jindal announced the names of 582 Louisiana elected officials who have joined his Kitchen Cabinet Leadership team.&...

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13

Port officials prepare to sign latest tenant

ActionNews17 posted on September 13, 2011 22:04
Midcontinental Chemical eyes blending facility at Port Manchac PONCHATOULA---In a matter of weeks, South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commissioners could b...

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School Board will advertise IHS principal's vacancy Oct. 1

ActionNews17 posted on September 13, 2011 20:50
Tynes retires Sept. 30, creating new administrative vacancy By: Cathy Chapman, AN17.com AMITE---The unexpected retirement of a local high schoo...

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Smith resigns; Council unanimously appoints Mitchell to Tourist Commission

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 21:56
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council on Monday night accepted the resignation of longtime Tourist Commissioner Ann Smith, who asked to be relieved of...

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12

Hammond man gets 20 years for attempted murder

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 16:59
Tangipahoa- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, on September 7, 2011, Kenyatta Fleet, jr., 24, of 203 Kansas St., Hammond, LA, pleaded...

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30-year sentence for Tickfaw man upheld

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 16:55
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the 30 year prison sentence for MATTHEW PIZZOLATO who operated the largest Po...

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12

Mandeville businessman charged with fraud

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 16:52
New Orleans---DAVID MAPP ARTHUR, 63, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count indictment with wire fraud, announced U. S....

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12

Liberty man could get 35 years for St Helena wreck

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 16:10
St. Helena- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, Arthur Temple, 46, of 4580 Busy Corner, Liberty MS, pleaded guilty to Vehicular Homici...

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12

St Tammany deputies look for Mississippi woman

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 14:39
Sheriff’s Office Looking for Impatient Mississippi Woman   COVINGTON - Just before being released from the St. Tammany Parish Jail on bond, a M...

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Two Folsom women arrested for Amite burglary

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 13:15
AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Ed wards reports the arrest of two burglary suspects who confessed to committing the crime.  On Septe...

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Big drug raid at Livingston trailer park

ActionNews17 posted on September 12, 2011 13:10
On September 8, 2011, agents from the Livingston Parish Inter Agency Narcotics Task Force, agents from Probation & Parole, and bilingual agents of the...

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11

Does Central provide the answer for Tangipahoa's school crisis?

ActionNews17 posted on September 11, 2011 18:20
Does Central have the model to solve Tangipahoa's school crisis? Hammond---Representative Bodi White proudly says that he first entered politics ...

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No charges in death of Livingston woman

ActionNews17 posted on September 11, 2011 10:38
  Investigation into Death of Livingston Woman CompletedPrairieville – On Saturday September 3, shortly before 5:30 am, Louisiana State Police Tr...

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31-year-old Denham Springs man charged in fatality wreck

ActionNews17 posted on September 11, 2011 10:29
 **Update:  September 11, 2011**        Following the initial on-scene investigation of the crash, Troopers began looking more closely into the p...

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09

Ponchy, Hammond, Sumner, Loranger, and Albany post wins in Week 2 of high school football

ActionNews17 posted on September 09, 2011 22:33
PONCHATOULA---In what may have been the tightest score of the night, Ponchatoula's Green Wave proved victorious Friday against the mighty Warriors of ...

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09

Roseland Council discusses absentee police chief

ActionNews17 posted on September 09, 2011 15:17
By Reporter Susie Cambry Roseland---Residents are frustrated and tired of complaining about the increase in crime in their town. Alderman Jerrol...

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Veteran Reporter Alissa Villardo provides more on school lockdown

ActionNews17 posted on September 09, 2011 14:35
Story by: Alissa VilardoAlissa@ActionNews17.com Midway Elementary School near Natalbany on Highway 51 was placed on immediate lockdown just befor...

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Two local schools placed on 'lockdown' in less than 24 hours

ActionNews17 posted on September 09, 2011 09:04
LOCKDOWN---Louisiana State Police and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies were forced onto the Midway Elementary campus Friday as they chased a suspe...

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08

Washington Parish gets 3 for assessor, 3 for clerk, and 4 for sheriff

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 17:46
This is the ballot for washington parish on October 22: Governor 1 to be Elected Name/Address/Phone    Filed Date   ...

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St. Helena: 3 for assessor, 3 for sheriff, and 3 for clerk

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 17:39
This is the St. Helena ballot for October 22: Governor 1 to be Elected Name/Address/Phone    Filed Date    Party/Race...

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08

St Tammany free-for-all: 6 candidates for assessor, 5 for president

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 17:31
This is the st. tammany ballot for October 22: Governor 1 to be Elected Name/Address/Phone    Filed Date    Party/R...

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08

Livingston Parish surprise: Two challenge Assessor Jeff Taylor

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 17:26
The following is a list of all candidates who will appear on the October 22 ballot in Livingston parish: Governor 1 to be Elected Name/Address/Ph...

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UPDATE: Surprise last-minute candidates in Tangipahoa!

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 17:20
The following is a final list of the candidates who will be on the ballot in Tangipahoa on October 22: Governor 1 to be Elected Name/Address/Phone&...

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08

Construction of Parking Garage at Courthouse

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 16:52
Construction to Begin on Justice Center Parking Garage Koop Drive---Construction on the St. Tammany Justice Center parking garage in Covington is sch...

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08

SB Finance Committee recommends discontinuing 'perfect attendance' incentives for employees

ActionNews17 posted on September 08, 2011 07:31
By: Cathy Chapman, AN17.com AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School System continues to struggle with cost-cutting measures, looking for ways to balance...

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07

St Tammany flood damage released

ActionNews17 posted on September 07, 2011 15:12
 Official Damage Report, TS LeeThe St. Tammany Parish Department of Permits and Regulatory has completed its inspection of damaged homes from Tro...

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07

Another 675 acres added to Maurepas preserve

ActionNews17 posted on September 07, 2011 11:32
CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP MAKES STRIDES TOWARD PERMANENT PROTECTION OF IMPORTANT BIRD AREA IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (Sept. 7, ...

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07

Livingston man gets 30 years for meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on September 07, 2011 11:16
Livingston- According to District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux, Jerry R. Howze, 40, of Livingston, LA, was sentenced to a total of 30 years with the D...

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06

Council approves updated sidewalk ordinance in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on September 06, 2011 22:08
By: Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com AMITE - Without opposition on Tuesday, Amite council unanimously passed an amended ordinance that will ...

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06

SLU works on Amite foundry expansion

ActionNews17 posted on September 06, 2011 19:13
SOUTHEASTERN COMPUTER SCIENTIST WORKS WITH BRADKEN TO FACILITATE EXPANSION Aron Culotta, left, assistant professor of computer science at Southeast...

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06

63-year-old Kentwood man arrested for murder

ActionNews17 posted on September 06, 2011 19:04
Shooting   KENTWOOD - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Unit investigated a shooting which occu...

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06

Flood warning continues for Tangipahoa River at Robert

ActionNews17 posted on September 06, 2011 11:11
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT AFFECTING TANGIPAHOA PARISH ..FLOOD WA...

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06

Council considers selling acreage near Hammond Airport

ActionNews17 posted on September 06, 2011 08:32
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA September 6, 2011 5:30pm &...

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05

Bogue Chitto cresting

ActionNews17 posted on September 05, 2011 13:27
The current River forecast calls for the Bogue Chitto at Franklinton to crest at 13 foot, one foot above flood stage and the Pearl River at Bogalusa t...

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04

Flood warning extended for Tangipahoa River

ActionNews17 posted on September 04, 2011 13:24
Event: Flood Warning Alert: ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT AFFECTING TANGIPA...

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04

Shelters open in St Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on September 04, 2011 13:08
Tropical Storm Lee Shelter OpeningBecause of Tropical Storm Lee conditions and the rising water of Lake Pontchartrain in low lying areas, St. Tammany ...

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04

Updated Livingston road closures

ActionNews17 posted on September 04, 2011 11:07
 8319 Olivia off Hwy 16 Anderson @ Cockerham Den Spgs Avants by Savannah Barnett Ln off Hwy 190 Black Mud Rd. Walker - South Satsuma Brian Park F...

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04

Lake Pontchatrain rising another foot

ActionNews17 posted on September 04, 2011 09:50
Lake Pontchartrain Continues to RiseFrom St Tammany Parish President Kevin DavisLast night I referred to TS Lee as capricious.  That may have been an ...

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04

Duncan says Tangipahoa School board problems are self-inflicted

ActionNews17 posted on September 04, 2011 00:09
 
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03

Livingston Parish President vows appeal afterl judge orders him to pay his opponent's engineering firm

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 20:37
LIVINGSTON---Livingston Parish President Mike Grimmer says he will appeal a local judge's order requiring him to pay a $453,000 engineering bill to hi...

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03

St Tammany expects more of the same from Lee

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 18:01
Update from Emergency Ops Center 6PM Saturday St. Tammany Parish Emergency Operations Center Statement by Parish President Kevin Davis Saturday, Se...

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03

Southeastern falls to Tulane in season opener

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 16:32
NEW ORLEANS – In a game that saw the two teams combined for 812 yards and 44 first downs, Tulane was too much for Southeastern Louisiana, handing the ...

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03

Livingston sandbag locations

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 16:02
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Detailed report of Livingston road closures

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 15:07
For detailed listing of all Livingston Parish Road closures as of 2:30 p.m. Saturday, click here. Percy Young Road  Photo from Livingston Pa...

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03

High water closes Bayou liberty Road

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 15:03
2:45 Update LA 433/Bayou Liberty Road from Bayou Liberty Bridge to the junction with US 11 is closed due to high water. Residents across the paris...

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03

Message from Washington Parish President Ned Thomas

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 13:27
Parish President Richard Thomas would like to remind residents that the forecast for Washington Parish is sustained winds of approximately 35mph with ...

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03

St. Tammany officials issue midday report on Tropical Storm Lee

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 12:22
Midday Update – Tropical Storm Lee   As Tropical Storm Lee has continued to move slightly more quickly this morning, several new developments h...

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03

Tickfaw River WARNING

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 11:46
FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA1012 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE H...

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03

Flash Flood WARNING

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 11:41
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFLASH FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA803 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ...

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03

TORNADO WARNING!

ActionNews17 posted on September 03, 2011 09:13
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON...EAST BATON ROUGE...SOUTHERN EAST FELICIANA AND SOUTHE...

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St Tammany storm report, UPDATED

ActionNews17 posted on September 02, 2011 17:48
Road and Power Update – Tropical Storm Lee   As of 9:30, the latest road closures are as follows:   In the Mandeville area, Lakeshore Dr...

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02

Roads flooded in Lacombe

ActionNews17 posted on September 02, 2011 16:35
 Friday, 4:00PMTwo new roads in the Lacombe area are experiencing high water:Jeron DriveGrand AvenueThey are added to the following list:Lake Roa...

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02

Indecent behavior case in Tangipahoa and St Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on September 02, 2011 16:08
Covington Man Arrested for indecent behavior with juvenile COVINGTON - The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 19 year old Covington a...

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02

St Tammany storm Preparations continue

ActionNews17 posted on September 02, 2011 12:21
Weather Preparations Continue Preparations for the heavy rains expected over the weekend in St. Tammany continuing today. At this time, the parish is ...

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02

Flood Warning for Robert

ActionNews17 posted on September 02, 2011 12:15
* Flood Warning ForThe Tangipahoa River near Robert.* from Late Monday Night Until Further Notice.* At 10:30am Friday the Stage was 5.8 Feet.* Minor F...

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02

Burgess declares emergency, sandbags available

ActionNews17 posted on September 02, 2011 09:21
Parish President Gordon A. Burgess has issued a Declaration of Emergency for Tangipahoa Parish as of 0815 this morning in preparation for effects of T...

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01

Charrier found guilty of second degree murder

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 22:36
Sentencing set for Sept. 14 in Amite AMITE---A 31-year-old Independence man was convicted late Thursday in the 2010 shooting death of a female neighb...

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St. Tammany Parish issues statement on weather

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 18:16
  Preparation for Possible Severe Weather   St. Tammany Parish Emergency Operations is making preparations for a possible storm event in ...

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Flash Flood Watch for whole region

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 18:02
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 310 PM CDT THU SEP 1 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .AN U...

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34-year-old Hammond man convicted on federal drug charges

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 17:49
KENYATTE D. PEA , age 34, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, pled guilty today before U. S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle for violations of the Federal C...

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Slidell man sentencd in federal drug conspiracy

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 17:32
WILLIE MELVIN JONES, age 51, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to 60 months of inca...

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Tangipahoa ready for tropical weather

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 16:14
AMITE---While models show a tropical system producing a "rain event" for theLabor Day weekend across south Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish officials areu...

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Tangipahoa prepares for tropical weather

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 14:45
AMITE---While models show a tropical system producing a "rain event" for theLabor Day weekend across south Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish officials areu...

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Burgess urges caution as air quality levels remain unhealthy, affecting sensitive groups

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 09:36
PONCHATOULA---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess is urging caution as state officials continue to issue warnings about unhealthy air quality i...

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01

68-year-old Denham Springs woman killed in crash

ActionNews17 posted on September 01, 2011 07:13
Denham Springs Woman Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash Baton Rouge – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a fatal crash on LA Highway 1019 east ...

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DEQ warns Tangipahoa and St. Tammany about smoke

ActionNews17 posted on August 31, 2011 11:58
Particulate matter levels unhealthy for sensitive people in St.Tammany, Tangipahoa parishes BATON ROUGE – This morning, on Aug. 31, DEQ air quality mo...

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30

Elections off in 3 parishes; Fax snafu blamed for Livingston fiasco

ActionNews17 posted on August 30, 2011 12:27
Baton Rouge---Secretary of State Tom Shedler said Tuesday that 3 parishes did not receive US Justice Department approval in time for the October 22 ba...

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29

REVERSAL: Council elections back on in Livingston

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 22:41
'Blank fax' received after hours came from Justice Department, paving way for October Council races in Livingston afterall LIVINGSTON---Livingston ...

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Jury selection begins Tuesday in Charrier murder trial in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 22:29
AMITE---Jury selection begins Tuesday in the case of an Independence man accused of killing a 41-year-old neighbor on S. Cason Road last year. Offici...

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29

TPSO reports major burglary arrests

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 17:49
BEDICO – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the arrest of two notorious burglary suspects.   On August 27, 2011 at approxim...

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29

Bogalusa mill restarting operations

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 13:47
Temple-Inland requests to restart, should begin on Monday BATON ROUGE –The Department of Environmental Quality approved Temple-Inland’s request for au...

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Board approves compromise document; Duncan calls Board for blaming Judge for 'their' drafted order

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 13:21
Patin argues deviation from Court-proposed language could result in judicially-imposed tax against the will of Tangipahoa voters AMITE---In a two-hou...

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Personnel Committee finalizes new PJHS Assistant Principal, discusses staffing

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 11:17
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Personnel Committee on Monday took steps leading to the final approval of naming their new Assistant Prin...

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Brister takes lessons from Katrina

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 09:21
BRISTER: 'WE DIDN'T WAIT'   When Hurricane Katrina struck southeastern Louisiana six years ago, St. Tammany's citizens rose up and took matters...

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Lawmakers remember Katrina

ActionNews17 posted on August 29, 2011 09:17
STATEMENT FROM REP. GREG CROMER ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA On the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's impact, state Rep. Greg ...

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Entergy repairs transformer at Amite substation

ActionNews17 posted on August 26, 2011 15:40
AMITE---Entergy is still experiencing sporatic power failures after a master breaker malfunction caused a transformer to blow in the power company's A...

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More from DEQ on Temple / Inland

ActionNews17 posted on August 25, 2011 19:32
Temple-Inland to commence limited discharge tomorrow; DEQ to conduct dye tests in Pearl RiverDHH tests show that tested private domestic water wells m...

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DEQ sets hearing on Temple / Inland

ActionNews17 posted on August 25, 2011 16:22
Environmental Quality Hearing - Rescheduled The Senate Committee on Environmental Quality will hold a hearing on Wednesday, September 7th at 6:30PM...

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Zabbia: Ponchatoula officials 'thrilled' by Wal-Mart prospect

ActionNews17 posted on August 25, 2011 14:06
PONCHATOULA---Mayor Bob Zabbia was all smiles Thursday as he told and retold the story of how Ponchatoula has finally landed their very own Wal-Mart s...

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$2 million approved for Franklinton streets

ActionNews17 posted on August 25, 2011 12:06
    Louisiana State Bond Commission Approves  Over $550 Million for Projects Statewide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2011...

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UPDATE: Ponchatoula scores Wal-Mart; new owners at Rockefeller's

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 20:51
Zabbia expected to make announcement soon on 20-year hunt for retail giant in Strawberry Capitol of World PONCHATOULA---Sometimes great things happen...

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Bennett gives sobering testimony on drug problem as Brown Bag Lunch series draws to close in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 20:48
Judge Bruce C. Bennett of the 21st District Judicial Adult Judge Court shares sobering remarks and promising statistics with the Ponchatoula Chamber t...

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$50 million in construction going on NOW at SLU

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 18:45
 $50 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AT SOUTHEASTERN          HAMMOND As students begi...

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Ponchatoula Chamber hears about port, tourism

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 18:41
By: Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com PONCHATOULA---The Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce welcomed more keynote speakers on Tuesday at the Rota...

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Three caught stealing scrap in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 18:35
INDEPENDECE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of three burglary suspects caught in the act of stealing of scrap metal from...

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Amite man wanted for aggravated rape

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 18:16
Crime Stoppers HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Unit of the sheriff’s office is looking for...

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St. Tammany cracking down on political signs

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 18:12
Political Signs Rules Must Be Followed Koop Drive---St. Tammany Parish government has received some complaints regarding political signs being di...

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Slidell police seek help with armed robbery

ActionNews17 posted on August 24, 2011 17:59
Slidell Police asking for help solving an Armed Robbery On Friday, August 19, 2011, at approximately 10:45pm, the Slidell Police Department respon...

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Board moves Hamilton to Chief Deseg Implementation Officer post

ActionNews17 posted on August 17, 2011 00:58
By: Cathy Chapman, AN17.com AMITE---Theresa Hamilton was appointed as the new Chief Desegregation Implementation Officer at Tuesday night’s meet...

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School Board Finance Committee nominates new audit committee members

ActionNews17 posted on August 17, 2011 00:53
Nominees advance to Sept. 6 full board meeting By: Cathy Chapman, AN17.com AMITE---The Finance Committee of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board met T...

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School Board adopts new progression, retention requirements for students

ActionNews17 posted on August 17, 2011 00:49
Board approves Pupil Progression Plan for 2011-12 By: Cathy Chapman, AN17.com AMITE---Changes made to the Pupil Progression Plan by the Curriculum...

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State of Emergency declared for fish kill

ActionNews17 posted on August 16, 2011 19:29
St. Tammany Parish GovernmentEmergency Press ReleaseFor further information, call Suzanne Parsons Stymiest @ 985-898-5243  STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED...

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St Tammany boil order lifted

ActionNews17 posted on August 16, 2011 17:00
Alton Boil Advisory EndedCross Gates Utilities has rescinded the Boil Advisory issued yesterday for citizens living in the Alton area of St. Tammany P...

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Denham Springs man accused of attempted murder of deputy

ActionNews17 posted on August 16, 2011 16:45
Burglary Suspects Try to Run Over Deputy  Just after noon on August 9, 2011, two LPSO Detectives were driving down Andrews Road when they noticed what...

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Northshore vo-tech schools become technical community colleges

ActionNews17 posted on August 16, 2011 16:36
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 16, 2011Contact: Kizzy Payton(225) 922-2391; kpayton@lctcseduNorthshore Technical Community College Leadership Presents Vi...

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Hammond shooting suspect surrenders to Amite Police Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on August 16, 2011 10:09
HAMMOND---A man wanted for allegedly shooting his girlfriend after they had a domestic dispute turned himself in at the Amite Police station Tu...

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St. Tammany Parish issues statement on fish kill

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 18:17
Monday, August 15, 2011 11:00AM Koop Drive---As you may have heard, there was a large fish kill in the Pearl River in Washington Parish and the ki...

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Livingston breaks record with Assess the Need

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 17:51
ASSESS the NEED Collects Nearly $40,000 to Buy School Supplies for Livingston Parish Children Program Completes 11th Successful Year LIVINGSTON...

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Walker one step closer to becoming city

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 17:25
Walker---Mayor Bobby Font says,"Walker is now one step closer to truly becoming a city. We've received an official proclamation from Gov. Bobby Jindal...

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Two young men arrested for Amite beating

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 17:10
AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on August 14, 2011, Deputies Sean Scott and Bobby Guy arrested two males responsible for...

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15

St. Tammany taxpayers invited to view tax rolls

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 16:52
PROPERTY TAX ROLLS NOW OPEN   Covington---St Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schwarz Core reminds citizens that the 2011 property tax roll ope...

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15

Slidell man assaults mailman

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 16:46
SLIDELL MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULTING A POSTAL LETTER CARRIER New Orleans---TRACY TARDIFF, age 28, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty ...

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DEQ joins ranks investigating Pearl River fish kill

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 09:57
BATON ROUGE – Fisheries biologists with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries received a report of a large fish kill in the Pearl River n...

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BREAKING NEWS: Alton, parts of Pearl River, Slidell subject to Boil Order Monday

ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2011 09:28
BREAKING NEWS: The Alton water system experienced a power outage on August 14, 2011, which resulted in a pressure loss to the system.  ...

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Murder in Mandeville Sunday

ActionNews17 posted on August 14, 2011 23:06
Mandeville Police Department is investigating a Homicide The Mandeville Police Department is currently investigating a Homicide that occurred inside...

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13

Ponchatoula honors team

ActionNews17 posted on August 13, 2011 01:46
By: Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com “I can’t think of a better way to contribute to our community than our youth.”  -Dr. William “...

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St.Tammany assessor adjusts rolls

ActionNews17 posted on August 12, 2011 15:18
'USE VALUE' ADJUSTMENTS ONGOING   St. Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schwarz Core is continuing to adjust the tax roll of properties with 'us...

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12

Bogalusa Medical gets big grant

ActionNews17 posted on August 12, 2011 13:13
LSU Bogalusa Medical Center Receives $181,000 Grant for Healthcare Efforts at Bogalusa Middle and High SchoolsFor Immediate ReleaseAugust 12, 2011 Con...

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12

Crain addresses the state of Southeastern

ActionNews17 posted on August 12, 2011 12:49
CRAIN ADDRESSES ‘STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY’ AT SOUTHEASTERN’S FALL CONVOCATION          HAMMOND – Calling to ...

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UPDATE: Hamilton named Interim Chief Desegregation Implementation Officer

ActionNews17 posted on August 11, 2011 23:00
Kolwe expected to ask Board to ratify choice of Hamilton as Higgenbotham's replacement during Tuesday's TPSB meeting AMITE---As the new school y...

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Slidell Police foil murder plot

ActionNews17 posted on August 11, 2011 19:56
Murder Plot Foiled The Slidell Police Department arrested 48 year-old Terry Hoyt of New Orleans for attempting to kill a man with whom his wife had en...

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Loranger woman dies in house fire

ActionNews17 posted on August 11, 2011 19:52
Woman Dies in Loranger Fire Loranger LA- State Fire Marshal H “Butch” Browning announced information today in reference to a fatal fire that has claim...

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Hammond woman admits to defrauding Red Cross

ActionNews17 posted on August 11, 2011 14:32
NEW ORLEANS, LA—TAMARA MORRIS, age 30, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. to an ind...

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Lesson for Amite? Two strikes and you're OUT in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on August 11, 2011 13:50
SMH moving forward after Hawley firing  By KEVIN CHIRISlidell news bureau SLIDELL — The new chief executive officer at Slidell Memorial is assuring it...

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Preliminary exam set for Sept. 6 in child's second degree murder case

ActionNews17 posted on August 10, 2011 22:03
AMITE---The 21st Judicial District Court has set a Sept. 6 preliminary examination hearing in the case of a foster father arrested last spring for the...

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DPS officer dies in I-12 collision Tuesday evening near Albany (Updated)

ActionNews17 posted on August 10, 2011 01:09
DPS Officer Killed in I-12 Crash Albany – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a three-vehicle crash yesterday that claimed the life of a De...

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Edwards talks grants, redistricting at Greensburg Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on August 09, 2011 23:52
GREENSBURG---State Rep. John Bel Edwards returned to Greensburg Tuesday night to talk state grants and redistricting at the Board of Aldermen meeting....

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Bellavia: Schools are nearly 100 percent staffed for opening day Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on August 09, 2011 23:32
Officials say all displaced teachers have been given positions AMITE---With the clock ticking down to the opening bell of the first day of the 2011-1...

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School Board asks for continuance after Taylor allegedly fails to draft compromise by Monday night deadline

ActionNews17 posted on August 09, 2011 00:24
AMITE---School system officials remain optimistic despite having to file for a continuance Monday after opposing counsel allegedly failed to present t...

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School Desegregation Officer resigns unexpectedly amidst speculation

ActionNews17 posted on August 08, 2011 18:03
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Personnel Committee on Monday accepted the abrupt retirement of their Chief Desegregation Officer Dr. Lyn...

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Body of 16-year-old found in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on August 08, 2011 15:48
PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a 16 year old male ...

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Parish Council sets precincts for fall election

ActionNews17 posted on August 07, 2011 22:39
P U B L I C  NOTICE  - Notice Is Hereby Given That The Tangipahoa Parish Council Will Meet In Regular Session on MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011 Imme...

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School Board CANCELLED emergency meeting to discuss deseg settlement

ActionNews17 posted on August 07, 2011 21:42
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board abruptly cancelled a special session Monday morning to try to finalize their compromise agreement with plai...

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BREAKING NEWS: Hammond woman dies in Springfield crash Sunday night

ActionNews17 posted on August 07, 2011 21:31
SPRINGFIELD – Louisiana State Police Troop A is currently investigating a fatal crash on LA 43 north of Springfield in Livingston Parish.  This i...

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Ponchatoula Police wins $70K overtime grant

ActionNews17 posted on August 07, 2011 20:31
PONCHATOULA-Chief of Police Bry Layrisson announced that the police department was recently awarded an overtime grant through the Louisiana Highway Sa...

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36-year-old Walker man killed in crash

ActionNews17 posted on August 07, 2011 12:38
Unrestrained Driver Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash, Impairment SuspectedBaton Rouge – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a single-vehicle fat...

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Shopping survey, Wells dominate Ponchatoula Council Monday

ActionNews17 posted on August 06, 2011 14:17
PONCHATOULA---A report on the recent Chamber/SLU survey on shopping in Ponchatoula and an appearance by perennial candidate Arden Wells highlight...

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05

Folsom and Madisonville women killed in separate crashes

ActionNews17 posted on August 05, 2011 16:37
Overnight Crashes take Two Lives in St. Tammany Parish ST. TAMMANY - Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated two separate fatal cra...

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3 high students arrested for terrorism plot

ActionNews17 posted on August 05, 2011 11:03
Three Lakeshore High Students Arrested   COVINGTON – Three Lakeshore High School teenagers are under arrest for planning a school shooting, whi...

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Officials urge safety as classes resume Friday in Livingston

ActionNews17 posted on August 04, 2011 18:59
LIVINGSTON---The 2011-2012 school year will begin Friday, August 5, 2011, and the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office would like to encourage all motor...

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Sheriff's Office participates in on-site assessment Friday

ActionNews17 posted on August 04, 2011 00:00
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office participating in an On-site Assessment as part of a voluntary program to achieve Recognition Status w...

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State sales tax holiday set for Friday, Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on August 03, 2011 23:51
BATON ROUGE – The majority of consumer purchases are exempt from state sales taxes during the 2011 Louisiana Annual Sales Tax Holiday on Friday, Augus...

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02

Foster: Airport tower project progressing

ActionNews17 posted on August 02, 2011 22:24
HAMMOND---Plans appear to be moving forward for Hammond Northshore Regional Airport to become one of a selective group of smaller airfields boasting a...

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School Board approves fines for repeated cell phone violations at schools

ActionNews17 posted on August 02, 2011 21:41
Assistant Superintendent Lionel Jackson, shown in this file photo, explains to Tangipahoa Parish School Board members the number of discipline referal...

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02

Local lawmaker says economy improving

ActionNews17 posted on August 02, 2011 20:44
IMPROVED BUSINESS CLIMATE RANKINGS TELL A NEW STORY   Slidell---Louisiana ranks second in the nation for Economic Growth Potential, according ...

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Mandeville man dies in early morning crash Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on August 02, 2011 14:15
MANDEVILLE – Tuesday morning at 02:35 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one vehicle fatality crash on LA 59 at the intersection of LA ...

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Second DWI arrest costs Slidell CEO his job immediately

ActionNews17 posted on August 01, 2011 22:35
Board fired Hawley even though he was doing a great job, and the DWI was unrelated to hospital business    Slidell---Bill Davis, who has ...

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Hammond man wanted for attempted murder

ActionNews17 posted on August 01, 2011 18:35
Hammond Police Department News Release Date: 08/01/11 Reference: Attempted Murder The Hammond Police is investigating an attempted murder of a sho...

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Escapee Sedrick Smith turns himself in

ActionNews17 posted on July 31, 2011 20:22
SMITH in Custody   HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that wanted suspect Sedrick Smith (DOB- 8.12.77) of Greensburg, ...

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31

Severe thunderstorm warning

ActionNews17 posted on July 31, 2011 16:49
 Event:    Special Weather StatementAlert:    ..CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWEST AFFECTING LIVINGSTON PARISH...TANGIPAHOA PARISH....

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31

9/11 history comes through I-12 corridor

ActionNews17 posted on July 31, 2011 10:45
13-year old Wesley kirsch shares a flyer with Patriot Guard rider, USAF (Ret) and “Defender of Freedom” Harry DeLaune on Friday. Story and Photos By:...

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Man arrested for letting 8-year-old drive on I-12

ActionNews17 posted on July 30, 2011 14:46
Father Arrested after Troopers Catch 8 Year-Old Driving on InterstateLivingston Parish- This morning, shortly after 6:30 AM, Louisiana State Police Tr...

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29

Third company wants Lacombe Heart Hospital

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 16:42
Third company has interest in hospital sale   By KEVIN CHIRI
 Slidell news bureau LACOMBE — A third health care company has confirmed their ...

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14 arrested by deputies for Tangipahoa burglaries

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 15:24
 TPSO News ReleaseFor Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards Arrest Round-UP HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports th...

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29

Land Trust opens Hammond office

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 14:56
  A NEW OFFICE ESTABLISHED IN HAMMONDThe Land Trust for Southeast Louisiana is officially announcing the establishment of its administrative offi...

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Livingston man arrested with 50,000 of dope

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 14:46
  Synthetic and Natural Marijuana Found In Troy Ouber’s Home   On the evening of July 27, 2011, LPSO Narcotics Detectives discovered sy...

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Brothers arrested for Springfield burglaries

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 14:35
  Brothers Using Boat Booked For Burglary On July 27, 2011 LPSO Detectives arrested two men in connection with a series of burglaries committed i...

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Local group sponsors recall petition against School Board President Rose Q. Dominguez

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 01:08
PONCHATOULA ---  A petition to recall Rose Quave Dominguez was filed with the Secretary of State’s Office  on Wednesday July 27, according t...

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Despite Gains in Student Achievement, Bump in Minimum Standard Results in More Schools Earning Academically Unacceptable Designation

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 00:58
BATON ROUGE - Results of spring testing released by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) in May revealed more Louisiana students than ever are...

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Holtgren honored as Hammond's outstanding city employee of year

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 00:57
HAMMOND---At its noon meeting on Wednesday, the Hammond Rotary Club recognized Don Holtgren, City Administrator, as the 2010 Outstanding Employee for ...

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Lentz appointed Chief Deputy after retirement of Dep. Donald Sharp

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 00:54
COVINGTON – After a distinguished 34 year career in law enforcement, Chief Deputy Donald Sharp has retired from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Offic...

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Hammond invites public to participate in Ready City survey

ActionNews17 posted on July 29, 2011 00:50
HAMMOND---As you may have heard, the City of Hammond is preparing for a designation of "Ready City".  In short, this designation will classify th...

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Ponchatoula mayor delivers state of the city address

ActionNews17 posted on July 27, 2011 23:47
By: Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com Ponchatoula---“The city is well postured for the challenges ahead,” said Ponchatoula Mayor Bob Zabb...

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Lawmaker predicts oil and gas boom in northern Florida Parishes

ActionNews17 posted on July 26, 2011 18:26
Representative Bodie White of Central, near Amite for the reopening of Natalbany Creek Campground on Tuesday, said he is certain that oil and gas dril...

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Livingston School Board announces $10 million in cuts

ActionNews17 posted on July 26, 2011 17:29
The Livingston Parish School Board cut nearly $10 million from the new budget to account for a reduction of state and federal funding to the system. A...

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Three killed, including two children, in Hammond wreck

ActionNews17 posted on July 26, 2011 17:09
Troopers investigate Fatal Crash in Hammond Hammond, LA – Today at 10:25 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle triple fat...

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Core will not raise Assessor's tax

ActionNews17 posted on July 26, 2011 09:16
St. Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schwarz Core will save taxpayers approximately $750,000 this year by holding the millage for her office at its cu...

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'MIRACLE'--Thousands gather to pray for Tripp

ActionNews17 posted on July 26, 2011 00:15
PONCHATOULA---More than 1,000 people gathered in Memorial Park Monday evening to pray for a toddler who is struggling with a debilitating and rare gen...

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Flood advisory issued for Tangipahoa Parish until 5:30 p.m. Monday

ActionNews17 posted on July 25, 2011 16:06
FLOOD ADVISORY Description    The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued An * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for: ...

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New Hammond Westside Montessori prepares for open house, ribbon cutting, first day of school

ActionNews17 posted on July 24, 2011 23:34
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53-year-old Hammond woman killed in wreck

ActionNews17 posted on July 24, 2011 17:36
Hammond---Police have released the name of a 53-year-old Hammond woman killed in a two-car crash Saturday afternoon on Highway 190 at Airport Road.Acc...

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St. Tammany Principals recognized as Louisiana's best for 2012

ActionNews17 posted on July 24, 2011 12:09
COVINGTON---The Louisiana State Department of Education has named Anna Bowie of Lee Road Junior High School and William Percy of Slidell High School...

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Community prays for Tripp Roth

ActionNews17 posted on July 24, 2011 00:05
Friends and family of Tripp Roth and his parents, Randy and Courtney, are gathering tonight for a prayer vigil for the young child, who suffers from a...

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UDPATE: Escapee remains at large

ActionNews17 posted on July 23, 2011 22:37
HAMMOND---A 33-year-old Department of Corrections inmate who escaped from a transport vehicle on I-55 near Hammond Friday afternoon remains at large a...

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Big project coming to Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on July 23, 2011 12:14
Mayor gets Summit backing By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Slidell Mayor Freddy Drennan continues to call the opening of The Summi...

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Bradken's corporate officers from Australia visit with Burgess in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on July 23, 2011 05:46
CONTINUED PROGRESS: Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess meets with the Board of Directors of Bradken, an Australian-based firm which owns ...

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Competition continues for ownership of Heart Hospital

ActionNews17 posted on July 22, 2011 21:10
Lacombe hospital still has pair of possible buyers By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau LACOMBE — Two young health care companies continue to pres...

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Local Senator Jack Donahue challenges another local lawmaker, Ben Nevers for Senate Presidency

ActionNews17 posted on July 22, 2011 21:01
 
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Candidate McMorris praises Sheriff Willie Graves' call

ActionNews17 posted on July 22, 2011 20:32
McMorris Praises Sheriff’s Decision DENHAM SPRINGS, LA (July 22, 2011) – Mickey Morris, candidate for Livingston Parish Sheriff today said he was ...

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Two arrested for cultivation in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on July 22, 2011 20:25
Hit and Run investigation leads to marijuana cultivation PONCHATOULA--On July 21, 2011, Officers were dispatched to 246 South Park Circle at the ...

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Slidell man arrested for child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on July 22, 2011 18:37
Slidell Man Arrested for Receiving Child Pornography U.S. Attorney’s Office July 21, 2011    Eastern District of Louisiana (504...

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Springfield officials work to maintain normalcy as media, public consider criminal allegations against Mayor, Chief

ActionNews17 posted on July 22, 2011 09:43
By: Susie Cambre, Correspondent SPRINGFIELD---The community remains in shock as two of their most popular, longtime town leaders were arrested t...

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Parish Council considers billboards, Carpenter's Landing

ActionNews17 posted on July 21, 2011 22:35
AMITE---The Parish Council Monday evening is expected to approve a new ordinance restricting the number of new billboards allowed in unincorporated ar...

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Big drug bust in Kentwood

ActionNews17 posted on July 21, 2011 12:23
  TPSO News ReleaseFor Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards KENTWOOD - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on Jul...

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IG lists charges against Martin, Jones in affidavit

ActionNews17 posted on July 20, 2011 23:47
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Friends, colleagues remember late Amite attorney Joe Simpson

ActionNews17 posted on July 20, 2011 01:39
AMITE---One of Amite's most colorful characters, a constant in local politics, and history-maker himself, attorney Joseph H. Simpson died Monday at No...

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Board votes 9-0 to develop plan for Loranger Elementary Kindergarten bathroom

ActionNews17 posted on July 20, 2011 01:01
Simmons says school has needed permanent fix for 15 years; unanimous Board directs architects to present proposal in 30 days AMITE---Score one for Sa...

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School Board suspends sabbatical leaves, step raises

ActionNews17 posted on July 20, 2011 00:26
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board Tuesday night did away with at least two employee perks for the coming school year in an attempt to save co...

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Foster: Flags will fly half-staff in Dangerfield's memory

ActionNews17 posted on July 20, 2011 00:15
Former City Councilman died Monday after massive stroke HAMMOND---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster has ordered flags at all city-owned buildings fly at ha...

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Pugh, son continue to make 'impressive' progress after transplant

ActionNews17 posted on July 18, 2011 23:57
METAIRIE---Rep. Steve Pugh and his son Christopher continue to make "impressive" progress as they recover from transplant surgery less than a week ago...

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School Board talks suspending sabbaticals, step raises at Tuesday meetings

ActionNews17 posted on July 18, 2011 23:37
AMITE---Cost-cutting measures will be the theme of Tuesday night's Tangipahoa Parish School Board meeting where talks will include the possibility of ...

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Perrilloux will be inducted into Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame

ActionNews17 posted on July 18, 2011 22:50
AMITE---The Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation has unanimously selected District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux as an inductee into the 2011...

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Work begins this week on Million Dollar Road

ActionNews17 posted on July 18, 2011 22:21
COVINGTON---Million Dollar Road in Covington will be closed for periods of time beginning Thursday, July 21 until the end of July, as crews will be in...

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State Fire Marshal: Burn ban will be lifted Thursday statewide

ActionNews17 posted on July 17, 2011 20:33
BATON ROUGE --- State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning and Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain will this week rescind the “Cease an...

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Memo sparks furor at Slidell City Council

ActionNews17 posted on July 16, 2011 14:35
City memo raises furor By KEVIN CHIRISlidell news bureau SLIDELL — A recent memo from Slidell Chief Administrative Officer Tim Mathison to City Counci...

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Rumors of layoffs at Slidell Memorial not true

ActionNews17 posted on July 16, 2011 13:48
Slidell Memorial layoff rumor is misinformation By KEVIN CHIRISlidell news bureau SLIDELL — An in-house requirement for continuing education and train...

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Slidell cuts animal shelter

ActionNews17 posted on July 16, 2011 13:44
City budget cuts forcing more euthanasia for animals By KEVIN CHIRISlidell news bureau SLIDELL — A decline in Slidell revenues has forced Mayor Freddy...

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Strike Two: Second Dotey case dismissed against Parish Government

ActionNews17 posted on July 15, 2011 11:58
NEW ORLEANS---A federal court judge has thrown out the case of a formerParish building inspector who claimed he had been denied equalopportunities for...

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Murder / Suicide in Holden

ActionNews17 posted on July 14, 2011 11:44
Murder-Suicide in Livingston Parish  At approximately 9:13 am on July 13, 2011, the Livingston Parish Sheriffs Office responded to a 911 call on Tickf...

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Walker gets clean audit

ActionNews17 posted on July 14, 2011 11:35
  Independent audit: 'No deficiencies'Walker---Mayor Bobby Font reports that an independent audit of the City of Walker's 2010 finances is in. We...

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Burgess opens first of two campaign headquarters Thursday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on July 13, 2011 22:07
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Funeral services set for Fr. Ed Everitt at Holy Ghost Church Friday night, Saturday afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on July 13, 2011 17:24
HAMMOND---Funeral services for the late pastor of Holy Ghost and Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church will be held this weekend in Hammond. Everitt wi...

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School Board Finance Committee considers suspending sabbaticals, step pay increases for 2011-12 school year

ActionNews17 posted on July 12, 2011 23:16
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will hold another marathon session of meetings starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning to discuss the deseg s...

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Transport van sandwiched in three-vehicle wreck Tuesday in Tickfaw

ActionNews17 posted on July 12, 2011 23:13
TICKFAW--Eight people, including four Tangipahoa Parish Jail inmates, were involved in a three-vehicle wreck on Hwy 51 in Tickfaw midday Tuesday. T...

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Diocese issues statement on murder of Father Ed Everitt

ActionNews17 posted on July 12, 2011 12:40
Statement of Bishop Robert Muench on the Tragic Murder of Father Edward Everitt, O.P.                “Weep with those who weep.” (Romans 15:15b)      ...

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Police arrest retreat house maintenance worker in shooting of Fr. Ed

ActionNews17 posted on July 12, 2011 11:21
WAVELAND---Police have arrested a 31-year-old convicted sex offender in the shooting death of a Hammond priest who was vacationing at a beach house ow...

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Hit-and-run victim arrested for alleged purse snatching in residential burglary

ActionNews17 posted on July 12, 2011 10:44
On the evening of July 10, 2011 a woman called LPSO Deputies to her home near Watson to report that a man had come into her home, stolen a purse and f...

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UPDATE: Prayer vigil set for local priest

ActionNews17 posted on July 12, 2011 06:49
Local churchgoers plan prayer vigil Tuesday to remember 'Fr. Ed' HAMMOND---Local Catholics expressed shock and "devastation" overnight as Gulf Coast a...

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Holy Ghost priest found shot to death at beach retreat in Waveland Monday afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 22:45
HAMMOND---Parishioners at Holy Ghost and Our Lady of Pompeii Churches in Tangipahoa Parish were in shock, mourning the death of their pastor, Fr. Ed E...

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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for St. Helena, Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 20:23
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGDescription The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A* severe thunderstorm Warning for:Northeastern St. Hele...

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Hwy 21 slated to close for construction of pedestrian sky bridge at STPH

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 16:44
COMPLETE ROAD CLOSURE FOR INSTALLATION OF PEDESTRIAN SKY BRIDGE LA 21 BETWEEN W. 8TH AVE AND W. 11TH AVE – COVINGTON ST. TAMMANY PARISH The nort...

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Man accused in negligent homicide of Crazy Charlie convicted today

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 16:24
Amite- Monday, July 11, 2011, Terrance Nelson, 26, of 14166 Happywoods drive, Hammond, LA, pleaded guilty as charged to Negligent Homicide. The prosec...

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"Wam-bam, thank you, ma'am!" School Board in big hurry to sign their desegregation plan into law

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 14:58
AMITE---The Tangipahoa School Board has called a special meeting for Wednesday morning with just one item on the agenda: The 46-year-old desgregation ...

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Denham teen pulls gun on undercover officer

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 14:16
Livingston- Nikolas Jones, 18, of Denham Springs, chose the wrong victim when he pulled a gun on an undercover officer in late 2010, said District Att...

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Livingston man gets 20 years for meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on July 11, 2011 13:44
Livingston- Joseph Clyde Blount, 46, was sentenced to a total of twenty (20) years with the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to Creatio...

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UPDATE: MANHUNT: Walker man arrested for rape, other charges after leading agencies on two-parish chase Sunday

ActionNews17 posted on July 10, 2011 19:15
LIVINGSTON---A Walker man has been arrested Sunday afternoon after he led deputies and law enforcement from three other agencies on a two-parish run a...

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Denham man admits he was "texting," arrested for Watson hit-and-run

ActionNews17 posted on July 09, 2011 16:15
Hit and Run Suspect Arrested and Booked on Multiple Charges   Denham Springs – Louisiana State Troopers and Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Deputi...

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I-12 lane closures expected in St. Tammany July 11-15

ActionNews17 posted on July 09, 2011 13:57
St. Tammany Parish received the following information from LaDOTD: I-12 - St. Tammany Parish - Lane Closure The inside (left) lane or the outsid...

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Former director of Louisiana Technical College Hammond campus dies

ActionNews17 posted on July 09, 2011 13:41
HAMMOND---Francis N. Bickham, a former director of the Louisiana Technical College's Hammond campus, died Friday at his home in Hammond. Bickham was ...

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ROAD TO UNITARY STATUS: Court document outlines details of Friday's status conference on Tangi deseg case

ActionNews17 posted on July 09, 2011 13:28
AMITE---Parties in Tangipahoa's desegregation lawsuit have until Aug. 8 to submit documents that a federal court judge has agreed, at least in theory,...

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Parish Council considers sign ordinance

ActionNews17 posted on July 08, 2011 15:37
Amite---Parish Councilman Nicky Muscarello has proposed an ordinance that would restrict the number of billboards in Tangipahoa Parish.Patterned after...

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Hammond gets $740,000 grant

ActionNews17 posted on July 08, 2011 15:30
Hammond---Maror Mayson Foster today announced,"Great News!!!" The City of Hammond has been awarded a $740,000 Louisiana Community Development Block Gr...

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Denham Springs woman admits to murder-for-hire scheme

ActionNews17 posted on July 08, 2011 15:15
U.S. Attorney’s OfficeJuly 08, 2011 Middle District of Louisiana(225) 389-0443BATON ROUGE, LA—United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced...

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Bailey-Simmons laments officials who allow fear to dictate votes, not will of the people

ActionNews17 posted on July 08, 2011 12:26
LORANGER---Tangipahoa Parish School Board member Sandra Bailey-Simmons issued the following written statement to AN17.com Thursday evening, after word...

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GHENT?---46-year-old Joyce Marie Moore desegregation case appears to be resolved

ActionNews17 posted on July 08, 2011 01:21
Not all celebrate, as Loranger, Pumpkin Center, and Champ Cooper prepare for changes with possible unitary settlement AMITE---A tentative treaty of d...

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UPDATE: Tickfaw water customers subject to boil order as officials continue efforts to fix well

ActionNews17 posted on July 07, 2011 12:57
TICKFAW---As of 2 a.m. Friday, officials have completed a "temporary fix" on Tickfaw's water well, but the Village remains on high alert as the water ...

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Arden Wells on the agenda!

ActionNews17 posted on July 07, 2011 12:46
Ponchatoula---Contoversial and flamboyant former attorney Arden Wells is on the agenda for Monday's City Council meeting with what appears to be a lau...

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BURN BAN RELIEF: Town of Independence will collect limbs for residents

ActionNews17 posted on July 06, 2011 19:39
INDEPENDENCE---Residents will have a chance to clear their yards of tree limbs as the Town of Independence will begin collecting the debris next week....

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06

Walker sets meeting on Master Plan

ActionNews17 posted on July 06, 2011 11:50
Community invited to dream Walker’s future WALKER – All residents, businesses, and other stakeholders in Walker are invited to offer ideas and expr...

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Road crew works in N. Tangi

ActionNews17 posted on July 06, 2011 05:16
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish road crew performed the following work on the North end of the parish for the week of June 27-July 1, 2011: Grading: ...

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Hammond Council votes to hire consultant to plan tower at Hammond-Northshore Regional Airport

ActionNews17 posted on July 05, 2011 21:58
HAMMOND---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster successfully pleaded his case before the Hammond City Council Tuesday night, garnering the votes needed to autho...

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FINALLY! Pugh gets money for 1983 flood victims

ActionNews17 posted on July 05, 2011 18:04
Ponchatoula---28 years after the flood of 1983, arguably the worst flood in the history of Tangipahoa Parish, the victims will finally be paid. Repre...

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St. Tammany Parish Council meets Thursday in Mandeville

ActionNews17 posted on July 05, 2011 16:43
The Parish Council will meet this Thursday, July 7th at 6:00 PM in the Parish Council Chambers, 21490 Koop Drive. Items on the agenda include appr...

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Council considers construction of Hammond-Northshore Regional Airport tower project Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on July 05, 2011 00:21
HAMMOND---Mayor Mayson Foster's vision of a thriving Hammond-Northshore Regional Airport will become an even bigger reality this month as city officia...

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Amite Council considers executive session on City Prosecutor Schwartz issue

ActionNews17 posted on July 05, 2011 00:17
Notice Posted:  July 1, 2011 10:30 a.m. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: DATE:  JULY 5, 201...

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03

Town of Independence celebrates 4th in style Monday

ActionNews17 posted on July 03, 2011 23:48
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Burgess urges fireworks precautions for the 4th

ActionNews17 posted on July 02, 2011 15:15
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess issued the following statement Friday: Please be advised that Tangipahoa Parish Government has not...

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State Police arrest Franklinton man for insurance fraud

ActionNews17 posted on July 01, 2011 15:09
Franklinton Resident charged with Insurance FraudFollowing an investigation into alleged altered medical documents, troopers assigned to the Louisiana...

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Rocket's Red Glare: Hammond celebrates Independence Day tonight in Zemurray Park

ActionNews17 posted on June 30, 2011 23:20
HAMMOND---TEAM HAMMOND will "Light Up the Sky on the 1st of July" with the City's biggest-ever fireworks extravaganza as Hammond celebrates Independen...

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Many suspects apprehended by Tangipahoa deputies in Operation Fire Works round up

ActionNews17 posted on June 30, 2011 14:39
TPSO News Release For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards   HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards states that Operation...

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Crimestoppers offers reward for Ponchatoula vandalism

ActionNews17 posted on June 29, 2011 20:57
W A N T E D ! Tangi Crime Stoppers Wanted Alert! Amite, LA - June 29th, 2011- Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa is seeking information leadi...

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Southeastern scores SEC quarterback Nathan Stanley from Ole Miss

ActionNews17 posted on June 29, 2011 16:45
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University football coach Mike Lucas announced Wednesday that quarterback Nathan Stanley, formerly of Ole Miss, has t...

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Bathrooms bumped again in Loranger

ActionNews17 posted on June 28, 2011 22:42
Delegation agrees to drainage study, passing on new 'outhouse' for elementary school, again; admin says bathrooms were subject to tax passage, while A...

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Unrestrained passenger dies in single car wreck on I-55 south of Ponchatoula Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on June 28, 2011 20:37
PONCHATOULA – Tuesday shortly after 2:00 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a single vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 55 approximat...

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Cromer hosts flood protection informational meeting

ActionNews17 posted on June 28, 2011 10:13
SLIDELL---Rep. Greg Cromer will host a public meeting to discuss flood protection for the Slidell area this Thursday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m., at Dubuis...

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Hammond man murdered

ActionNews17 posted on June 28, 2011 08:42
TPSO News Release For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards   HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following...

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Council tables library bids temporarily; receives notice of grant for S. Range Road improvements

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 23:49
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council tabled action Monday on bids for the new Amite Branch Library and TPL Headquarters facility, pending review...

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LOW WATER PRESSURE EXPECTED: Tickfaw plans well repairs Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 23:43
TICKFAW---Residents in the Village of Tickfaw are being asked to conserve water usage tomorrow (Wednesday, June 29) as town officials make repairs to ...

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Public invited to reception honoring LSWA honoree Larry Hymel Tuesday at SLU

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 22:46
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association will hold a reception honoring longtime sports information director Larry Hymel on ...

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27

Covington twin charged with burglary

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 20:58
: DNA Leads to Twins Arrest    On the night of October 14, 2010 Officers from the Covington Police Department were dispatched to Jewel’s Cigar and Bri...

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Slidell Police conduct underage sting

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 20:55
For Immediate Release              ​         June 27, 2011Slidell Police Conduct Underage Alcohol Sting On Friday, June 24, 2011 the Slidell Police De...

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Hammond Police make hit-and-run arrest

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 15:01
Hammond---Police report an arrest in last Wednesday's hit-and-run accident in which a 54-year-old Hammond man was killed.Kendrick Haynes, 22, of Hammo...

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Northshore Chambers happy about session

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 14:37
Legislative Update  Final UpdateJune 27, 20112011 Session Wrap-Up: All's Well That Ends Well  The 2011 Louisiana Legislative Session combined a volati...

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Loranger Delegation will take up 'outhouse' issue, again, immediately after Tuesday's 8:30 a.m. School Board meeting

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 11:57
A meeting of the Loranger Delegation will be held as scheduled above.     AGENDA Update on purchasing three (3) Ultra Pro Double ...

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Tangi School Board meets Tuesday morning as 'settlement' talks in deseg case continue

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 11:56
Public notice is hereby given of a special meeting of the Parish School Board of the Parish of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, acting as the governing authorit...

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Amite Library issue returns to Parish Council agenda Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on June 27, 2011 11:51
P U B L I C  NOTICE  - Notice Is Hereby Given That The Tangipahoa Parish Council Will Meet In Regular Session on MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011 Immed...

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New outhouse for Loranger kindergarteners only in the study phase

ActionNews17 posted on June 25, 2011 12:36
Amite---The excitement that, after more than 13 years, kindergarteners at Loranger Elementary will finally get a new outhouse was premature. School B...

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24

Robert woman, Covington woman killed on I-12

ActionNews17 posted on June 24, 2011 14:25
Overnight Crash results in Two Deaths on Interstate 12Mandeville, LA – Early this morning at 1:10 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fa...

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New Amite Library back on agenda for tonight

ActionNews17 posted on June 24, 2011 10:01
AMITE---Construction of a new Amite library is back on the agenda for the parish council Monday evening. Hammond Architect Michael Holly was asked to...

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54-year-old Hammond pedestrian killed in hit-and-run

ActionNews17 posted on June 23, 2011 21:25
Hammond---Police report that a 54-year-old local man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Thomas Street late Wednesday. Leon Banks, who l...

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Livingston crash kills 21-year-old from Independence

ActionNews17 posted on June 23, 2011 09:08
Unrestrained Driver Killed in Overnight Crash, Third in Two Days Livingston – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a two-vehicle crash tha...

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Rotary celebrates 2011 Citizens of the Year

ActionNews17 posted on June 22, 2011 23:32
CITIZENS OF THE YEAR FOR 2011---Hammond Rotary President John Ellzey, left, joins fellow Rotarians in honoring the 2011 Citizens of the Year, who were...

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Slidell police arrest two for soliciting kids

ActionNews17 posted on June 22, 2011 16:40
Slidell Police Make Arrest on Adults Soliciting Children in the Slidell Area The Slidell Police Department has recently been receiving an increase ...

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Loranger students promised new portable bathrooms afterall

ActionNews17 posted on June 21, 2011 22:42
AMITE---New portable bathrooms appear to be on their way to the Loranger Elementary School campus after a brief Tangipahoa Parish School Board meeting...

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State Budget good news for Florida Parishes

ActionNews17 posted on June 21, 2011 21:16
Baton Rouge---The State Senate on Tuesday passed the House Budget Bill, sending it to the Governor's desk for his signature. Senator Ben Nevers of Bo...

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WEATHER UPDATE: Storm warning in effect until 5:45 p.m.

ActionNews17 posted on June 21, 2011 16:44
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A * severe thunderstorm Warning for: Northern Livingston Parish in Southeast Louisiana Sout...

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UPDATE: 31-year-old Holden man found shot to death in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on June 21, 2011 15:17
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies have ruled out foul play in the death of a 31-year-old Holden man whose body was found in a Hammond apa...

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Ponchatoula woman arrested with truck stolen from Hammond after Covington wreck

ActionNews17 posted on June 21, 2011 14:48
3 Car Accident Ends in Fugitive’s Arrest       Covington---At approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, June 20, 2011 the Covington Po...

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21

Maurepas man killed in St. Amant crash

ActionNews17 posted on June 21, 2011 08:27
Unrestrained Driver Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash UPDATE: Troopers have identified the deceased driver as Dustan Reine (W/M, age 24) of Maurepas, ...

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20

Slidell traffic circle delayed

ActionNews17 posted on June 20, 2011 15:40
Traffic Circle - Brownswitch @ Robert Blvd. Koop Drive---The parish has been informed by LaDOTD that the completion date on the Brownswitch Rd. a...

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3-year-old drowning victim dies

ActionNews17 posted on June 20, 2011 15:31
UPDATE: Three Year Old Found at Bottom of Pool     On Monday, June 20th the Slidell Police Department was notified that three yea...

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Towers Building closed Monday

ActionNews17 posted on June 20, 2011 10:47
Due to air conditioning repairs, the parish Towers Building, 520 Old Spanish Trail, Slidell will be closed today, Monday, June 20.  The building will ...

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State Police make three arrests in multiple-parish fraud case

ActionNews17 posted on June 19, 2011 18:08
Troopers assigned to the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division Hammond Field Office arrested three individuals this past week as a r...

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Ponchy council talks budget Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on June 19, 2011 15:19
A regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Ponchatoula will be held as follows: Date:    June 20, 2011 Time: &...

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Tangipahoa man arrested for aggravated assault in the village

ActionNews17 posted on June 18, 2011 13:08
TANGIPAHOA -- A man was arrested by deputies for running into a nightclub with an assault rifle after getting what he felt was bad service, according ...

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Friday morning wreck in Covington leaves several hurt

ActionNews17 posted on June 17, 2011 15:17
At 8:20 AM this morning Covington Police Department received numerous 911 calls relating to a 3 vehicle accident on top of the Collins Blvd. Overpass....

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Argument leads to fatal crash

ActionNews17 posted on June 17, 2011 14:28
Troopers investigate Fatal Crash on Interstate 12 Slidell, LA – Early this morning at 02:50 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fat...

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Hammond City Council agenda includes budget, pay raises

ActionNews17 posted on June 17, 2011 14:11
HAMMOND CITY COUNCILAGENDA      PUBLIC HEARING312 EAST CHARLES STREETHAMMOND, LOUISIANAJune 21, 20115:30pm  I.                   CALL TO ORDER:  Johnn...

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Northshore lawmaker defends veto vote

ActionNews17 posted on June 17, 2011 13:12
REP. PEARSON STATEMENT ON TOBACCO TAX OVERRIDE FAILURE Following the vote of the House of Representatives yesterday not to override Gov. Bobby Jindal'...

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Mississippi child drowns in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on June 17, 2011 09:49
R                                                                                                                                       Three Year Old...

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Sheriff's Office investigates drowning at Carpenter's Landing

ActionNews17 posted on June 16, 2011 17:55
HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Department is investigating a drowning which occurred on J...

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Gov. Jindal announces jobs in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on June 16, 2011 17:15
Expansion creates 39 new jobs, 28 retained jobs and $3.3 million capital investment PONCHATOULA – Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Parish President Gordon ...

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School Board meets tonight in Livingston

ActionNews17 posted on June 16, 2011 17:13
LIVINGSTON PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS 13909 FLORIDA BLVD. P. O. BOX 1130 LIVINGSTON, LOUISIANA 70754-1130 AGENDA There will be a Special Meeting of the Li...

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Burgess urges safety with alligator sightings

ActionNews17 posted on June 16, 2011 17:00
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess is urging safety first as the local heat wave and drought conditions continue across the parish. &...

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Decomposing body found in Hammond apartment

ActionNews17 posted on June 15, 2011 15:37
Death being treated as 'unclassified' at this time HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on June 15, 2011, at approximately...

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Tickfaw wants million-dollar grant

ActionNews17 posted on June 15, 2011 13:11
By: Alissa VilardoAlissa@ActionNews17.comTICKFAW - Mayor Tony Lamonte will attend a meeting in Baton Rouge on June 29, in the hopes of gaining a $900,...

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Tickfaw works on zoning

ActionNews17 posted on June 15, 2011 13:07
By: Alissa VilardoAlissa@ActionNews17.comTICKFAW - After an unexpected lifting of the agenda on Tuesday night, followed by an hour and a half executiv...

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Escapee from Covington captured in Denham Springs

ActionNews17 posted on June 15, 2011 13:00
NEWS RELEASE – JUNE 15, 2011  Trusty Who Left Work Assignment Found in Denham Springs COVINGTON – A Department of Corrections Trusty assigned to St. T...

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Loranger kindergarteners won't get bathroom

ActionNews17 posted on June 14, 2011 22:31
Loranger kindergarten promised a new outhouse Hammond---Hopes of getting promised bathroom improvements at Loranger Elementary  were dashed on Tuesday...

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Independence video bingo operation goes dark as town explores other options for gaming

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 23:51
INDEPENDENCE---The Town of Independence may be on its way out of the video bingo business. Independence, the state's first and only municipality-owne...

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Tickfaw celebrates final loan payment after 12 years of debt

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 23:47
By: Alissa Vilardo Alissa@ActionNews17.com TICKFAW---After 12 years and an inherited debt in excess of half a million dollars, Tickfaw Mayor Tony...

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Ponchatoula agenda includes bike trail, reset for next Monday

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 22:23
Ponchatoula's City Council meeting was rescheduled because of concerns that the meeting's agenda hadn't been posted properly, in accordance with the s...

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Tangipahoa sales tax up 6%

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 22:19
AMITE---Parish President Gordon Burgess reported surprisingly strong sales tax collections Monday evening at the parish council meeting. Last month r...

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Tangipahoa School Board gets unexpected endorsement from parish council

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 22:03
AMITE---Newly-elected Parish Councilman Nicky Muscarello could not even get a second for a resolution in support of a charter school proposed in Hammo...

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Local chambers lobby legislature

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 14:02
Critical Week for Priority Issues as Session Winds Down In the last full week of the Session, many bills are still awaiting final action, in order to ...

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13

Livingston death ruled drowning

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 13:55
  12 Year Old Drowns While Tubing   On Saturday June 11, 2011 at approximately 6:15 pm, Livingston Parish Deputies were notified of a pos...

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13

Loranger schools short-changed again

ActionNews17 posted on June 13, 2011 13:48
Loranger Elementary bathrooms won't get fixed after allHammond---The school district with the best performance scores in Tangipahoa Parish is once aga...

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Ponchatoula Delegation meets Tuesday morning in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 10:19
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Ponchatoula Delegation will meet Tuesday, June 14, at Woodland Park Magnet School in Hammond. The meet...

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TPSB's Loranger Delegation meets Tuesday in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 10:10
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Loranger Delegation is scheduled to meet Tuesday, June 14, at Woodland Park Magnet School in Hammond. ...

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TPSB's Sumner Delegation meets Tuesday in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 10:06
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Sumner Delegation will meet Tuesday, June 14, immediately following the Hammond, Independence, and Amit...

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TPSB's Amite Delegation meets Tuesday, immediately following Hammond, Independence Delegations

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 10:03
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Amite Delegation will meet Tuesday, June 14, immediately following the Hammond and Independence Delegat...

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TPSB's Independence Delegation meets Tuesday following Hammond Delegation meeting

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 10:00
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Independence Delegation will meet Tuesday, June 14, at Woodland Park Magnet School on S. Range Road in ...

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TPSB's Hammond Delegation meets Tuesday at Woodland Park

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 09:57
HAMMOND---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Hammond Delegation will meet Tuesday, June 14, at 8:30 a.m. in the principal's office at Woodland Park ...

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Parish Council hears progress on comprehensive plan; speed limit changes coming for S. Hoover Road

ActionNews17 posted on June 12, 2011 09:20
P U B L I C  NOTICE  - Notice Is Hereby Given That The Tangipahoa Parish Council Will Meet In Regular Session on MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011 Immed...

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11

Roseland man guilty of armed robbery

ActionNews17 posted on June 11, 2011 19:31
Amite, LA........ On June 9, 2011 a twelve person Tangipahoa Parish jury found Bruce Hines, 45, guilty of two (2) counts of armed robbery, in front of...

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Troopers find 31 pounds of marijuana in.Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on June 11, 2011 16:46
Georgia Woman arrested following Interstate Traffic StopHammond, LA- Following a traffic stop on Interstate 12 yesterday evening, Louisiana State Poli...

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Duncan, Simmons singled-out, ordered to give depositions; attorney will file for protective order

ActionNews17 posted on June 11, 2011 10:34
HAMMOND---Two Tangipahoa Parish School Board members have been summoned to appear for depositions scheduled next week in Hammond, but their private at...

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Gillyard out as Hammond High head football coach

ActionNews17 posted on June 09, 2011 23:21
HAMMOND---Hammond High will not only be undergoing a name change this fall; as of Wednesday, the Tors are also playing under a new head football coach...

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Bellavia: Only 'handful' of openings remain to be filled in Tangipahoa schools

ActionNews17 posted on June 09, 2011 00:15
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School System officials say they are almost finished with staffing for the 2011-12 school year, admitting they only have a "...

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08

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Tangipahoa, Washington Parishes

ActionNews17 posted on June 08, 2011 15:15
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Description    The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A * severe thunderstorm Warning for...

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School Board awards Mississippi company contract on new O.W. Dillon Elementary in Kentwood

ActionNews17 posted on June 08, 2011 00:18
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to accept the low combined bid of $13,009,000 for the new O.W. Dillon Eleme...

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School Board rolls back millages for 2011

ActionNews17 posted on June 07, 2011 23:59
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board rolled back taxes Tuesday night as they set the millage rates for the 2011 assessment year. The Board vo...

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Slidell lawmaker clears two bills

ActionNews17 posted on June 07, 2011 17:47
PEARSON PUSHES PENSION REFORM, SEEKS TO PAY DOWN STATE DEBT  Slidell, LA - Two landmark pieces of legislation that will save taxpayers money while sho...

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06

Contempt of court: Duncan and Simmons targeted for opposing taxes

ActionNews17 posted on June 06, 2011 23:18
AMITE---A motion filed by plaintiffs' counsel last month in the longstanding Joyce Marie Moore federal desegregation lawsuit has at least two Tangipah...

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Goldsby: Amite Council decides city prosecutor position

ActionNews17 posted on June 06, 2011 23:05
AMITE---At least one member of the Amite Board of Aldermen has asked that the town council discuss matters related to their city prosecutor after the ...

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School Board talks millage rates, Dillon bids, possible deseg announcement Tuesday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on June 06, 2011 23:01
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Amite, Louisiana PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Parish School Board of ...

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School Board committees meet Tuesday before Board meeting

ActionNews17 posted on June 06, 2011 22:55
A meeting of the Finance committee will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2011, as scheduled above (at 5 p.m. at School Board Central Office in Amite). AGEN...

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Hammond City Council meets Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on June 06, 2011 19:48
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA June 7, 2011 5:30pm ...

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05

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Tangipahoa, Washington Parishes

ActionNews17 posted on June 05, 2011 20:29
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Description    The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A * severe thunderstorm Warning for...

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03

Lawyers to decide school board plan

ActionNews17 posted on June 03, 2011 21:12
Analysis: Tangipahoa School Board allows lawyers to decide deseg case Amite---The fate of the Tangipahoa School System may be decided in a few days...

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Compromise set? Board looks to possible announcement Tuesday as both sides hammer out deseg agreement

ActionNews17 posted on June 03, 2011 16:59
AMITE---After more than four years of renewed litigation in a 46-year-old federal desegregation lawsuit, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board could be a...

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02

School Board sets special meeting to talk deseg case in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on June 02, 2011 23:30
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TPSO coordinates 'Operation Summertime Blues' sex offender round-up, compliance checks

ActionNews17 posted on June 02, 2011 22:55
TPSO Coordinates  "Operation Summertime Blues” Sex Offender Round - Up and Compliance Checks   AMITE---Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports t...

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02

SDT merges with IESI; Torres resigns as President but will maintain Independence headquarters

ActionNews17 posted on June 02, 2011 22:17
CHALMETTE---IESI Corporation (“IESI”) and SDT Waste and Debris Services, LLC (“SDT”) jointly announced today that SDT will join IESI, a subsidiary o...

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02

Parish saves residents $1.9 million on flood insurance premiums

ActionNews17 posted on June 02, 2011 20:21
SLIDELL---Collectively, residents of unincorporated St. Tammany Parish will have an extra $1.9 million dollars in their pockets in the coming year d...

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02

Dufreche expects drilling to start in 6 months

ActionNews17 posted on June 02, 2011 00:23
Clerk of Court Julian Dufreche said that 25,000 acres in northeastern Tangipahoa have been leased by oil and gas companies, and he expects drilling to...

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02

Mary Bird Perkins brings cancer screenings to Independence

ActionNews17 posted on June 02, 2011 00:19
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61-year-old Denham man charged with murder

ActionNews17 posted on June 01, 2011 12:32
Woman Found Dead on Dunn Road Approximately 8:30 am on Sunday May 29, 2011 LPSO Detectives, investigating a missing person report, found the body of 5...

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NOAA hurricane outlook indicates an above-normal Atlantic season

ActionNews17 posted on June 01, 2011 08:16
NOAA---The Atlantic basin is expected to see an above-normal hurricane season this year, according to the seasonal outlook issued by NOAA’s Climate ...

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Statewide 'burn ban' goes into effect Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on May 31, 2011 11:38
BATON ROUGE---Due to the extremely dry conditions throughout the state, the State Fire Marshal H. Butch Browning and Agriculture and Forestry Com...

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State Police reports 10 deaths on Louisiana roadways over Memorial Day weekend

ActionNews17 posted on May 31, 2011 11:37
Baton Rouge – During the 2011 Memorial Day weekend, the Louisiana State Police investigated 7 fatal crashes resulting in 10 deaths. Troop A (Baton...

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DOTD begins work on new SW Frontage Road Extension between Fremeaux and Old Spanish Trail

ActionNews17 posted on May 31, 2011 10:11
LA DOTD has begun work on the Southwest Frontage Road Extension between Fremeaux and Old Spanish Trail next to Interstate 10 in Slidell.  Thi...

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30

Funeral services set for former Ponchatoula Fire Chief

ActionNews17 posted on May 30, 2011 18:57
PONCHATOULA---The Strawberry Capitol is mourning the loss of its longtime former fire chief, who died Sunday at a Hammond hospital. Former Ponchatoul...

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District 9 Community meeting set for Wednesday in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on May 30, 2011 11:46
St. Tammany Parish District 9 Councilman Gene Bellisario has set Wednesday, June 1st for his next District 9 Community Meeting. The meeting wil...

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News Briefs: Memorial Day service set; Leadership Tangipahoa celebrates grads, welcomes new class

ActionNews17 posted on May 29, 2011 15:36
Memorial Day service planned in Denham   DENHAM SPRINGS---Livingston Parish residents will honor those "who gave all" in a Memorial Day servic...

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Livingston Parish School Board talks technology, personnel changes Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on May 29, 2011 13:35
LIVINGSTON PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS 13909 FLORIDA BLVD. P. O. BOX 1130 LIVINGSTON, LOUISIANA 70754-1130 AGENDA May 27, 2011 There will be a Regular...

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Livingston formally applies for land conservation grant

ActionNews17 posted on May 29, 2011 13:31
Parish President Mike Grimmer says this is only the beginning    LIVINGSTON – The Livingston Parish Council and President’s office have re...

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29

Washington Parish Library advertises for new Director

ActionNews17 posted on May 29, 2011 13:27
Washington Parish Library (LA) Public Library System DIRECTOR Washington Parish Library (WPL) serves a population of 47,168 with its main librar...

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29

Ken interviews two top corruption fighters in the state

ActionNews17 posted on May 29, 2011 12:07
US Attorney Jim Letten and Metropolitan crime commission Chairman Raphael Goyenecche spoke at the St. Tammany West Chamber
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29

St. Tammany Parish Councilman stepping down

ActionNews17 posted on May 29, 2011 11:28
Al Hamauei of Lacombe won't seek re-election; says waste transfer station controversy is not the main reason
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Tangipahoa School Board calls special meeting for Tuesday on deseg case

ActionNews17 posted on May 28, 2011 19:35
Special meeting could be just political theater Amite---The Tangipahoa School Board has called a special meeting for the extraordinary time of 1...

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BREAKING NEWS: Memorial Day weekend begins with River rescue Friday near Amite

ActionNews17 posted on May 27, 2011 21:38
ARCOLA---Five tubers were brought to safety Friday as Memorial Day began with a rescue on the Tangipahoa River near the Hwy 10 bridge. Amite Fire and...

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27

Update from Bush on damage

ActionNews17 posted on May 27, 2011 12:23
Update from BushFriday, May 27  11:15 AMWST, Charter and AT&T are all on site working to restore utilities to the citizens living in the five-mile tar...

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27

Missing Lacombe girl found

ActionNews17 posted on May 27, 2011 12:17
The Sheriff's Office reports that the missing girl from Lacombe has been located safe and sound. Here is the original release:SLIDELL – The St. Tamman...

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26

Independence man wins $1 million

ActionNews17 posted on May 26, 2011 22:47
INDEPENDENCE---A 25-year-old music teacher who is building his first home in Independence has won $1 million playing a baseball video game that he l...

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26

Tornado reported by St. Tammany Parish

ActionNews17 posted on May 26, 2011 21:31
Emergency Operations Update March 26  10PM Dexter Accardo, our director of Emergency Preparedness just gave this report: An F3 tornado set...

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26

54-year-old Folsom woman arrested on 95 drug counts

ActionNews17 posted on May 26, 2011 17:13
Doctor Shopping Investigation leads to Arrest of Folsom Resident Louisiana State Police Narcotic Detectives have charged a Folsom woman with 95 counts...

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26

Bickford arrested in court on unrelated charges

ActionNews17 posted on May 26, 2011 16:50
Amite---In courtroom drama that seemed more like the movies or television than real life, Daniel Bickford was arrested by Independence Police on drugs...

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26

Brenda Bickford and son return to court in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on May 26, 2011 13:32
AMITE---A Hammond woman who allegedly embezzled more than $1 million from the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission was in court Thursday to pl...

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25

Hammond takes center stage in effort to snag medical prospect

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 23:34
State promotes Hammond as ideal site for potential industry HAMMOND---The City of Hammond may be a real contender for a major medical operation that ...

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25

Bellavia: Five percent of teachers still to be placed

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 23:11
Assistant Superintendent says staffing issues 'constantly moving' as parish prepares final assignments for 2011-12 school year AMITE---Approximately ...

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25

Board refuses to change attorneys

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 22:17
Dangerfield: Board 'working hard' to 'come up to a consensus' AMITE---"Consensus" appears to be the goal but it remains elusive for the Tangipahoa P...

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25

Board gives Kolwe lowest evaluation of tenure as Superintendent

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 21:55
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board gave School Superintendent Mark Kolwe passing marks in his yearly evaluation Tuesday night, but it was not ...

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25

Board endorses Simmons' demand to make deseg finances public

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 19:00
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board unanimously approved a measure by Sandra Bailey Simmons who wants to make public a list of all funds spent ...

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25

Pat Morris, NAACP forced out by attorneys in desegregation case

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 01:03
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25

School Board ordered back to federal court July 8

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 01:03
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOYCE MARIE MOORE, ET AL. * CIVIL ACTION VERSUS * NO. 65-15556 TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL...

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25

FEMA denies Livingston Parish debris contract appeal

ActionNews17 posted on May 25, 2011 01:01
LIVINGSTON---The Federal Emergency Management Agency has officially denied a 2010 appeal regarding Gustav debris in Livingston Parish. In a lette...

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24

Tangipahoa School Board approves 200+ teacher assignments

ActionNews17 posted on May 24, 2011 18:31
Staffing stands at 95 percent for 2011-12 school year, Bellavia says AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Personnel Committee voted unanimo...

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23

Ponchatoula Council considers district lines in special session Monday

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 23:53
Potential candidate promises to take concerns to Justice on maps   By: Alissa Vilardo PONCHATOULA---The Ponchatoula City Council ouncil he...

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23

School Board discusses deseg, Kolwe's evaluation Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 23:08
AMITE---Will there be any modifications allowed to the 262-page Tangipahoa Parish School Board "desegregation plan" that now stands before U.S. Distri...

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23

Tangi School Board's Personnel Committee meets Tuesday at 4:15 in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 23:06
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Tangi's Educational Facilities Improvement District Board set to meet Tuesday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 23:03
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23

North Shore Focus headed to Capitol Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 22:35
HAMMOND – North Shore Focus, a regionally-hosted gathering with state legislators, was held in the Louisiana Capitol’s Memorial Hall Tuesday, May 24...

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23

Crime Stoppers, partners host 'End of School' bash Tuesday afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 16:46
AMITE – Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Hammond Chamber of Commerce Community Development Committee ar...

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23

St. Tammany Parish crews leaving St. Mary Parish

ActionNews17 posted on May 23, 2011 14:05
Leaving St. Mary Parish Koop Drive---St. Tammany Parish crews will leave St. Mary Parish today after providing fourteen days of emergency assistanc...

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22

Local troopers react to 3 motorcycle fatalities in a week

ActionNews17 posted on May 22, 2011 18:27
Troop L---Following the third motorcycle crash in less than a week across the Troop L area with several additional crashes across the state, Troopers ...

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22

Tangipahoa Parish Council votes Monday to lower millage rates

ActionNews17 posted on May 22, 2011 15:56
P U B L I C  NOTICE - Notice Is Hereby Given That The Tangipahoa Parish Council Will Meet In Regular Session on MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011 Immediately ...

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22

Holden woman dies in Walker crash

ActionNews17 posted on May 22, 2011 10:23
Walker – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a two-vehicle crash last night in Livingston Parish that claimed the life of a Holden woman.  The...

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21

Kentwood man killed in Folsom crash

ActionNews17 posted on May 21, 2011 15:40
Folsom- Friday at 12:40 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a serious injury crash at the intersection of LA 40 and LA 1080 approximately ...

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21

School board plans to use debt instead of taxes to fund their plan

ActionNews17 posted on May 21, 2011 02:28
Tangipahoa  School Board sticks with plan---voters are stuck with plan Amite---There are two ways to pay for something: cash or credit. And si...

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20

High Water Advisory for Lakes Pontchatrain and Maurepas

ActionNews17 posted on May 20, 2011 23:56
...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS WATER LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...   LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS WATER LEVELS HAV...

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20

Loranger graduates get diplomas dated 1911

ActionNews17 posted on May 20, 2011 23:25
HAMMOND---Numerous members of the Class of '11 in Loranger were surprised to learn this week that their diplomas actually show them graduating in the ...

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20

Big Tea Party Event Today in Mandeville

ActionNews17 posted on May 20, 2011 23:02
 NORTHSHORE TEA PARTY PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN     Mandeville---.Five of the top political leaders in Louisiana...

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Personnel Committee approves eight administrative changes despite questions by Higgenbotham Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on May 20, 2011 12:10
Items go to full Board Tuesday for final adoption   AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Thursday approved two new principals and ass...

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20

Pearl River crossing to be closed

ActionNews17 posted on May 20, 2011 11:35
St. Tammany Parish has received the following from LADOTD: US 11/WATTS ROAD – PEARL RIVERRAILROAD CLOSURE AT JUNCTION OF ROADWAY The Norfolk Southern ...

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20

Expect delays at I-12 and Highway 21

ActionNews17 posted on May 20, 2011 11:32
LA 21 at I-12 Lane ClosureSt. Tammany Parish has received the following information from LADOTD:     The outside, right lane of Southbound LA 21, betw...

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19

Greensburg accident ruled operator error

ActionNews17 posted on May 19, 2011 17:12
State Fire Marshal Releases Determination on Amusement Ride AccidentBaton Rouge LA: State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning announced today information...

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19

51-year-old Slidell man killed in motorcycle wreck

ActionNews17 posted on May 19, 2011 15:03
LOUISIANA STATE POLICECOURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, SuperintendentTROOP L NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release May 19th, 2011 Mot...

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19

Forget Plan B: Plaintiffs ask Judge to hold School Board, Kolwe in contempt

ActionNews17 posted on May 19, 2011 00:58
NEW ORLEANS---Plaintiffs' counsel in the longstanding Joyce Marie Moore desegregation lawsuit against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board are call...

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18

He's Back: Moore returns to coaching

ActionNews17 posted on May 18, 2011 00:15
Almost one year to day that he was dismissed from HHS, Moore named head coach at Bowling Green for 2011-12 season HAMMOND---He's back! Carmon Moore,...

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18

Administration prepares $6.6 million in proposed budget cuts to alleviate $12 million projected School Board deficit next year

ActionNews17 posted on May 18, 2011 00:04
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Finance Committee on Tuesday reviewed a list of the administration's suggested budget cuts which could ...

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Policy Committee forwards reduction in force policy, procedures on to full School Board for Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on May 17, 2011 23:49
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Policy Committee voted Tuesday without opposition to advance a new reduction in force policy and the p...

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17

School Board pays off all outstanding 'revenue bond' debt

ActionNews17 posted on May 17, 2011 23:44
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School officials announced Tuesday that all of the parish's outstanding "revenue bond" debt has been retired. Chief Fin...

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17

Hammond wins Cleanest City title again!

ActionNews17 posted on May 17, 2011 23:41
Foster congratulates City on fifth straight state title, dares public to 'six-peat' next spring “We did it again!” exclaimed Mayor Mayson Foster at ...

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17

Livingston lawmaker responds to Denham Springs tragedy

ActionNews17 posted on May 17, 2011 23:30
Rep. Bodi White Proposes Law to Suspend Driver’s License In Cases Involving Vehicular Homicide Mother of Victim to Speak in Favor of Legislation &#...

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US Attorney Jim Letten coming to St. Tammany West Chamber

ActionNews17 posted on May 17, 2011 15:07
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           ​May 17, 2011 Contact:  Michelle BiggsPhone:  985-273-3006E-mail:  michelle@sttammanychamber.org  U.S. Attorney Jim Le...

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17

Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office sends help to Terrebonne

ActionNews17 posted on May 17, 2011 14:41
  HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announces today the deployment of several Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office team members a...

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16

Fire Marshal called in to help with possible arson investigation near Amite

ActionNews17 posted on May 16, 2011 23:06
AMITE---Investigators from the State Fire Marshal's office were on the scene late into the night Monday after two suspicious fires sparked off Storey ...

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Hammond Council considers purchase of park property Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on May 16, 2011 22:42
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA May 17, 2011 5:30pm  ...

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16

Authorities investigate prank at Hammond High Monday

ActionNews17 posted on May 16, 2011 22:18
HAMMOND---A "practical joke" may have gone too far as authorities are now looking into who was responsible for allegedly pouring a substance, believed...

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St. Tammany continues to assist St. Mary Parish

ActionNews17 posted on May 16, 2011 20:39
Koop Drive---The first crew from St. Tammany Parish returned home last evening after spending three days making sandbags for the town of Amelia in St....

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16

Hammmond woman arrested for manslaughter

ActionNews17 posted on May 16, 2011 17:29
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of 38 year old Hammond resident Julia LUCAS of 41489 I-55 West Service Rd. ...

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Slidell, Hammmond arrests for stolen cars

ActionNews17 posted on May 16, 2011 17:19
Investigation leads to Recovery of Stolen Vehicles Following an investigation into an anonymous tip, Louisiana State Police Auto Theft Detectives h...

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Community raises $20k plus to provide 'Wheels 4 JM'

ActionNews17 posted on May 15, 2011 22:27
AMITE---Cheers rang out Sunday evening as organizers of a benefit dinner/Christian concert announced that they had indeed raised the $20,000 they need...

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Fire Marshal investigates St. Helena accident

ActionNews17 posted on May 15, 2011 11:40
Amusement Ride Accident Injuries Two Children Greensburg, LA: The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating an accident that occurred at a fai...

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St Tammany sends help to St Mary Parish

ActionNews17 posted on May 14, 2011 17:16
Parish President Kevin Davis has sent equipment and personnel from the St. Tammany Parish Department of Public Works and the Emergency Operations Cent...

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Hammond woman arrested for obstruction in Rachal murder case

ActionNews17 posted on May 12, 2011 14:46
ARREST in Homicide Investigation.HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of 24 year old Kristina Sharp (W/F) of 11260 Gen...

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Albany man dies in crash Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on May 12, 2011 12:28
LOUISIANA   STATE   POLICE COURTESY        LOYALTY         SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent Troop A – News ReleaseMay 12, 2011 Unr...

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Boil order lifted in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on May 12, 2011 10:37
Cross Gates Utilities has received confirmation from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals that no harmful bacteria are present in the Mead...

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Lemelle summons Kolwe, others to appear

ActionNews17 posted on May 11, 2011 23:49
Teleconference set for today; documents due to Judge by Monday   AMITE---Today, attorneys from both sides will participate in a 10 a.m. teleco...

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Big ribbon-cutting set for Bogalusa Medical Center

ActionNews17 posted on May 11, 2011 18:35
 Bogalusa – The LSU Bogalusa Medical Center Family Medicine Center will hold the ribbon cutting for a major expansion to its facility on Friday, ...

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Morris Road body identified as missing Ponchatoula man

ActionNews17 posted on May 11, 2011 18:11
Update on Missing Person Leon H. Rachal   HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announced today that the skeletal remains unearthed...

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Denham woman killed in Port Vincent crash

ActionNews17 posted on May 11, 2011 10:16
Unrestrained Driver Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash Port Vincent – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a two-vehicle crash yesterday that cla...

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Slidell officials issue boil order in Cross Gates, Meadow Lakes

ActionNews17 posted on May 11, 2011 00:24
SLIDELL---The Meadow Lakes Water System has experienced problems with a broken water line, causing the system to lose pressure.    &...

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Burgess introduces plan to reduce property taxes in several road lighting districts

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 22:50
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced Monday that Tangipahoa Parish Government would be decreasing the property tax millage r...

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Candidate for Sheriff arrested in Amite on alleged check-kiting scheme

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 22:46
AMITE---A St. Helena man who is an announced candidate for Sheriff and a Hammond woman sharing the same last name were arrested last week on what po...

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Pierson 'saddened' by proposed redistricting plan for Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 22:30
Ponchatoula's Mayor Pro-Tem says plan 'wipe(s) out' black population from majority white district By: Alissa Vilardo, AN17.com PONCHATOULA---With ...

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Council introduces plan to make permitting for commercial construction more enticing

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 21:47
Burgess updates council on Wardline Road overlay; council appoints Christmas to parish sewer board   AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council will...

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Council calls special election to consider higher homestead exemption for disabled veterans

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 21:44
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess and the Tangipahoa Parish Council are working to reduce the property taxes for disabled veterans ...

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St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis concerned about spillway opening

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 19:21
Opening the Spillway Citizens have been calling the parish asking about today's opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The spillway is being opened t...

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TPSO working to identify body

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 17:07
Hammond---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following regarding the ongoing investigation into the discovery of human remains on a ...

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09

Westwego man charged with obstruction in missing woman's case

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 16:41
AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on May 4, 2011, the Criminal Investigations Department of the Sheriff’s Office charged A...

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09

McComb man killed in Hammond wreck

ActionNews17 posted on May 09, 2011 16:30
HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash which occurred th...

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Tangipahoa Parish Council introduces millage rates for 2011 at Monday meeting

ActionNews17 posted on May 08, 2011 22:42
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Ponchatoula council introduces millage rates, budget docs, districting package Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on May 08, 2011 22:34
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Southeastern, Northshore Technical College partner in pilot program to expand college access

ActionNews17 posted on May 08, 2011 22:18
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University and Northshore Technical College are piloting a program this semester in an attempt to expand student acc...

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UPDATE: Authorities uncover body at Morris Road site; identity still unknown

ActionNews17 posted on May 06, 2011 20:03
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies have uncovered a complete, but still unidentified, human body on a tract of land off Morris Road northe...

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Two-year-old girl critically injured in Bogalusa crash Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on May 06, 2011 17:15
BOGALUSA---On Thursday evening at 6:50 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one vehicle serious injury crash on LA 436 approximately thr...

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Fatality wreck in Mandeville, Bogalusa man charged

ActionNews17 posted on May 06, 2011 11:49
May 6, 2011 Mandeville Police Department Investigates Fatality Crash The Mandeville Police Department is inves...

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BREAKING NEWS: Body found in overgrown field northeast of Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on May 06, 2011 00:06
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies and other investigators set up a mobile command center off Morris Road near Hammond Thursday after a pr...

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05

Hammond teacher wins regional 'teacher of the year' honors

ActionNews17 posted on May 05, 2011 23:58
BATON ROUGE --- A Hammond Eastside teacher will compete for the state's teacher of the year title, after she won regionals yesterday. Sandra Br...

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05

Downtown Hammond celebrates Cinco de Mayo Friday

ActionNews17 posted on May 05, 2011 21:57
Hammond’s Biggest Block Party Celebrates Cinco de Mayo Downtown Hammond, La—The Downtown Development District invites everyone to visit downtown H...

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04

Hammond man charged with murder of 3-year-old

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 22:01
Hammond---A 49 year old Hammond man has been arrested, charged with the second degree murder of a three year old girl who was allegedly in his care. ...

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State's high court refuses to rehear Petitto case; councilman expected to stand trial in Amite this year

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 21:26
AMITE---The Louisiana Supreme Court has turned down the request of Tangipahoa Parish Councilman Michael Petitto for a reconsideration of his case. T...

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04

Tangipahoa celebrates 'National Day of Prayer'

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 21:17
AMITE---Tangipahoa joins the rest of the country today in celebrating the National Day of Prayer.   The parish's capitol city will hold their ...

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04

Independence practicioner's brother named to U.S. federal district court bench

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 21:13
  WASHINGTON, D.C.---One of the nation's newest federal court judges has ties to Independence.   On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted una...

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04

Randy Moffett to address Southeastern grads

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 20:48
HAMMOND – Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisiana System and former president of Southeastern Louisiana University, will serve as comm...

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04

Magnet teachers approved as board attorney, court officer disagree on hiring practices

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 01:28
AMITE---Did the Tangipahoa Parish School Board follow proper procedure in assigning nearly 300 teachers for the parish's nine new magnet, Montessori, ...

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Hammond Council denies open container change; approves take home vehicle reimbursements

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 01:26
HAMMOND---A standing room only crowd was on hand to petition the Hammond City Council Tuesday night to reject a proposal which would have allowed op...

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04

Cutrer sets record straight as Amite raises water, town millage rates

ActionNews17 posted on May 04, 2011 01:11
AMITE---No less than three times throughout the Amite council meeting on Tuesday, ways to pay back the city’s USDA loan for upgraded water and sewer...

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Ponchatoula man challenges Hammond over City Court

ActionNews17 posted on May 03, 2011 18:15
Tim Patrick of Ponchatoula, said to be retired after a long career in fire safety, sent the following letter to Mayor Mayson Foster and the Hammond Ci...

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Former Tangipahoa Sheriff's candidate arrested for fraud

ActionNews17 posted on May 03, 2011 11:59
Hammond Resident arrested on Fraud Charges Following an investigation into a criminal complaint received through the Louisiana State Police on-line...

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03

Simmons will make motion for federal compliance audit

ActionNews17 posted on May 03, 2011 00:34
AMITE---A large crowd is expected to attend the Tangipahoa School Board meeting this evening in Amite following the historic tax defeat over the week...

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03

Gasaway: Fire Marshal cites 7th Ward Court facilities after complaint

ActionNews17 posted on May 03, 2011 00:30
HAMMOND---Judge Grace Bennett Gasaway said yesterday that the State Fire Marshal has declared her Hammond City Court too crowded. The complaint t...

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Southeastern students will rally Wednesday on Capitol steps to support higher education

ActionNews17 posted on May 03, 2011 00:26
HAMMOND---On Wednesday, Southeastern students plan to take the fight to save the university to the steps of the  state Capitol.   ...

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03

Hammond competes for five-peat today

ActionNews17 posted on May 03, 2011 00:23
The City of Hammond will compete this afternoon for the state's cleanest city title. Mayor Mayson Foster is asking everyone to pitch in and pick ...

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Hammond City Council may exempt open container law downtown

ActionNews17 posted on May 02, 2011 18:00
Hammond---Tuesday evening the City Council will consider granting a permanent exwmption to the open container law in the city's historic district. Co...

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UPDATE: Boil order for Timberlane Water System lifted

ActionNews17 posted on May 02, 2011 11:52
UPDATE: Boil Order Lifted      Tammany Utilities has received confirmation from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospit...

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02

Covington remembers longtime city police officer in midday funeral services today

ActionNews17 posted on May 02, 2011 09:02
COVINGTON---Covington City officials, friends, and relatives will say a solemn goodbye today to Lt. Wade Sharp, the Covington Police officer who died ...

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02

New media played central role in historic tax election

ActionNews17 posted on May 02, 2011 00:40
HAMMOND---On one side of the campaign were newspaper and radio ads, direct mail, and by some measures, an almost unlimited budget.   On the ...

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02

EPA awards Hammond $210k grant for water, hydrant services

ActionNews17 posted on May 02, 2011 00:05
DALLAS, TX---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster announced today that the City of Hammond is receiving grant assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protectio...

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02

Local high school graduation ceremonies begin next week in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on May 02, 2011 00:02
AMITE---The month of May brings with it sounds of "Pomp and Circumstance" as school officials prepare to celebrate graduation ceremonies for high sc...

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Livingston man killed in Walker wreck

ActionNews17 posted on May 01, 2011 21:00
Walker – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a two-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Livingston man Friday, April 29 shortly before 8:3...

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Tax opponents plan next moves

ActionNews17 posted on May 01, 2011 13:19
The popular uprising that resulted in the overwhelming defeat of the school board's tax propositions on Saturday is now poised to cause more problems ...

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St. Tammany tax propositions pass

ActionNews17 posted on May 01, 2011 09:43
Slidell---A rededication and extention of the 7-mill tax for Slidell Memorial Hospital for an expanded emergency room l was approved by voters in the ...

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CB Forgotston comments on Tangipahoa School Board election

ActionNews17 posted on May 01, 2011 09:39
  Sign purchased by a voter   People have their say After over two years of behind-the-scenes plotting by the Tangipahoa Parish Sch...

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School Board taxes fail across the board

ActionNews17 posted on April 30, 2011 21:21
Approximately 87 percent of voters say 'NO' to tax package AMITE---Tangipahoa voters rejected the School Board's efforts to pass four tax proposition...

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Turnout 'steady' as voters head to the polls across Tangipahoa Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on April 30, 2011 11:27
HAMMOND---Election officials describe turnout this morning as "moderate" and "steady" as voters throughout Tangipahoa have headed to the polls to de...

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Italian Festival opens Friday afternoon, continues through Sunday in Tickfaw

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 22:15
TICKFAW---As of Friday afternoon and continuing through Sunday, this is the weekend when Tangipahoa Parish celebrates its Italian roots. The annual I...

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Tickfaw boil order lifted

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 21:55
TICKFAW---Just in time for the festivities of this weekend's Italian Festival, Tickfaw officials received word Thursday afternoon that a state-ordered...

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Hammond holds Clean Up Day Saturday to prepare for state Cleanest City competition

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 21:36
HAMMOND---Hammond is gearing up for five-peat of statewide proportions.   After claiming the title of "Cleanest City" in district competition, ...

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Personnel Committee accepts recommendations for Hammond Jr. High Magnet teachers

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 17:34
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Personnel Committee accepted the recommendation to hire 13 teachers for the Hammond Jr. High Magnet Progr...

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28

Slidell shooting solved

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 15:59
SLIDELL  POLICE  DEPARTMENTNationally  Accredited Public Information Office                                                                           ...

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Livingston man killed

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 11:57
Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office Livingston, LA   Willie Graves, Sheriff   ...

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Personnel Committee considers magnet assignments; requests for leaves, transfers

ActionNews17 posted on April 28, 2011 10:00
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Personnel Committee was scheduled to address the following personnel changes at their meeting Thursday, A...

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Southeastern loses seven more degree programs in Regents' cuts Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 27, 2011 23:05
HAMMOND---The Board of Regents voted Wednesday to terminate seven more degree programs at Southeastern, and there are 13 more that are being monitor...

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Teacher assignments, Barsley retirement scheduled for discussion at School Board Personnel Committee meeting in Amite Thursday morning

ActionNews17 posted on April 27, 2011 22:56
AMITE---About 300 teachers and administrators will receive their new assignments for the 2011-12 school year as the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's ...

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Sheriff's Office investigates death of 3-year-old Hammond girl

ActionNews17 posted on April 27, 2011 22:53
HAMMOND---The death of a three-year-old Hammond girl last week has apparently been ruled a homicide.   WDSU-TV in New Orleans reported last ni...

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District 9 Community meeting set for Tuesday in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on April 27, 2011 20:30
SLIDELL---St. Tammany Parish District 9 Councilman Gene Bellisario has set Tuesday, May 3rd for his next District 9 Community Meeting.  T...

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UPDATE: 30-page agenda shows magnet teachers will be named at Personnel Committee Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on April 26, 2011 23:49
AMITE---Thursday is a critical day in the School Board's plan to remake nine of the parish's lowest performing schools into magnet, Montessori, and I...

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Burgess sees 'tremendous turnaround' for state as C&I Board reports $2.7 billion in new business investment statewide

ActionNews17 posted on April 26, 2011 23:41
$2.7 billion with a "b." That's how much new business investment was approved by the State Board of Commerce and Industry for just the start of the s...

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Wind advisory issued for Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 26, 2011 18:23
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued a Wind Advisory, Which is in effect from 9am Until 7pm CST Wednesday. winds will Strengthen S...

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Arrest made for murder of Slidell fire chief

ActionNews17 posted on April 26, 2011 17:58
SLIDELL – St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain announced this morning that an arrest has been made in connection with yesterday’s killing of a fire ...

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Northshore Business Council endorses School Board taxes

ActionNews17 posted on April 26, 2011 15:50
'If you think economic development is expensive, you ought to price the cost of economic stagnation,' NBC's McHugh suggests COVINGTON---The Northsh...

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Local senator skeptical about budget

ActionNews17 posted on April 26, 2011 14:15
---From Senator Jack Danahue: Well, It Has Started Again There are not nearly as many bills filed this year as there has been in previous years.&#...

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Boil order issued for Tickfaw

ActionNews17 posted on April 25, 2011 16:50
TICKFAW---The Village of Tickfaw has issued a precautionary boil order for customers on the town's water supply. Officials are urging residents to...

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25

State Police intercept drug shipment to Bogalusa

ActionNews17 posted on April 25, 2011 16:13
Narcotic Agents seize Drug Shipment enroute to Bogalusa Bogalusa– A multi-agency investigation, including agents from Immigration and Customs Enf...

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25

Feds sentence Livingston Parish man

ActionNews17 posted on April 25, 2011 14:34
Man Sentenced to 17.5 Years BATON ROUGE—United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., announced that U.S. Chief District Judge Ralph E. Tyson sen...

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Amite radio station urges "Vote No" in first-ever station editorial

ActionNews17 posted on April 24, 2011 22:21
AMITE---Starting Monday, the "Voice of Amite" will be urging the electorate to "Vote No." WABL 1570 AM in Amite has issued what is believed to be the...

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Nearly 4,000 early votes cast in Tangipahoa's historic tax election

ActionNews17 posted on April 24, 2011 21:42
AMITE---Early voting here in Tangipahoa ended on Saturday with just about 4,000 ballots cast. The total will be adjusted as mail-in ballots are a...

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Tangipahoa Parish Council votes redistricting plan Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on April 24, 2011 21:25
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council stands ready to consider final adoption of their redistricting plan at their Monday night council meeting in Ami...

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23

Livingston fatality crash reported

ActionNews17 posted on April 23, 2011 13:46
LOUISIANA   STATE   POLICE COURTESY        LOYALTY         SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent Troop A – News ReleaseApril 22, 2011 L...

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Early voting for April 30 ballot ends today

ActionNews17 posted on April 23, 2011 12:29
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters John Russell reported there have been approximately 375 early votes cast today as the last day of pre-El...

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Former Mandeville Mayor pleads guilty

ActionNews17 posted on April 21, 2011 15:23
FORMER MANDEVILLE MAYOR PLEADS GUILTYTO PERJURY CHARGE Former Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price pleaded guilty today to one count of perjury in state court...

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Livingston Parish jury convicts local man of murder

ActionNews17 posted on April 21, 2011 15:20
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE​April 21, 2011A Livingston Parish jury found Robae Austin, age 33, guilty of second degree murder following a three day jury tri...

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Severe thunderstorm warning

ActionNews17 posted on April 21, 2011 14:58
Headline SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGLink Click here for MAPDescription The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A* severe thunderstorm W...

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Tangi deputies credited for pulling five children from burning vehicle in I-12 rescue Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on April 21, 2011 10:25
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards proudly acknowledges Deputies Scott Hinson, Sean Reilly and Adam Pailet for their heroic efforts ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Three arrested after alleged armed robbery at Kinchen's Grocery

ActionNews17 posted on April 21, 2011 09:44
ALBANY---Three suspects have been arrested following the alleged armed robbery of Kinchen's Grocery near the Tangipahoa/Livingston Parish lines. Livi...

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Early voting turnout stands at 3.4 percent in historic proposition ballot

ActionNews17 posted on April 20, 2011 23:56
AMITE---Early voting for the April 30 general election may go down as the largest in the parish's history on proposition-only ballot dates.   ...

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UPDATE: Hammond man dies in steel mill accident in Colorado

ActionNews17 posted on April 20, 2011 23:54
PUEBLO, Co.---A 30-year-old contractor working with a Hammond company died Wednesday in what is being classified as an "industrial accident" at Weste...

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Cyclist killed in Highway 16 crash

ActionNews17 posted on April 20, 2011 12:10
Bicyclist killed in LA 16 Crash Yesterday evening at 06:30 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash on LA 16 approximatel...

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Amtrak train derails in Slidell Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 20, 2011 10:47
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Southeastern Poll suggests School Board tax package set to fail

ActionNews17 posted on April 20, 2011 00:04
Among likely voters, blacks support tax more than whites; public evenly split on School Board's job performance in recent years HAMMOND---A poll of l...

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Board rejects Patin's motion, offers 'temporary suspension' of magnet school GPA requirement to be filed in federal court

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 23:06
Board directs Patin to withdraw previously filed motion, replace with motion for 'five-year temporary suspension' of GPA requirements AMITE---In...

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Hammond Council tables vehicle reimbursement policy

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 22:00
HAMMOND---Bowing to objections from a large group of police in attendance, the Hammond City Council Tuesday night tabled a policy change that would h...

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UPDATE: Teachers' unions differ in stance on School Board tax proposals

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 21:52
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa's two teachers' unions will apparently differ in their respective stances on the upcoming School Board Tax. The Tangipahoa Fede...

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Conley-Dotey issues written response to comments made by Chief at recent City Council meeting

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 20:40
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High-speed chase ends in fatality crash Tuesday in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 16:50
INDEPENDENCE - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the sheriff's office is investigating a fatal crash which occurred in the earl...

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St. Tammany lawmaker wants different remap

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 16:45
Slidell---If the Department of Justice rejects the redrawn congressional district map recently passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Bobby Jind...

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Northshore high school evacuated for bomb threat

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 16:38
Northshore High School Evacuated     At 10:30 am Northshore High School Officials discovered a note that contained a threat of a bo...

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Ponchatoula officer cleared of K-9 abuse

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 10:15
Ponchatoula Police Officer Cleared in K-9 Probe   PONCHATOULA – Chief of Police Bry Layrisson announced that Officer Steve Dailey and his K-9 p...

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Forgotston challenges local newspaper

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 10:00
Below is a letter which I wrote to my hometown newspaper the Hammond Daily Star. Though it met all of the paper’s written guidelines for such lett...

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Redistricting controversy continues

ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2011 09:56
DONAHUE: NORTHSHORE DELEGATION STOOD TOGETHER ON REDISTRICTING For Immediate Release Monday, April 18, 2011   Mandeville---State Sen. Jack ...

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Tax supporters launch vote yes efforts

ActionNews17 posted on April 17, 2011 23:37
HAMMOND---Supporters of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's tax plan kicked off their "Vote Yes" efforts over the weekend as the parish prepares fo...

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Parish Council schedules public hearings on redistricting plan

ActionNews17 posted on April 16, 2011 22:48
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council has scheduled three public meetings, starting Monday night, to give residents a chance to view and make input on...

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Early voting draws 663 on first day

ActionNews17 posted on April 16, 2011 21:03
Hammond out-votes Amite 2 to 1 in opening day of early voting AMITE---Tangipahoa voters came out in large numbers Saturday as more than 650 voters ca...

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Burgess sees benefit to two Congressmen for Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on April 16, 2011 20:57
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess said Thursday that the new Congressional district configuration for Tangipahoa will bring the par...

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Tickfaw celebrates Italian heritage Saturday at 3rd annual Spaghetti Cookoff

ActionNews17 posted on April 16, 2011 20:25
By: Alissa Vilardo TICKFAW---From the end of Railroad Avenue to Greco’s Grocery building in Tickfaw on Saturday, folks filled the village park at...

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Sicilian Festival takes top honors at Italian Festival's spaghetti cookoff Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on April 16, 2011 20:23
By: Alissa Vilardo, AN17 TICKFAW---On Saturday, everyone in Tickfaw in Italian, but only the best served up heaping prize-winning plates of spaghetti...

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Early voting on School Board tax package continues through Saturday in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on April 15, 2011 22:29
AMITE---Early voting for the four Tangipahoa Parish School Board tax proposals begins Saturday at both locations of the Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of...

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15

Deputies investigate possible murder in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on April 15, 2011 19:44
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Early Morning Homicide Possibility of Self-Defense Being Examined   SLIDELL – The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s ...

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Kolwe will recommend reduction in staff policy, procedures Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 22:57
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Mark Kolwe will introduce a new policy Tuesday night to prepare for a possible reduction of force. A...

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Muscarello will sponsor resolution opposing School Board tax

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 22:01
Early voting for SB tax runs April 16-23 at Registrar's office AMITE---Tangipahoa's newest parish councilman, Nicky Muscarello, Sr., has placed on th...

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Perrilloux: No evidence of wrongdoing by Bickford in DA's office, finances

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 20:55
AMITE---21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said last night that he has found no evidence of wrong-doing in his office by his former sec...

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Tangi Heart Walk set for Friday at SLU

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 18:45
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University will once again host the Tangi Heart Walk to benefit the American Heart Association, one of the universit...

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Vitter schedules 'satellite office' hours in Amite, Bogalusa, and Franklinton Monday

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 17:35
AMITE---U.S. Sen. David Vitter today announced satellite office hours for Tangipahoa and Washington Parish residents. Vitter uses satellite offices...

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Tangipahoa ends redistricting session with two Congressmen, four House members, and four Senators

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 00:24
BATON ROUGE---The legislature ended its special session on Wednesday with a new Congressional map putting the northern half of Tangipahoa, St. H...

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Livingston schools: #8 in performance, 67 out of 69 in funding

ActionNews17 posted on April 14, 2011 00:21
SPRINGFIELD---In the category that money isn't everything, School Superintendent Bill Spear told the Livingston Parish Chamber yesterday that Livings...

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Community Emergency and Family Preparedness Expo slated Saturday in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 23:30
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State Police transitions to online accident reports only by summer

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 23:27
Louisiana State Police Traffic Records Section is continuing to improve efficiencies through its on-line purchasing system of crash reports.  T...

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Deputies search for missing Michigan man in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 23:08
  HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Department of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Of...

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Covington PD: Officer terminated following results of internal investigation

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 22:58
COVINGTON---Covington Police issued the following statement regarding a longtime officer who was terminated and a second officer who resigned after th...

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Latest Port prospect could help revitalize local timber industry

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 22:02
PONCHATOULA---There's another new prospect for the Manchac Port, one that could help revitalize the local timber industry. Port CEO Pat Dufrene told...

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Log exporter interested in Manchac Port

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 07:23
Ponchatoula---There's another new prospect for the Manchac Port, one that could help revitalize the local timber industry. Port CEO Pat Dufrene told ...

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Ardillo's Grocery will close May 1; restaurant remains open

ActionNews17 posted on April 13, 2011 00:04
AMITE---After 72 years of operations, a landmark Amite business will close at the end of this month. Ardillo's Grocery will lock its doors May 1 for ...

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Montpelier mayor dies suddenly Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 12, 2011 23:47
MONTPELIER---This small St. Helena community is mourning the loss of longtime Mayor Bryan Dykes, who died suddenly Tuesday morning at a Baton Rouge ho...

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Muscarello, Sparacello denounce School Board tax at Tickfaw Board meeting Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 12, 2011 23:31
TICKFAW---Councilman Nicky Muscarello was welcomed to the Tickfaw council meeting on Tuesday night, after his swearing in to Tangipahoa Parish Counci...

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Tickfaw leads 9/11 Memorial ride this weekend in S. Louisiana

ActionNews17 posted on April 12, 2011 23:28
TICKFAW---Nearly 10 years and 1,300 miles separated the Village of Tickfaw and New York City on 9/11, but no amount of time and space come between th...

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Tickfaw news briefs by AN17.com's Alissa Vilardo

ActionNews17 posted on April 12, 2011 23:06
By: Alissa Vilardo TICKFAW---The house on Mill Street has got to go, agreed Tickfaw council on Tuesday. The older wooden home, left unoccupied si...

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Folsom man could get death penalty for raping a child

ActionNews17 posted on April 12, 2011 18:03
Folsom Man Booked With Aggravated Rape, Sexual Battery   SLIDELL - St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested a Folsom man...

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Ponchatoula News Briefs by Alissa Vilardo

ActionNews17 posted on April 12, 2011 11:48
Torrential rain and winds early last Monday caused more than a few headaches for Ponchatoula city officials.Resident Beverly Drude gave commentary dur...

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'Biting' remarks take center stage at Ponchatoula Council Monday

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 23:40
Layrisson calls Dotey's probe of PPD a 'witch hunt' By: Alissa Vilardo PONCHATOULA---An ongoing dispute between Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layris...

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Library must consolidate, move as national retailer plans Amite location

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 23:38
AMITE---Amite will soon welcome a new retailer who will be moving into a familiar location on the west side of town.   The Tangipahoa Parish L...

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Amite Library bids put on hold after architect recommends minor changes to plans

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 23:36
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Library Board will delay plans to bid out their new Amite Branch Library and headquarters offices for about 45 days as...

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Indy officials concerned about possible contamination issues at Waterbury site

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 23:32
Waterbury's Independence location expected to close this summer INDEPENDENCE---Mayor Michael Ragusa told the Independence Board of Aldermen that he's...

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Mobile home ordinance returns at Ponchatoula Council

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 23:00
PONCHATOULA---When an ordinance to amend a piece of property to an A-8 mobile home zoned area was passed by Ponchatoula council on Monday night, thei...

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Southeastern celebrates Earth Day Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 22:28
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University students will host the university’s annual Earth Day celebration April 12 at the War Memorial Student Un...

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11

David Vitter coming to Walker

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 19:11
U.S. Sen. David Vitter will be in Walkerto update citizens on key issues in Congress WALKER – U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana will be in Walker at...

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11

Cyber campaign for Father Hank continues

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 17:43
Some people are getting an error when they click on the link below. Just type in www.thedivinemercy.org. On the home page there is a box at the top le...

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Sheriff's Office reports successful Strawberry Festival

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 17:40
PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards is pleased to release that no major incidents that occurred on festival grounds during the well...

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Road rage in Holden leads to arrest of Hammond man

ActionNews17 posted on April 11, 2011 17:33
Weekend Road Rage Incident Leads to Several Criminal Charges and Arrest Holden – Due to the efforts of an observant citizen, Troop A Troopers responde...

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Caldwell: Juvenile Justice investigation continues with questions about personal liability for Board

ActionNews17 posted on April 10, 2011 22:48
ROBERT---State Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said over the weekend that the State Legislative Auditor will soon begin a thorough review of the reco...

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Pugh: Redistricting fight reaches critical deadline in Baton Rouge

ActionNews17 posted on April 10, 2011 22:44
BATON ROUGE---The legislature heads back into session on Monday, with the House and Senate far apart on proposed districts for Congress and the ...

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Layrisson: 2011 Strawberry Fest may be 'safest' on record, but not record-breaker for crowds

ActionNews17 posted on April 10, 2011 22:39
PONCHATOULA---Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said this year's Strawberry Festival may have been the safest on record, with no major crimes re...

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Donahue campaigns for Northshore Congressional District

ActionNews17 posted on April 08, 2011 14:59
DONAHUE CALLS FOR CITIZEN HELP IN PRESERVING THE NORTHSHORE'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT For Immediate Release Friday, April 8, 2011   State Se...

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Father Hank supporters plan E-mail campaign to Vatican

ActionNews17 posted on April 08, 2011 14:46
Tickfaw---JoAnn Bonura sent out the following e-mail this afternoon: Fr. Hank has been a hugh blessing to Our Lady of Pompeii Chruch and to the hea...

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St. Tammany Council considers veterans' tax break election

ActionNews17 posted on April 08, 2011 07:31
COUNCIL INTRODUCES ORDINANCE TO CALL ELECTION ON VETERANS EXEMPTION  Koop Drive---At the request of St. Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schw...

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Friday News Briefs: Kolwe speaks; Amite library delayed; Aerial spraying begins

ActionNews17 posted on April 08, 2011 07:24
Strawberry Festival Trek is back The Strawberry Festival is bringing back a tradition this morning with a trek from one end of the parish to the othe...

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Fight is lost, Father Hank to be reassigned

ActionNews17 posted on April 07, 2011 17:16
Hammond---Reliable sources say Fr. Hank Groover, who was stationed at Holy Ghost and Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church, has been reassigned. There...

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07

Dufreche predicts at least 30%-40% turnout on school board taxes

ActionNews17 posted on April 07, 2011 07:15
 
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Council votes 9-1 introducing 'safer' redistricting plan

ActionNews17 posted on April 07, 2011 00:00
Council nixes Petitto's attempt to zone out rumored opponents AMITE---In a 9-1 vote Wednesday, the Tangipahoa Parish Council introduced the "safer" ...

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06

Roseland man charged with alleged abduction, murder of girlfriend near Zachary

ActionNews17 posted on April 06, 2011 23:43
ZACHARY---A 32-year-old Roseland man has turned himself in to police after an alleged domestic dispute escalated, leaving a Roseland woman dead Tuesda...

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Board prepares to draw 300 commissioners to work April 30 School Board election

ActionNews17 posted on April 06, 2011 23:38
AMITE---Local election officials were wrapping up one ballot and hurriedly moving on to the next Wednesday as the parish gears up for what is now prom...

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Grimmer: Livingston is two weeks away from purchasing initial property for nature preserve

ActionNews17 posted on April 06, 2011 23:34
LAKE MAUREPAS---Livingston Parish President Mike Grimmer said Tuesday that within two weeks he should be able to buy the first 2,500 acres on th...

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Pling Plong 2 cracks top 100 games in Apple App store Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on April 06, 2011 23:28
Ponchatoula brothers enjoy celebrated launch for iPhone game PONCHATOULA---Will and Ben Richardson of Ponchatoula, and their friends and fam...

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April Wehrs to head Livingston Parish Chamber

ActionNews17 posted on April 06, 2011 20:19
Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce Names New Executive Director Denham Springs, LA-April Wehrs, who has served for two years as executive direc...

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News briefs: Magnet schools with or without taxes, Amite raising water bills a lot, and May 5 will be day of contrasts in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on April 05, 2011 22:10
Kolwe: Schools suffer no ill effects from Monday's storms School Supt. Mark Kolwe said the parish's schools weathered Monday's storms with little if ...

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Nevers: Tangipahoa loses Scalise under Senate's Congressional mapping plan

ActionNews17 posted on April 05, 2011 16:06
BATON ROUGE---The Louisiana Senate voted today on a new Congressional mapping plan which would split Tangipahoa between two new U.S. House distri...

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05

CB Forgotston column doesn't read like yesterday's news

ActionNews17 posted on April 05, 2011 15:48
Hammond---Almost a year ago, nationally-syndicated columnist C.B. Forgotston wrote a scathing article about the Tangipahoa School Board. In light of ...

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05

Sparacello the latest official to oppose 4 school board taxes

ActionNews17 posted on April 05, 2011 14:55
TICKFAW---Police Chief Jimmy Sparacello claims that he was the first homeowner in Tangipahoa Parish to put up a yard sign in opposition to the 4 schoo...

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UPDATE: Power restored as parish offices work around electrical outages

ActionNews17 posted on April 05, 2011 11:03
AMITE---Utility crews have restored power at the Amite Courthouse, after a severe weather event left the facility without lights overnight Monday and ...

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Amite Courthouse without power until 1pm

ActionNews17 posted on April 05, 2011 08:22
Amite---Parish officials say the Amite courthouse will remain without electricity for some time. Entergy estimates the problem won't be fixed until 1...

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School Board talks magnet school implementation Tuesday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on April 04, 2011 21:44
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Hammond City Council considers vehicle usage ordinance

ActionNews17 posted on April 04, 2011 21:31
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA April 5, 2011 5:30pm ...

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Burgess: Tornadoes strike north Tangipahoa Parish Monday evening

ActionNews17 posted on April 04, 2011 18:51
AMITE---At least two suspected tornadoes have left a trail of damage across northern Tangipahoa Parish where there are power outages, downed trees, an...

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Tornado Warning issued for Tangipahoa Parish until 7 p.m. Monday

ActionNews17 posted on April 04, 2011 18:37
  TORNADO WARNING Link Click here for MAP Description...

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Tangipahoa Council calls special meeting on redistricting

ActionNews17 posted on April 04, 2011 15:31
Amite---The Tangipahoa Parrish Council will meet with their reapportionment consultants Wednesday night to view maps of the proposed 10 new districts....

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04

Wind Advisory issued for this afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on April 04, 2011 15:26
...STRONG WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TODAY AND THEN AGAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE ...

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UPDATE: Tangipahoa deputies report Kentwood man found in good condition

ActionNews17 posted on April 03, 2011 18:40
Kentwood - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that missing person James Brumfield, black male, 53 years old from the E Lewiston Rd. ar...

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Fire heavily damages Amite home Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on April 03, 2011 14:44
AMITE---An Amite family is putting the pieces back together today after a kitchen fire left their Duncan Ave. home uninhabitable Saturday afternoon. ...

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Parish council race may be a bellwether for school board taxes

ActionNews17 posted on April 03, 2011 00:05
Tickfaw---Politicians who are scared to publicly oppose School Superintendent Mark Kolwe's tax plan might take a lesson from new Parish Councilman Nic...

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Muscarello, Jenkins win Tangi primaries Saturday night

ActionNews17 posted on April 03, 2011 00:04
HAMMOND---Former Hammond City Councilman Nicky Muscarello is once again a councilman--but on a different playing field. The two-term Hammond councilm...

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North Oaks plans to re-open former St. Luke's Monday

ActionNews17 posted on April 01, 2011 21:45
North Oaks Surgery Center Staff Set to Welcome First Patients on Monday, April 4   [HAMMOND, La.]—The newly-renovated North Oaks Surgery Center...

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Hammond man arrested for first-degree murder of 82-year-old Ponchatoula man

ActionNews17 posted on April 01, 2011 17:29
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of Wesley E. Smith Jr. (DOB 10.6.78) of 11218 Red Bird Lane in Hammond , LA....

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Father Hank supporters plan vigil

ActionNews17 posted on April 01, 2011 01:27
Tickfaw---Supporters of embattled Local priest Father Hank Groover are planning to hold a candle light prayer vigil in front of Our Lady of Pompeii...

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Juvenile Justice Commission prepares to reform, not resign, 'moving forward' after alleged embezzlement

ActionNews17 posted on April 01, 2011 01:17
ROBERT---Saying they were "moving forward" after a longtime employee was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million from t...

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Local lawmaker's congressional remap passes committee

ActionNews17 posted on March 31, 2011 23:14
CROMER'S CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BILL CLEARS COMMITTEERep. Greg Cromer's bill to redefine the stat's six congressional districts cleared the House...

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Eisenhower Program returns to SLU

ActionNews17 posted on March 31, 2011 19:39
U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE EISENHOWER PROGRAM RETURNS TO SOUTHEASTERN HAMMOND – The United States Army War College Eisenhower Series College Program wi...

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31

Davis updates St. Tammany road work

ActionNews17 posted on March 31, 2011 17:33
Infrastructure Project Update   Koop Drive---Four new infrastructure projects began in March 2011 across St. Tammany Parish.  “We are push...

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St. Tammany Clerk reopens Slidell office

ActionNews17 posted on March 31, 2011 17:24
Covington---It is with great pleasure that I announce that the Clerk of Court's Slidell Annex office opened for business on February 23!  We are ...

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Amite woman arrested for Independence shooting

ActionNews17 posted on March 31, 2011 17:14
Independence – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the Criminal Investigations Department is currently investigating a shooting whic...

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Hammond to host Louisiana Airport Convention

ActionNews17 posted on March 30, 2011 22:11
Team Hammond---Mayor Mayson Foster announced yesterday that Hammond will host the Louisiana Airport Directors Conference starting Sunday. 150 airpor...

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Who will resign in Brenda Bickford scandal?

ActionNews17 posted on March 30, 2011 21:28
Robert---Anticipation is building for Thursday evening's meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Juvenile Detention Center in Robert, the first ...

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4 Wadesboro residents arrested for meth, $53,000, guns, etc.

ActionNews17 posted on March 30, 2011 18:38
PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on March 29, 2011, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit arrested ...

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Wreck in Bush kills Slidell woman

ActionNews17 posted on March 30, 2011 00:50
March 29, 2011 Early Morning Crash takes Life of Slidell Woman Bush, LA – This morning at 06:20am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a t...

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29

Wednesday news briefs: Cypress Pointe to study North Oaks

ActionNews17 posted on March 29, 2011 22:41
The Board of Commissioners for the juvenile detention center in Robert will meet in special session at 5pm Thursday to discuss the alleged embezzlemen...

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Kolwe defends tax plan to Loranger critics

ActionNews17 posted on March 29, 2011 22:32
AMITE---Sparks flew at the Amite Rotary yesterday, where Superintendent Mark Kolwe fielded pointed questions from club members who live in Loranger. ...

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Local news briefs: Governor returns to Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on March 29, 2011 07:42
Local News Briefs:   Governor Bobby Jindal will be in Hammond this evening for a fundraiser at Worley Corporation from 5-7. The governor helped...

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28

Lamz becomes third official to ask for resignations after embezzlement arrest last week

ActionNews17 posted on March 28, 2011 20:21
SLIDELL---And then there were three. Add Judge Jim Lamz to the growing list of local officials who are calling for resignations after the arrest las...

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28

St. Tammany Parish Council to unveil redistricting maps

ActionNews17 posted on March 28, 2011 17:12
Koop Drive---As part of its published agenda, The St. Tammany Parish Council will introduce ordinances for the Re-Districting of Parish Council repres...

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DOTD holds public information meeting Tuesday at Hammond City Hall to discuss roundabouts

ActionNews17 posted on March 28, 2011 11:05
HAMMOND---The Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)  will have a presentation about the upcoming Roundabouts on Hwy 51 at the inter...

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28

Wednesday is last day to register for school board tax election

ActionNews17 posted on March 28, 2011 09:27
Amite---Tangipahoa taxpayers who want to vote on the four school board tax propositions set for the April 30 ballot only have a couple of days left to...

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Turn-out extremely low for April 2 election.

ActionNews17 posted on March 28, 2011 09:25
Amite---Tangipahoa voters last week continued their long-term trend of very low turn-out, especially in special elections. In one week of early-votin...

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27

Ballot documents show School Board tax much larger than promised

ActionNews17 posted on March 27, 2011 23:18
AN17.com EXCLUSIVE: Property millages could reach maximum of 74.85 mills by language on April 30 ballot AMITE---The actual ballot that will face...

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Chili's will donate 10 percent of sales to Jon-Michael Williams' family Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 27, 2011 19:55
HAMMOND---You can grab a bite to eat and help a local family in need today as Chili's Restaurant in Hammond hosts "Jon-Michael Williams Day" Monday. ...

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Burgess discusses road overlay project at Parish Council Monday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on March 27, 2011 19:52
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26

Slidell man violates Federal Migratory Bird Act

ActionNews17 posted on March 26, 2011 00:57
SLIDELL MAN SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD ACT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2011 New Orleans---MARC DAVID MACIERA, age 3...

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25

Kentwood elementary school bids come in far over budget

ActionNews17 posted on March 25, 2011 16:01
Will Board accept new base price of nearly $15 million to build Dillon? AMITE---The apparent low-bid for the new Kentwood elementary school came in a...

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25

Deputy fires shot at suspect after uncovering burglary in progress at Range Road scrap metal shop Thursday night

ActionNews17 posted on March 25, 2011 00:32
PONCHATOULA---A Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputy was forced to fire his service revolver during an investigation late Thursday into a burglary in pr...

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24

Hammond man shot, Independence man charged

ActionNews17 posted on March 24, 2011 10:48
On March 23, 2011, at approximately 11:45 pm, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office was notified of a shooting at the address of 34451 Ernest Stilley...

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23

No surprises in jail study

ActionNews17 posted on March 23, 2011 22:59
Amite---The jail study commissioned by Sheriff Daniel Edwards last year has been completed, and its final conclusion won't surprise anybody. Namely, ...

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22

Pearson calls for juvenille detention board and director to resign

ActionNews17 posted on March 22, 2011 14:44
SLIDELL---A Northshore area lawmaker is calling for the resignation of the director of the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center and the facility...

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UPDATE: Son of embezzlement suspect will be booked for alleged DWI, child endangerment after four-car pile-up on Hwy 22 Monday afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on March 21, 2011 23:30
PONCHATOULA---The son of a woman arrested Monday afternoon in a high-profile embezzlement scheme involving the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice Commi...

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21

Longtime Florida Parishes Justice Commission secretary charged with $1 million scheme to defraud detention center board

ActionNews17 posted on March 21, 2011 19:22
Former DA's office secretary Brenda Bickford arrested on four counts involving felony theft of more than $1M from FPJDC AMITE---The longtime secr...

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21

Early voting reaches 30; Russell says voters confusing primary, general ballots

ActionNews17 posted on March 21, 2011 17:04
AMITE---Registrar John Russell said that only 16 votes were cast yesterday for the April 2 election, on top of the 14 cast on Saturday. Those disma...

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21

North Oaks purchases St. Luke's Surgicenter

ActionNews17 posted on March 21, 2011 12:50
Freestanding outpatient facility, leased from Gold Leaf Holdings, LLC, will open this spring   HAMMOND---After nearly 14 years of co-existence...

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21

Slidell roundabout delayed

ActionNews17 posted on March 21, 2011 11:09
Brownswitch Roundabout Construction Delayed Koop Drive---St. Tammany Parish was informed by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Developm...

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20

Fog advisory issued for region until 9 a.m. Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 20, 2011 22:25
DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT MON Link Click here for MAP ...

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20

District Attorney wants Petitto case returned to docket

ActionNews17 posted on March 20, 2011 22:21
AMITE---District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said over the weekend that he intends to put the malfeasance charges against Parish Councilman Michael Pet...

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Tangipahoa could gain two lawmakers as result of reapportionment session

ActionNews17 posted on March 20, 2011 22:17
BATON ROUGE---As the state legislature begins a three-week session to redraw district lines, Tangipahoa appears poised to gain one or two lawmak...

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20

14 voters cast ballots on opening day of early voting

ActionNews17 posted on March 20, 2011 22:12
AMITE---Early voting began on Saturday for the April 2 election. Here in Tangipahoa voters are choosing a new parish councilman in the area from ...

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19

Cason issues apology over contractor arrest involving DARE vehicle

ActionNews17 posted on March 19, 2011 20:55
AMITE---Former Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputy and DARE officer Bud Cason issued an apology for the circumstances leading up to his resignatio...

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19

Quinn not expected to run for re-election

ActionNews17 posted on March 19, 2011 18:42
NEW ORLEANS---Louisiana's 6th District State Senator Julie Quinn has reportedly announced she will not seek re-election this fall. Quinn told nu...

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17

Weekend features three fundraisers for Jon-Michael Williams

ActionNews17 posted on March 17, 2011 22:30
HAMMOND---Jon-Michael Williams, the 18-year-old Hammond High senior who was critically hurt in a head-on collision just days before Thanksgiving last ...

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Publisher apologizes after blasting wrong sheriff for jailing woman over cell phone in court

ActionNews17 posted on March 17, 2011 21:47
PONCHATOULA---A longtime Ponchatoula newspaper publisher issued a virtual apology Thursday and promised a printed one next week after he blasted the...

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17

Train / car collisions on the rise

ActionNews17 posted on March 17, 2011 20:48
BATON ROUGE, LA – An improving economy may have contributed to an increase in vehicle-train and pedestrian collisions, deaths and injuries in 2010, ac...

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17

Livingston sets new road priorities

ActionNews17 posted on March 17, 2011 09:20
WALKER---Livingston Parish's top community leaders and a room full of residents met Wednesday with a single purpose in mind: To prioritize road proj...

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17

Hughes: Chaucer unable to make restitution

ActionNews17 posted on March 17, 2011 07:27
63-year-old Cheryl Chaucer was back in court in Amite yesterday. The former Ponchatoula resident made a best interest plea a couple of months ago t...

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16

Petitto case remanded back to local courts for prosecution

ActionNews17 posted on March 16, 2011 02:24
Perrilloux successfully argues case before Louisiana Supreme Court; prosecution may set precedent for public corruption cases in state NEW ORLEANS---...

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15

St Tammany water shut down revised

ActionNews17 posted on March 15, 2011 21:44
Temporary Water Shut Down - Revised   Koop Drive---Coastal Waterworks has informed St. Tammany Parish that the water service in Eden Isles, Oak...

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15

Peter Hammond statue returns to Hammond Oak

ActionNews17 posted on March 15, 2011 20:03
Authorities have no answers on how, why statue returned after monument stolen Mardi Gras week HAMMOND---A statue of Peter Hammond, the legendary foun...

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Ponchatoula 'Friends of Scouting' campaign begins, donations accepted through March 31

ActionNews17 posted on March 15, 2011 15:10
PONCHATOULA–Boy Scouts of America local fundraising chairman Parker Layrisson and District Executive Philip Territo announce the kick-off of the Pon...

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14

Ponchatoula Police officer defends use of dogs in making arrests

ActionNews17 posted on March 14, 2011 22:34
Layrisson allegedly sends Dotey 'cease and desist' order after numerous calls on investigation into use of police dogs for arrests BY ALISSA...

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14

Three men rescued from stranded boat in Lake Pontchartrain

ActionNews17 posted on March 14, 2011 22:16
COVINGTON - St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputies, along with Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents, rescued three men from Lake Pontchartrain earl...

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14

TPSO, Crime Stoppers offer $2,500 reward for info in death of Jamin Robinson of Independence

ActionNews17 posted on March 14, 2011 22:06
INDEPENDENCE---In police news, the Sheriff's Office and Crimestoppers are offering a $2500 reward for information on the death of Jamin Robinson. T...

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Parish Government provides roadside pick-up for flood victims in Village of Tangipahoa starting Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 14, 2011 21:52
AMITE---As a result of the flood damage in the Village of Tangipahoa last week, Tangipahoa Parish Government will provide roadside pick-up of flood-...

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14

Largest local tax increase in Louisiana history put on ballot with no one there to see!

ActionNews17 posted on March 14, 2011 10:38
BATON ROUGE---The State Bond Commission's Ad Hoc Election Subcommittee has cleared the way for four School Board tax items to appear on the April 30 b...

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14

Davis regrets loss of Slidell landmark

ActionNews17 posted on March 14, 2011 10:31
Fire in Olde Towne March 14, 2011 Kppp Drive---I was sad to see that the Club Phoenix in Olde Towne Slidell,  which I still think of as Minic...

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13

School Board makes last minute pitch to make March 15 ballot deadline

ActionNews17 posted on March 13, 2011 22:41
BATON ROUGE---This morning the Tangipahoa School Board will face the final hurdle to get their 4 proposed taxes on the April 30 ballot. Under s...

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12

Bud Cason resigns from Sheriff's Office

ActionNews17 posted on March 12, 2011 11:34
Resignation, dated March 12, comes less than 24 hours after news report, TPSO announcement that DARE vehicle involved in New Orleans drug arrest ...

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11

24-year-old Loranger man is second suspect charged in Hammond vandalism case

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 18:58
HPD reports Baham being transported to Amite Jail Friday night HAMMOND---The second of three suspects has been arrested and charged with multipl...

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11

Folsom-area road closed due to flood waters

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 18:52
Isabel Swamp Road Closed   Koop Drive---Isabel Swamp Road, off Hwy 40 in Folsom, is closed to traffic, due to water in the road.  It is ex...

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11

Water south of Slidell to be shut off Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 18:41
Temporary Water Shut Down   Coastal Waterworks has informed St. Tammany Parish that the water service in Eden Isles, Oak Harbor, Clipper Estate...

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11

68-year-old Sun man dead; Bogalusa man charged

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 18:05
Bogalusa Resident arrested in LA 21 Fatal Crash Shortly after midnight on March 11, 2011, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle...

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11

North Oaks construction causes detour

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 18:03
North Oaks Drive Detour this Weekend   [HAMMOND, LA]—Effective today, March 11 at 5 p.m. until the early morning hours of Monday, March 14, the...

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TPSO launches internal investigation into drug arrest involving DARE vehicle

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 17:55
Contract worker arrested for alleged possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia while driving DARE car at New Orleans Mardi Gras HAMMOND---The ...

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11

Lawmakers respond to Governor's proposed budget

ActionNews17 posted on March 11, 2011 17:46
Donahue calls budget 'good start;' Pearson likes cost-cutting measures but has concerns about retirement contribution issues NORTHSHORE---Louisiana l...

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10

Governor Will Propose $4.2 Million in Cuts to Lallie Kemp

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 22:10
Independence---Governor Bobby Jindal today will release his budget proposal for the upcoming legislative session at 10am Friday, and reliable sources ...

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Jindal: Budget protects higher ed, K-12, health care with no tax increases

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 21:31
BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal said he is submitting a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that does not raise taxes, protects higher e...

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Crime Stoppers, TPSO offer reward for criminal damage case in downtown Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 21:30
AMITE - Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person/persons responsible fo...

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Tangipahoa River Flood warning extended until Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 20:05
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA  THU MAR 10 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...

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Southeastern SGA hosts 'budget impact forum' with lawmakers Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 14:48
HAMMOND – The Student Government Association at Southeastern Louisiana University will sponsor a Budget Impact Forum on Monday, March 14.  ...

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Edwards: TPSO celebrates 4th straight year of A+ audit reports

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 08:46
HAMMOND --- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Denied Edwards reports that for the fourth consecutive year, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has scored...

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City of Walker hosts Livingston Parish Road Summit Wednesday, March 16

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 01:17
WALKER – The City of Walker is hosting the upcoming Livingston Parish Road Summit, which is set for Wednesday, March 16, at 9 a.m. at the Walker Munic...

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66-year-old Independence man dies in I-12 crash Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on March 10, 2011 00:02
ROBERT – Wednesday at 12:20pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a single vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 12 at milepost #43 in Tangi...

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School officials prepare for possible reduction in force

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 23:53
AMITE---The Tangipahoa School Board heard yesterday that within 30 days Superintendent Mark Kolwe will unveil the criteria for making budget cuts to ...

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Approximately 150-200 north end residents displaced by flood waters

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 23:42
KENTWOOD---Things are getting back to normal on the north end following the worst flooding in many years; however, not before 150-200 residents from ...

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St Tammany weather victims urged to report

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 21:38
Parish Requests Tornado Victims Call in Thursday, March 10   The St. Tammany Parish Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness ...

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Parish remains on watch as river rises; sandbags available

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 15:24
AMITE---Parish President Gordon Burgess issued the following update regarding flooding in Tangipahoa Parish: "The parish continues to monitor the T...

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Flood 2011: Burgess announces road closures as rains continue in Tangipahoa Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 15:17
  AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announces the following road closures: Hayden Bryce Hyde B Brown N. Jackson Citizens...

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09

Bogalusa watches the Pearl

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 15:03
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1152 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING R...

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Bogue Chitto may flood St Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 15:01
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1200 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING R...

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Washington Parish, Pike County expecting river flood

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 14:56
FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1205 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS BATON...

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Amite River flooding in Denham, Port Vincent

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 14:54
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1218 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING R...

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Flood warning issued for Tickfaw River in St Helena

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 14:50
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1243 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING R...

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River flood warning in Covington

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 14:47
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1249 PM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING R...

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Tornado, weather damage reported in St Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on March 09, 2011 14:06
Severe Weather Update Koop Drive---There have been several instances of property damage from the severe weather which occurred in St. Tammany Paris...

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Evacuations begin as heavy rains bring flash floods in Northern Tangipahoa Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 22:30
KENTWOOD---Heavy rains and high winds caused problems all over the parish Tuesday, but the problems were worst on the north end. Parish President G...

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UPDATE: Near-drowning, wrecks mar long Mardi Gras holiday weekend in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 21:21
AMITE---The extended Mardi Gras holiday was marred by a series of unrelated tragic accidents, many of them involving young people. On Mardi Gras Day,...

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Seven Oak Forest students recovering after car accident returning from New Orleans Monday

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 21:11
AMITE---Seven Oak Forest Academy seniors are recuperating from a near-tragic single-car accident early Monday morning.   The teens were travel...

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08

Flash flood warning for Greensburg and Amite

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 16:30
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued A * Flash Flood Warning for: Eastern St. Helena Parish in Southeast Louisiana this includes...

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08

Strong thunderstorm affecting Washington and Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 16:25
  Strong thunderstorm moving Northeast Affecting Washington Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, St. Helena Parish, Pike County Walthall County At 420pm...

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NWS issues warning about more thunderstorms, possibility of hail, strong winds, flash flooding

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 15:56
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AFFECTING WASHINGTON PARISH... TAN...

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NWS issues flood warning for Tangipahoa River at Robert through Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 15:54
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A ...

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08

Entergy, local non-profits host 'Super Tax Day' event in Amite Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 15:34
AMITE — Urging customers to not miss a special tax credit this year that could put money in their pockets, Entergy Louisiana, LLC is inviting indivi...

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NWS issues tornado warning for N. Tangi, Washington Parish, Pike County until 3:30 p.m.

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 15:01
Headline TORNADO WARNING Link Click here for MAP Descripti...

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Cluster of strong thunderstorms moves through area until 3:30 p.m.

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 14:58
Cluster of Strong Thunderstorms moving Northeast Affecting Livingston Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, St. Helena Parish Laz037 -...

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NWS issues tornado watch for area until 8 p.m. Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 14:14
  The National Weather Service has Issued tornado watch 42 In effect Until 8pm CST this Evening for the Following Areas...

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08

27-year-old Hammond man dies in two-car fatality crash on River Road

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 12:07
State Police believe Huguet lost control in curve on LA 1064 NORTHEAST HAMMOND---A 27-year-old Hammond man died in a two-car fatality cras...

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08

Friends host ping-pong tournament to benefit Jon-Michael Williams

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 00:52
AMITE – On March 20, 2011, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office will be participating in a Ping-Pong Tournament to benefit Tickfaw resident Jon-Mic...

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08

Deputies arrest pair for drugs on Rogers Road

ActionNews17 posted on March 08, 2011 00:49
Suspect allegedly hands 'blunt' to officers during investigation HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of SHEDRICK M...

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Flood warning continues for Tangipahoa River

ActionNews17 posted on March 06, 2011 18:46
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...   THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT AFFECTING TANGIPAHOA PARISH PRE...

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05

Missing Ponchatoula man killed in St Tammany wreck

ActionNews17 posted on March 05, 2011 19:24
March 5, 2011  Excessive Speed, Impairment, Lack of Seat Belt Use Suspected Factors in Fatal Crash Covington – Louisiana State Pol...

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Update: Getaway van found; Bogalusa man one of two escapees

ActionNews17 posted on March 05, 2011 14:43
Troopers Searching for Two Trustees Update:  The Department of Public Safety Dodge van was located last night on US 61 south of LA 965 at app...

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34-year-old Springfield man killed in fourth ward crash

ActionNews17 posted on March 05, 2011 10:27
Aggressive Driving and Impairment Suspected Factors in Fatal Crash Independence – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a single-vehicle cr...

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05

Tornado watch issued for entire region

ActionNews17 posted on March 05, 2011 09:08
New Orleans---The National Weather Service has Issued tornado watch 39 In effect Until 4pm CST this Afternoon for the Following Areas in Louisiana t...

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05

34-year-old Hammond woman sentenced for fraud

ActionNews17 posted on March 05, 2011 08:23
Hammond Woman Sentenced for Defrauding American Red Cross New Orleans---LESHEA HANIBLE, age 34, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced in ...

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05

Flood warning issued for Bogue Falaya River at Covington

ActionNews17 posted on March 05, 2011 08:02
FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 640 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS BATON ...

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04

Local lawmakers see little hope on budget cuts

ActionNews17 posted on March 04, 2011 09:50
Four local lawmakers turned out for a multiple chamber meeting at Southeastern yesterday. Senator Ben Nevers said the state still faces a $1.6 billion...

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04

Oil and gas leases double in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on March 04, 2011 09:23
Clerk of Court Julian Dufreche said yesterday that 108 more oil and gas leases have been purchased in the northeast part of Tangipahoa. That brings t...

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63-year-old Slidell woman arrested on 47 counts of doctor shopping

ActionNews17 posted on March 04, 2011 07:36
Doctor Shopping Investigation leads to Arrest of Slidell Resident Louisiana State Police Narcotic Detectives have charged a Slidell woman with 47 ...

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Ricks selected for leadership program established by Louisiana Supreme Court

ActionNews17 posted on March 03, 2011 12:34
AMITE---21st Judicial District Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks has been selected to participate in a new year-long leadership program established by the ...

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Local officials boast rising sales taxes, business expansions along I-12 corridor

ActionNews17 posted on March 01, 2011 22:29
HAMMOND---The local economy continues to look up as local officials on Tuesday talked up sales tax increases and yes, even more business expansions al...

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TPSB's Finance Committee pledges to help HHS Torbotics team reach International competition

ActionNews17 posted on March 01, 2011 21:07
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Finance Committee voted unanimously Tuesday night to help the Hammond High Torbotics team as they advance...

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Former Hammond Chamber Director named new head of West Baton Rouge Chamber

ActionNews17 posted on March 01, 2011 21:03
WEST BATON ROUGE- The West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce their new Executive Director Kathy Stuart. She has served as th...

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2011 Business EXPO will feature 70 exhibitors

ActionNews17 posted on March 01, 2011 21:00
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Charming Charlie takes job applications Friday, Saturday at Hammond Square

ActionNews17 posted on March 01, 2011 20:33
HAMMOND---Charming Charlie will be taking applications on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 from 11 am to 7 pm at the new Hammond Square location...

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Parish Council will begin working on reapportionment next week

ActionNews17 posted on February 28, 2011 23:48
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council Monday night began talking about the reapportionment of their 10 districts following the recent census. Chai...

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28

Former School Board member sues Board, Kolwe, etal over selection of Mr. PHS 2011

ActionNews17 posted on February 28, 2011 23:12
Traylors allege son declared ineligible despite meeting qualifications AMITE---A former Tangipahoa Parish School Board member has filed suit against...

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28

Foundary, S&W granted enterprise zone designations for expansions

ActionNews17 posted on February 28, 2011 22:57
AMITE---The news for the Amite Foundry is getting even better, thanks to a big new contract from Caterpillar. Last night the Tangipahoa Parish Co...

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28

More delays expected at Highway 21

ActionNews17 posted on February 28, 2011 14:40
St. Tammany Parish Received the Following Revised Dates From LADOTD: LA 21 @ I-12, St. Tammany Parish, Lane Closure and Ramp Closures The outsi...

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City Council to get Hammond High update

ActionNews17 posted on February 28, 2011 14:38
HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA March 1, 2011 5:30pm  ...

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Missing Hammond teen found, reunited with family

ActionNews17 posted on February 28, 2011 10:57
HAMMOND---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that missing teen, Kaitlyn Gardner was located and has returned to her family safely. ...

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Edwards: Rising costs will not hinder public services from TPSO

ActionNews17 posted on February 27, 2011 23:24
Edwards won't seek tax increase despite rising gas prices, loss of meth clean-up assistance from DEA HAMMOND---Sheriff Daniel Edwards said over the w...

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Council introduces measure to freeze occupational licenses for delinquent taxpayers

ActionNews17 posted on February 27, 2011 23:19
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council tonight is expected to introduce an ordinance denying an occupational license or even a renewal to any business...

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26

Gibson found guilty of murder 2 today

ActionNews17 posted on February 26, 2011 16:38
AMITE---21st Judicial District Court Judge Robert Morrison found a Hammond man guilty as charged today in the second degree murder of the suspect's es...

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25

Highway 16 wreck kills Denham Springs man

ActionNews17 posted on February 25, 2011 16:51
Troopers investigate Multi-Vehicle Fatal Crash on LA 16 St. Helena – This morning at 06:30 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a five...

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UPDATE: Williams released from Children's Hospital today

ActionNews17 posted on February 25, 2011 00:46
HAMMOND---A Hammond High senior who has been hospitalized in New Orleans since the Monday before Thanksgiving is coming back to Tangipahoa Parish toda...

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24

CEO says Cypress Pointe looking at North Oaks

ActionNews17 posted on February 24, 2011 01:25
PONCHATOULA---The CEO of the new hospital in Hammond told the Ponchatoula Kiwanis Club yesterday that his team plans to submit a bid to buy North Oaks...

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23

Crime Stoppers now offers anonymous tips via text

ActionNews17 posted on February 23, 2011 23:28
AMITE --- Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa is proud to announce that it is now offering anonymous text tipping to Tangipahoa Parish.    Text...

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23

DOTD announces emergency lane closures Thursday on I-10 at Middle Pearl River Bridge

ActionNews17 posted on February 23, 2011 20:28
EMERGENCY LANE CLOSURE I-10, St. Tammany Parish, Lane Closure There will be a Right, Eastbound lane closure on I-10, from mile post 272.00 t...

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23

Parish council set to crack down on sales tax collection

ActionNews17 posted on February 23, 2011 18:59
Amite---Monday night the Tangipahoa Parish Council will consider an ordinance that would deny an occupational license to any business that owes delinq...

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23

Trabona: Daniels released Goldsby tape to New Orleans TV station

ActionNews17 posted on February 23, 2011 00:15
AMITE---A public records request prompted Amite Police to release a copy of a now-controversial tape-recording of a call between Amite Mayor Reggie Go...

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Trabona: State Police report inconclusive on fatality wreck during Amite funeral procession

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 23:59
AMITE---A Louisiana State Police investigation into a fatality wreck that happened during a funeral procession in Amite has left a series of questions...

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COST ANALYSIS: Matheu says Assessor's Office will answer questions about individual tax costs if School Board taxes pass

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 23:50
AMITE---How much will the  proposed School Board tax package cost you, your home, or your business? Tangipahoa Parish Assessor Jr Matheu says ...

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22

Scalise sponsors town hall meeting Wednesday at Hammond City Hall

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 23:39
WASHINGTON, DC---Congressman Steve Scalise will hold a town hall meeting today, February 23.  At the town halls, Scalise will hear your...

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Edwards hosts prayer breakfast Wednesday in Roseland; says department will not accept town's request to take over police department

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 23:34
ROSELAND---Sheriff Daniel Edwards' Prayer Breakfast is going on Wednesday morning until 9 a.m., at the Mount Gillion Missionary Baptist Church in Ros...

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22

Davis issues statement on 2010 annual report

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 23:31
MANDEVILLE---St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis offered the following statement Tuesday in reference to the parish's annual report: As we ar...

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22

Fire Marshal asks public's help in Pine Grove arson case

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 16:13
PINE GROVE---Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning announced today that his office is investigating a fire loss in St. Helena Parish a...

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22

Hammond man charged with criminal abandonment after allegedly leaving children at fast food restaurant to go drinking

ActionNews17 posted on February 22, 2011 10:21
HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of Curtis Woods, 58 of 43238 Calvary St. in Hammond, LA.  Woods was arr...

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21

Wife of retired Hammond attorney dies in car accident in Virginia Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on February 21, 2011 19:03
85-year-old Iddo Pittman said to be 'improving' after wreck YORKTOWN, VA---An 84-year-old Hammond woman was killed Saturday afternoon when a tree fe...

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21

Local pair arrested for bold copper theft in Albany

ActionNews17 posted on February 21, 2011 18:21
Copper Thieves Go To New Heights On Thursday February 17, 2011, a concerned citizen notified authorities of a possible copper theft in progress o...

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21

Southeastern researchers study using clams to clean oil-tainted waters

ActionNews17 posted on February 21, 2011 13:26
HAMMOND – The lowly Rangia clam, so common in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas and other brackish bodies of water in the South, may ta...

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21

Amite man turns himself in after allegedly shooting brother in chest

ActionNews17 posted on February 21, 2011 13:14
AMITE - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on February 19, 2011, Lemar D. Nichols, 23 of 11414 James Rd. in Amite turned himself ...

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21

Clary gets AGG endorsement

ActionNews17 posted on February 21, 2011 11:25
COVINGTON---Maureen Clary has garnered the endorsement of the Alliance for Good Government. On Wednesday, February 16, at their mayoral forum, the ...

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20

Walker man killed in fire

ActionNews17 posted on February 20, 2011 23:38
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Mississippi man killed in Slidell crash

ActionNews17 posted on February 20, 2011 23:00
Mississippi Man succumbs to Injuries following I-10 Crash Slidell – Last night at 10:25 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehic...

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Southeastern plans weeklong disability awareness programs

ActionNews17 posted on February 20, 2011 05:05
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University will host Disability Awareness Week on campus Feb. 21 – 24 with a goal of increasing awareness of the cha...

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Tangipahoa Parish recognized as Louisiana's 2010 winner for 'Best Parish Master Plan'

ActionNews17 posted on February 18, 2011 18:20
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish's Comprehensive Plan has been awarded as Louisiana's best parish master plan. The Louisiana State American Planning Associ...

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Saturday is Senior Day at SLU

ActionNews17 posted on February 18, 2011 18:15
HAMMOND ---High school seniors and their parents are invited to Senior Day at Southeastern Louisiana University on Saturday, Feb. 19.   &#...

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St Tammany issues 2010 report

ActionNews17 posted on February 18, 2011 16:28
St. Tammany Parish 2010 Annual Report   Koop Drive---Parish President Kevin Davis has completed St. Tammany Parish’s 2010 Annual Report.  ...

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Last shall be first in reapportionment

ActionNews17 posted on February 18, 2011 00:20
Covington---Arguably, for the first time in Louisiana history the Florida Parishes began to get the respect we deserve, yesterday. The legislature's ...

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Troopers investigate head-on collision in Goodbee Wednesday

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GOODBEE – Wednesday morning shortly before 6 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle head-on collision on LA 1077 north of L...

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Trooper arrests Ponchatoula man after woman charges suspect with kidnapping, rape

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Spring enrollment at SLU continues on growth trend

ActionNews17 posted on February 16, 2011 09:52
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s total enrollment for the spring semester reflects an upward trend over the same time last year, univers...

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Cypress Pointe doubles caseload again

ActionNews17 posted on February 15, 2011 22:22
Administrator predicts 'growth explosion' on Airport Road   HAMMOND---It's only been in business for a little more than two months, but alrea...

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Layoffs loom as school districts declare 'state of financial exigency'

ActionNews17 posted on February 15, 2011 22:10
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School officials on Tuesday night joined a growing list of districts across the region that are taking legal steps to decl...

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Quebedeaux sentenced to 12 years for killing three pedestrians outside bar near SLU campus

ActionNews17 posted on February 15, 2011 17:32
22-year-old Hammond man admits guilt in March 2009 DWI case AMITE---A Hammond man who admitted last year that he was behind the wheel when three col...

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Burgess talks oil, gas leases, need for monitoring

ActionNews17 posted on February 15, 2011 00:23
AMITE---Parish President Gordon Burgess told the council Monday night that Tangipahoa should prepare for the impact of increased oil and gas drilling...

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State Police asked to study Wilson arrest in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on February 15, 2011 00:17
PONCHATOULA---Sparks flew at the Ponchatoula City Council where Jessie and Dorothy Wison complained that police were too harsh in the arrest of their...

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Daniels asks for Goldsby's resignation; Mayor refuses

ActionNews17 posted on February 14, 2011 22:41
AMITE---Adding flames to the fire Monday night, longtime Amite Councilman Walter Daniels asked for--but did not receive--a resignation from longtime...

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Pugh encourages public participation in redistricting meeting Thursday morning in Covington

ActionNews17 posted on February 14, 2011 18:02
COVINGTON---The Louisiana House and Senate Governmental Affairs Committee is holding a public hearing, to receive input from citizens, relative to the...

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Hammond, TPSO arrest leads to life imprisonment for Denham man

ActionNews17 posted on February 14, 2011 17:03
DRUG DEALER FACES LIVE IMPRISONMENT BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that a federal jury convicted ANTWAI...

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Hammond man sentenced on federal gun and sex charges

ActionNews17 posted on February 14, 2011 16:26
HAMMOND MAN SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS FOR GUN VIOLATION AND FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER ANTHONY D. KNIGHT, age 34, a resident of Hammond, Loui...

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Rising sales tax, John Michael Williams top agenda

ActionNews17 posted on February 14, 2011 07:21
Amite---Parish President Gordon Burgess will tell the council tonight that sales tax receipts in Tangipahoa were up 1.5% in the most recent month repo...

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School Board prepares to pay off existing revenue bond debt

ActionNews17 posted on February 13, 2011 21:43
Parish quietly paid off bonds from 1982 one-cent sales tax last year AMITE---Without a single word, the Tangipahoa Parish School System retired a 28...

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Dardenne will be on hand to open Lincoln exhibit at SLU Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on February 13, 2011 21:35
HAMMOND – Opening ceremonies for the traveling exhibit “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” – now on display in Southeastern Louisiana Univ...

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Parish Council looks at code enforcement procedures for JPs

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Ponchatoula Council meets Monday at 6 p.m.

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Daly, Muscarello qualify for open Parish Council seat

ActionNews17 posted on February 11, 2011 17:39
AMITE---When longtime Tangipahoa Parish Councilman Buddy Ridgel resigned his post late last year, spectators said the race to replace him would be an ...

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State Police arrest 9 sex offenders in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on February 11, 2011 17:38
February 11th, 2011 Troopers partner with Multi-Agency Task Force in Sex Offender Roundup On February 9th, 2011, Louisiana State Police Regi...

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Tangi JP race draws three candidates

ActionNews17 posted on February 11, 2011 17:33
AMITE---Three candidates have come forward to run for the vacant 8th Ward Justice of the Peace seat in Tangipahoa Parish. As of the close of qualifyi...

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St. Tammany races include hot mayor's elections in Covington, Sun

ActionNews17 posted on February 11, 2011 17:23
COVINGTON---And the race is on!   Candidates finalized their plans to put their names on the ballot Friday as qualifying closed at 5 p.m. here....

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Aydell wins seat on French Settlement Board of Aldermen

ActionNews17 posted on February 11, 2011 17:17
LIVINGSTON---Danette Aydell has been elected by acclamation as the newest member of the French Settlement Board of Aldermen. Aydell was the only cand...

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Kentwood man shot by deputy during arrest

ActionNews17 posted on February 11, 2011 10:03
From the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office---At 10:20 pm TPSO received a call from 68141 S. River Road Kentwood La. Caller stated that a Richard Roberts w...

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Letters for JM reaches 6,132 plus with Monday deadline approaching

ActionNews17 posted on February 10, 2011 22:12
HAMMOND---Robbie Roubique, the family friend who is leading the letter-writing campaign for local teen Jon-Michael Williams, reported yesterday that ...

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Friday is final day of qualifying for April 2 ballot

ActionNews17 posted on February 10, 2011 21:40
AMITE---Friday is the final day for candidates to declare their intentions to run in the April 2 primaries. In Tangipahoa and St. Tammany Par...

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St. Tammany puts warming shelter on standby as parish braces for another night of cold

ActionNews17 posted on February 10, 2011 20:55
St. Tammany Parish and the American Red Cross will have a warming shelter available on standby Thursday and Friday nights, February 10th and 11th, du...

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DOTD announces lane closures on US 90 in St. Tammany Parish

ActionNews17 posted on February 10, 2011 05:08
US 90, St. Tammany Parish, Intermittent Lane Closure The Eastbound or Westbound lanes of US 90 at the East Pearl River Bridge, near mile post 29...

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Pugh begins dialysis, prepares for kidney transplant after re-election bid this fall

ActionNews17 posted on February 09, 2011 22:46
PONCHATOULA---State Representative Steve Pugh is speaking out on the health risks associated with hypertension after doctors discovered that his own...

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Officials move Chaucer from Amite Jail to begin eight-year sentence

ActionNews17 posted on February 09, 2011 22:43
AMITE---A former Tangipahoa Parish businessman convicted last month on charges of bilking investors of more than $11 million in a Ponzi scheme that i...

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School Board applies for federal School Improvement Grants for eight high-poverty, low performing local schools

ActionNews17 posted on February 09, 2011 22:42
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School System is in the process of applying for a competitive federal grant for eight high-poverty, low performing scho...

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Parish agencies begin move back to Towers Building this week

ActionNews17 posted on February 09, 2011 11:15
Towers Building has been closed since Katrina struck in Aug. 2005 SLIDELL---St. Tammany Parish agencies will begin returning to the St. Tammany Paris...

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09

19-year-old killed in Slidell wreck

ActionNews17 posted on February 09, 2011 07:21
Driver killed in Collision on Interstate 10 Slidell – Last night at 09:15 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatal cra...

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Port takes centerstage at EDF meeting in Manchac today

ActionNews17 posted on February 09, 2011 00:44
MANCHAC---Expect more good economic news later today when Tangipahoa's Economic Development Foundation meets at Middendorf's for their quarterly meet...

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Burgess: Velma Road crossing closes for improvements

ActionNews17 posted on February 08, 2011 22:05
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess and Canadian National Railroad announced that effective Wed., Feb. 9, the Velma Road crossing wil...

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Jindal: Bradken announces major expansion in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on February 08, 2011 15:50
Expansion will create 171 new direct jobs, retain 179 existing jobs, and include $18 million in capital investment at Amite Foundary AMITE -- On Tue...

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Fire breaks out at "The Buzz" in Hammond Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 22:26
HAMMOND---A popular Hammond nightclub sustained heavy damage after a fire broke out in "The Buzz" near Southeastern Louisiana University Monday nigh...

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Tangipahoa deputies save life of gunshot victim

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 16:58
LORANGER – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on the evening of February 6, 2011, Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to...

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Regional event to help foreclosure victims set for February 19 im Amite

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 16:49
AMITE---Northshore parishes such as Tangipahoa, Washington, and St. Tammany face some of the highest foreclosure rates in the state of Louisiana. Conc...

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Another Katrina milestone---Parish moving back to Towers Building

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 16:39
Agencies Begin Move into Towers Building   St. Tammany Parish agencies will begin returning to the St. Tammany Parish Towers building on Wednes...

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DOTD restricts traffic to one lane on I-10 westbound between Old Spanish Trail, Oak Harbor

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 09:03
SLIDELL----West bound I-10 from LA 433 (Old Spanish Trail) Exit to the Oak Harbor Exit, will be restricted to one lane February 7th – 9th, 9:00 am –...

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DOTD plans US 90 repairs at East Pearl River Bridge Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 08:19
SLIDELL---The Eastbound and Westbound lanes of US 90 at the East Pearl River Bridge, near mile post 297.37, will be closed TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011,...

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TPSS, Hammond Chamber sponsor IB speaker's visit to Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 07:58
HAMMOND---The Hammond Chamber of Commerce and Tangipahoa Parish School System have invited Maria Hersey to Hammond February 9-11 to provide the commu...

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St. Tammany uses 'green' construction methods to repair Slidell roadway

ActionNews17 posted on February 07, 2011 07:56
SLIDELL---As part of the construction process on Haas Road in Slidell, St. Tammany Parish is using a new environmentally friendly type of soil-cement...

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Qualifying begins Wednesday for April 2 election

ActionNews17 posted on February 06, 2011 22:44
AMITE---Qualifying opens Wednesday for the April 2 election. Here in Tangipahoa, there are two vacancies to be filled--Council District 5, which is m...

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Family escapes house fire Friday night

ActionNews17 posted on February 06, 2011 22:38
8th Ward Fire, with assistance from HFD, provide massive manpower to attack blaze in rural south Tangipahoa Friday night PONCHATOULA---An 8th Ward fa...

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St. Tammany Permit Department goes paperless

ActionNews17 posted on February 06, 2011 08:23
ST. TAMMANY PARISH---The St. Tammany Department of Permits will be phasing in a new system for the permit process over the next few months. ...

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Southeastern program receives national certification

ActionNews17 posted on February 06, 2011 08:16
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Family and Consumer Sciences program has been recognized by a national agency as an approved program to...

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Tangipahoa 4th fastest-growing parish in Louisiana

ActionNews17 posted on February 05, 2011 00:13
AMITE---U.S. Census figures released this week indicate Tangipahoa Parish is the fourth-fastest growing parish in Louisiana, registering a 20 percent ...

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05

Walker officially a city, plans celebration

ActionNews17 posted on February 05, 2011 00:05
Walker---Mayor Bobby Font wasted no time on Friday when he received confirmation that Walker had officially exceeded the 5,000 in population necessary...

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Southeastern-Sam Houston State Game Moved to 6 p.m.; Robin Roberts Jersey Retirement Still Set for 3 p.m.

ActionNews17 posted on February 04, 2011 16:03
HAMMOND – Due to inclement weather in the Huntsville, Tex., area creating travel concerns for the Sam Houston State women’s basketball team, the tip-o...

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Davis reacts to St Tammany census numbers

ActionNews17 posted on February 04, 2011 13:55
Statement by Parish President Kevin Davis Re 2010 Census release for St. Tammany Parish 233,740 population count estimate   With the release ...

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Welcome Home, Robin: University honors alum, GMA's Robin Roberts in ceremonies Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on February 04, 2011 00:26
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University will retire distinguished alumnus Robin Roberts’ Lady Lion basketball jersey during pre-game ceremonies ...

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Tangipahoa Parish Schools will be closed Friday

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 19:10
AMITE---Due to concerns about potential travel hazards, all Tangipahoa Parish district offices and public ...

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Freezing rain advisory remains in effect until early Friday

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 17:53
The Freezing Rain Advisory is Now in effect Until 3am CST Friday. Temperatures will Hover near to Just Below Freezing Throug...

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Southeastern remains closed Friday; classes, off-site programs closed

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 17:50
HAMMOND --- Due to concerns about potential travel hazards, Southeastern Louisiana University's main campus and off-campus sites will remain closed Fr...

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Livingston takes precautions as cold, ice forecast to linger through Friday

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 17:48
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St. Tammany sands bridges, has Red Cross shelter on standby as cold descends on region

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 17:46
St. Tammany Parish and the American Red Cross will again have a warming shelter available on standby tonight.  Equipment will be pre-staged to ...

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Walker Mayor says town ready for cold weather; advises residents to report issues

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 17:44
WALKER---Weather conditions could worsen late today through Friday morning. Should that happen, Walker's Department of Public Works will have crews...

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DOTD expands time needed to repair LA 1088 in St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 11:53
Extension of Dates: LA 1088, St. Tammany Parish Holly Lane and Mulberry Lane Street Closures      Holly Lane and Mulberry Lan...

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Tammany Trace in Abita Springs closes for repairs

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 11:52
A 500 foot section of the Tammany Trace in Abita Springs will be temporarily closed for repairs from Thursday, February 3, 2011 to Thursday, Februar...

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Freezing rain affects areas of southeast Louisiana through afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 10:53
A Band of Freezing Rain will Continue to Impact Areas Along And North of a Line from Gonzales Through Amite City to Poplarville. ...

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03

Lallie Kemp Wins Awards at Annual Forum

ActionNews17 posted on February 03, 2011 01:25
Independence -- The fourteenth annual LSU Healthcare Effectiveness Forum, “Driving Cultural Change in a Changing Environment,” recognized achievements...

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Tangipahoa, much of region takes Thursday as 'snow day'

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 22:06
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish residents are bundling up and making precautions as the region prepares for a potential "snow day" Thursday. National Weath...

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Entergy: Crews are ready in event winter storm poses problems

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 21:25
HAMMOND---Entergy Louisiana, LLC is prepared to respond to any outages in Louisiana over the next few days that could be caused by the winter weather...

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Winter storm watch issued for Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 20:13
 The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued a Winter storm Watch, Which is in effect from Thursday Morning Through Late Thursday Ni...

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Burgess: Parish has men, materials, equipment on standby as wintery weather moves into Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 18:14
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess said Wednesday that all parish public works offices are on standby and preparing for a possible w...

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Governor closes state offices Thursday in preparation of wintery weather

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 18:11
BATON ROUGE - The wintery weather mix forecast in south Louisiana has prompted officials to close state offices across the region Thursday. Commis...

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02

State Police bust St. Tammany credit card fraud ring

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 16:34
Joint Task Force Investigation unravels Credit Card Fraud Ring Investigators working as part of the Louisiana Financial Crimes Task Force have conc...

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02

Mississippi man killed in Kentwood crash

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 16:29
Medical Condition suspected Factor in Tangipahoa Crash This morning at 8:30am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash on LA ...

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02

Warming Shelter on Standby In St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 16:26
St. Tammany Parish and the American Red Cross will have a warming shelter available on standby Wednesday and Thursday, February 2nd and 3rd, if the n...

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02

Local CPA will be laid to rest with military honors Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 11:43
HUNGARIAN SETTLEMENT---A popular Hammond CPA who began his career as an Air Force Captain will be buried Saturday with military honors. Donald E. Mar...

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02

School Board splits 7-2, authorizes April 30 tax vote

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 00:22
AMITE---On a 7-2 vote, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board agreed to place three tax propositions on the April 30 ballot. With just two members--Brett...

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EFID authorizes one-cent sales tax for April 30 ballot initiative

ActionNews17 posted on February 02, 2011 00:18
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board-appointed Educational Facilities Improvement District Board unanimously agreed to call for a one-cent sal...

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Wind Advisory issued for this afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on February 01, 2011 06:58
  The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued a Wind Advisory, Which is in effect Until 6pm CST this Evening...

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Hammond introduces measure Tuesday to secure OMV on S. Morrison Blvd.

ActionNews17 posted on January 31, 2011 23:09
HAMMOND---The City of Hammond has apparently secured the future of their driver's license office, in spite of a serious challenge from Amite. Police...

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HAMP parents express disappointment, concerns after meeting with school officials on plans for 2011-12 magnet programs Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 31, 2011 23:02
More than 250 parents came to Hammond Eastside last night for a meeting with school board officials about the new magnet programs planned for years t...

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Board prepares to install Tierney as new head football coach at Ponchatoula High

ActionNews17 posted on January 31, 2011 15:30
AMITE---With no fanfare, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board will be faced with the task Tuesday night of naming a new head football coach at Ponchato...

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Gasaway offers amnesty for outstanding contempt warrants in February

ActionNews17 posted on January 31, 2011 13:52
HAMMOND - Judge Grace Bennett Gasaway has announced Amnesty for contempt warrants in the City Court during the month of February 2011.  The pro...

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School Board Tax: Did Board miss Bond Commission deadline to place taxes on ballot?

ActionNews17 posted on January 30, 2011 23:20
AMITE---Could a legal technicality jeopardize the Tangipahoa Parish School Board's plan to ask voters for four taxes to fund their "resolution"...

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System concentrates one-cent sales tax in maintenance over debt service, capital projects combined

ActionNews17 posted on January 30, 2011 23:16
AMITE---As Tangipahoa Parish School officials prepare to call for a new maintenance tax proposition, budget figures indicate the existing one-cent s...

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LPSO seeks Springfield armed robber

ActionNews17 posted on January 28, 2011 17:49
Springfield Armed Robbery Suspect Sought Approximately 1:55 p.m. on January 28, 2011, LPSO received a 911 call reporting an armed robbery at the Th...

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ANALYSIS: New tax changes await Tangipahoa School Board vote Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 23:22
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's large and controversial tax package just got more complicated. In fact, several school board members themselves y...

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Foster says Hammond closing in on conference center

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 20:30
HAMMOND---Mayor Mayson Foster told the Hammond Chamber yesterday that the city is close to landing a 10,000 square foot Conference Center. In his St...

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School Board finalizing new tax plan for FOUR propositions; Showdown set for Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 19:20
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's already controversial tax package grew even more complicated Thursday as finalized details are becoming p...

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School Board Tax: Wording of Propositions 1, 2, and 3

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 18:50
EDITOR'S NOTE: As a public service to our readers and to provide the most complete coverage possible of the School Board's April 2011 tax proposal, Ac...

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School Board Tax: Agenda Call for EFID Sales Tax Proposition

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 18:40
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Foul play now suspected in disappearance of elderly Ponchatoula man

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 18:28
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Daniel Edwards reports the following update regarding missing 82 year old Leon H. Rachal.    Tangipahoa Parish...

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State Police confiscate $20,000 in I-12 traffic stop

ActionNews17 posted on January 27, 2011 18:10
Covington- This morning at 7:55 am, troopers assigned to the Louisiana State Police Criminal Patrols Unit stopped a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria for follo...

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Rising gas prices spark study of after hours city fleet usage in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on January 26, 2011 16:36
HAMMOND---With gas prices rising to the $3 per gallon marker, Hammond officials are taking a hard look at the dollars and cents of allowing employee...

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Hammond will try for five-peat as Louisiana's Cleanest City

ActionNews17 posted on January 26, 2011 16:34
HAMMOND---Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster announced Wednesday that the City will be vying for its fifth straight championship as the Louisiana's "Cleane...

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State Tax Commission sides with Matheu on Winn Dixie assessment dispute

ActionNews17 posted on January 25, 2011 21:52
HAMMOND---For the third year in a row the Louisiana Tax Commission has ruled in favor of Tangipahoa Assessor Jr Matheu in a dispute with Winn-Dixie. ...

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Foster, TEAM HAMMOND discuss mid-year budget reports Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on January 25, 2011 21:49
HAMMOND---Mayor Mayson Foster is meeting with his department heads today for his regular Team Hammond meeting. This morning will be the semi-annual b...

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'Big Brother' hopes 1000 letters will deliver Extreme Home Makeover for Jon Michael Williams

ActionNews17 posted on January 24, 2011 23:26
HAMMOND---Friends of a Hammond High senior whose life was changed forever by a head-on collision two months ago hope they can do something to change...

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HAMP meeting set for Monday night at Hammond Eastside

ActionNews17 posted on January 24, 2011 23:01
HAMMOND---Parents of Hammond Accelerated Magnet Program students will get a preview of what to expect from the parish's new magnet, Montessori, and ...

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Parish Council reaches compromise on S. River Road controversy

ActionNews17 posted on January 24, 2011 23:00
  AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Government will research the hows and whens after the Tangipahoa Parish Council voted Monday night to table a...

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No meeting yet: HAMP parents, officials wait for final plans to be announced for 2011-12 Hammond theme schools

ActionNews17 posted on January 23, 2011 22:25
HAMMOND---What kind of magnet program will Hammond area students be offered in 2011, and will the "new" program be less desireable than the one that h...

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Hammond man in Kentwood crash; Slidell fatality, too

ActionNews17 posted on January 22, 2011 09:41
Investigation ongoing in Separate Fatality Crashes Yesterday evening, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated two separate fatality crashes le...

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FBI and St Tammany make big drug bust

ActionNews17 posted on January 21, 2011 18:25
For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 21, 2011 United States Attorney's OfficeEastern District of Louisiana Contact: (504) 680-3000Eight Men Charged with Feder...

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St Tammany Shelter on standby

ActionNews17 posted on January 21, 2011 15:08
Warming Shelter on Standby In St. Tammany Parish St. Tammany Parish and the American Red Cross will have a warming shelter available on standby Friday...

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Holden couple arrested, accused of scrapping washing machine containing remnants of meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on January 20, 2011 15:27
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Bogalusa woman charged with negligent homicide in death of Mandeville motorcyclist Thursday in Washington Parish

ActionNews17 posted on January 20, 2011 15:12
WASHINGTON PARISH---Thursday morning at 05:25am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash at the intersection of LA 21 and L...

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Woman asks for help locating missing 30-year-old son

ActionNews17 posted on January 20, 2011 14:55
WESSON, Miss.---Jason Rayborn has a birthday coming up, and his mother would like to share it with her son, who has been missing for more than three m...

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3 from St Tammany arrested for prostitution

ActionNews17 posted on January 19, 2011 19:04
PONCHATOULA– Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest on three subjects after participating in a prostitution operation.  ...

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New SB sales tax: 'Levied in perpetuity?'

ActionNews17 posted on January 19, 2011 02:11
EFID's draft copy of new one-cent sales tax call offers no end for new SB operation/maintenance tax AMITE---A committee charged with the task of sett...

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Morris: 'It is a lie'

ActionNews17 posted on January 19, 2011 01:43
Local head of NAACP says group supports HAMP   AMITE---Despite rumors circulating to the contrary, Tangipahoa Parish NAACP President Pat Morri...

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Chaucers head back to court Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on January 19, 2011 00:33
Could pre-trial resolution be in the works? AMITE---Could there be a resolution in the criminal case brought against Bill and Cheryl Chaucer in 21st ...

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Magnet parents told to expect answers by Feb. 1 Board meeting

ActionNews17 posted on January 19, 2011 00:07
AMITE---Parents of Hammond Accelerated Magnet Program students are asked to hold tight--at least for a couple more weeks. Tangipahoa Parish School ...

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Administrative changes approved with 7-2 vote at TPSB Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 18, 2011 23:55
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted 7-2 to approve a slate of administrative transfers that will become effective in August, as the distr...

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Objections linger as Board prepares to vote on Kolwe's recommendation to transfer principals Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 18, 2011 10:49
AMITE---Nearly half of the parish's public school administrators will be affected by a move Tuesday night to potentially transfer 14 principals as t...

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Duncan encourages public participation as Board takes on magnet school, principal transfers Tuesday night in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on January 16, 2011 22:17
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will be discussing the future of its existing Hammond Accelerated Magnet Program in executive session Tue...

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EFID Sales tax committee meets Tuesday in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on January 16, 2011 22:08
AMITE---The local governing board assigned the task of enacting a third one-cent sales tax which will be used for public schools, will hold the firs...

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Tangipahoa Parish remembers MLK, Jr. with events in Hammond, Independence Monday

ActionNews17 posted on January 16, 2011 21:16
INDEPENDENCE---Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federally-recognized holiday, and the parish has a number of events scheduled to commemorate...

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DOTD announces lane closures on I-12 in St. Tammany Parish

ActionNews17 posted on January 16, 2011 15:49
The outside, right lane of Eastbound and Westbound I-12, near milepost 68.53, between the LA 59 and LA 434 exits, will be closed Monday night, Janua...

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New Hammond City Council gets down to business Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on January 15, 2011 20:51
  HAMMOND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA       PUBLIC HEARING 312 EAST CHARLES STREET HAMMOND, LOUISIANA January 18, 2011 5:...

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Fatal crash during funeral procession in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on January 15, 2011 20:09
Troopers investigate Fatal Crash during Funeral Procession Amite---Saturday at 2:20 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality cras...

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Bedico beating leads to arrest

ActionNews17 posted on January 15, 2011 18:17
HAMMOND - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of Dominick Joseph Richard, (DOB 1.11.79) of Gretna, LA for the brutal beating o...

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Joint investigation leads to arrest of Ponchatoula woman

ActionNews17 posted on January 15, 2011 16:34
January 15, 2011 TPSO NEWS RELEASE PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that through a joint operation between t...

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Personnel Committee unanimously approves recommendations for new magnet principals

ActionNews17 posted on January 13, 2011 18:50
New Magnet principals clear first hurdle to new assignments; Board prepares to fill three vacancies created by transfers, names two additional 'princi...

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St. Tammany keeps warming shelter open for third straight night

ActionNews17 posted on January 13, 2011 17:25
St. Tammany Parish will again keep a shelter open this evening for warming purposes, due to the continuing hard freeze expected.  The shelter w...

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DOTD issues update on Hwy 435 construction in St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on January 13, 2011 15:47
ST. TAMMANY PARISH---The Parish received the following update from LaDOTD regarding Highway 435: A contractor for the State of Louisiana will be...

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Hammond merchants arrested in ATC, HPD sting

ActionNews17 posted on January 12, 2011 20:55
HAMMOND - Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) Commissioner Troy Hebert announced that Tuesday agents arrested a Hammond businessman and his ...

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Partial closure of I-12 planned for St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on January 12, 2011 20:35
I-12, St. Tammany Parish, Lane Closure & Intermittent Interstate Closure   Koop Drive---St. Tammany Parish received the following update fr...

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Livingston Parish man charged with 4 counts of attempted first-degree murder

ActionNews17 posted on January 12, 2011 20:33
Man Runs Over Wife and Three Men Watson---At approximately 8:00 pm on the evening of January 11, 2011, a domestic argument led to the hospitalizati...

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Graves will not seek 5th term as Livingston Parish Sheriff

ActionNews17 posted on January 12, 2011 13:31
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Kolwe: Tax plan goes before School Board Feb. 1

ActionNews17 posted on January 11, 2011 23:40
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School Board members will get their chance to vote on sending the $187 million school construction/improvements-desegregatio...

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Kolwe: New Kentwood elementary may be funded on interest-free loan

ActionNews17 posted on January 11, 2011 23:11
State awards Tangipahoa $14.2 million in Qualified School Construction Bond program for new O.W. Dillon in Kentwood AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish school ...

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Town resolves dispute between Trabona, longtime Amite Police officer

ActionNews17 posted on January 11, 2011 22:53
AMITE---The town reached a "compromise" Tuesday night between a longtime Amite policeman and Police Chief Jerry Trabona, who just one week ago,...

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Video bingo reopens in Independence with new operator

ActionNews17 posted on January 11, 2011 22:43
INDEPENDENCE---The Town of Independence re-opened video bingo Tuesday, with a new company, XL Bingo of Metairie, to run the operation. Independen...

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Burgess urges preparations as freeze warning goes into effect through Friday; St. Tammany opens warming shelter

ActionNews17 posted on January 11, 2011 19:19
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess is encouraging residents to take precautions as the parish braces for extremely cold conditions f...

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Layrisson: Police arrest multiple offender Friday; judge releases suspect one day later

ActionNews17 posted on January 11, 2011 08:17
PONCHATOULA---A 29-year-old suspect identified as a "multiple offender" who was arrested Friday afternoon by Ponchatoula Police on 19 counts was rele...

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Reapportionment consultants take center stage at Tangipahoa Parish and Ponchatoula City Council meetings Monday

ActionNews17 posted on January 10, 2011 08:07
AMITE---Taking center stage at local governing meetings Monday night will be reapportionment discussions and plans to hire consultants to make the red...

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Tangipahoa Parish Council looks at redistricting, condemned properties Monday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 10, 2011 07:31
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Goldsby: Amite Board will hold special meeting to consider 'lay off' for longtime Amite Police/school resource officer Terry Tullos Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on January 09, 2011 17:06
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LA 433 closes for road work

ActionNews17 posted on January 09, 2011 12:14
LACOMBE---LA 433 between Bayou Liberty Bridge and Carroll Road will be closed from Monday, January 10, 2011 through Friday, January 21, 2011, between...

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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM MONDAY

ActionNews17 posted on January 08, 2011 10:04
    The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued a Winter Weather Advisory for a Mixture of Sleet and Freezing, Which is In ...

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Kentwood officials ban Super Bowl parties in local bars for 2011

ActionNews17 posted on January 07, 2011 15:15
KENTWOOD---Kentwood bars will not be allowed to open for Super Bowl Sunday this year.   Kentwood Mayor Harold Smith informed the Town Council ...

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Town encourages resident to recoup damages from logging company

ActionNews17 posted on January 07, 2011 15:13
KENTWOOD---Kentwood resident Torrea Gordon approached members at the Kentwood Town Council meeting Thursday for help in replacing items destroyed in ...

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Committee assigned utility issues in Kentwood

ActionNews17 posted on January 07, 2011 15:08
KENTWOOD---A committee has been formed to review the town's current ordinances regarding utlity hook-ups for businesses after residents and business o...

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Perrilloux: Law enforcement begin confiscating illegal 'bath salts'

ActionNews17 posted on January 06, 2011 23:51
AMITE---Law enforcement across the area spent Thursday afternoon visiting local convenience stores and collecting any available product after an emerg...

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TPSO, Hammond Police nab 41 suspects in 40 robberies as 'Burglary Task Force' makes its move

ActionNews17 posted on January 06, 2011 22:42
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announces today that through the continued efforts of a newly formed task force, 39 burglary sus...

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Many Tangipahoa burglary arrests

ActionNews17 posted on January 06, 2011 16:52
Booking photos are to follow.       January 6, 2011   TPSO News Release For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edw...

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Jindal issues emergency order making 'bath salts' illegal statewide

ActionNews17 posted on January 06, 2011 12:55
MANDEVILLE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal joined Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff ...

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St Tammany West opposes governor's cuts

ActionNews17 posted on January 06, 2011 00:05
St. Tammany West Chamber opposes Jindal’s Medicaid Cuts Covington---The St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce, representing 1,058 members and their ...

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Jindal plans stop in Florida Parishes after Burgess asks Governor to address legality of synthetic cocaine

ActionNews17 posted on January 05, 2011 22:58
  COVINGTON---Governor Bobby Jindal is coming to the Florida Parishes today at the request of Parish President Gordon Burgess and other local o...

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Ponchatoula man arrested for alleged sex crimes against 11-year-old girl

ActionNews17 posted on January 05, 2011 22:52
PONCHATOULA---A 53-year-old Ponchatoula man has been arrested and charged with six felony counts involving sex crimes against an 11-year-old gi...

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Three Tangipahoa Pizza Hut locations close amid alleged franchise dispute

ActionNews17 posted on January 05, 2011 22:39
HAMMOND---Three Tangipahoa Parish "Pizza Hut" locations have been temporarily closed due to a franchise dispute between the company and a local owner....

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Amite Council approves beer sales on Sunday

ActionNews17 posted on January 05, 2011 01:29
AMITE---Despite a public outcry that attracted approximately 60 residents to the Amite Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night, the town council voted...

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Hammond City Council taps Blount as 2011 President

ActionNews17 posted on January 05, 2011 01:22
HAMMOND---Second-term City Councilman Johnny Blount was unanimously named President of the Hammond Council Tuesday evening. Blount, who works for Ent...

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School Board elects Dominguez, Dangerfield to lead in 2011

ActionNews17 posted on January 05, 2011 01:12
AMITE---The Tangiphoa Parish School Board unanimously elected Rose Dominguez and Eric Dangerfield to serve as their President and Vice President of th...

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04

Burgess: Parish administered $49 million in grants in 2010

ActionNews17 posted on January 04, 2011 12:21
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish Government spent much of 2010 administering 75 grants totalling almost $49 million dollars in public improvements across t...

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03

Independence house burglarized with victims at home

ActionNews17 posted on January 03, 2011 12:37
INDEPENDENCE – Tangipahoa Parish Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of Desmond Cook (DOB 3.4.90) of West Second St. in Independence and Ike Strickland ...

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LHC Group purchases Vital Hospice of Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on January 03, 2011 11:32
LAFAYETTE – LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), a national provider of home health and hospice, announced today that it has acquired hospice locations i...

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Inaugural ceremonies for School Board, Hammond officials scheduled Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on January 03, 2011 10:14
HAMMOND---Local officials beginning new terms of office this month will hold swearing-in ceremonies Tuesday night at Hammond City Hall and at the Scho...

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School Board won't discuss tax plan Tuesday night

ActionNews17 posted on January 02, 2011 23:08
AMITE---The question of Tuesday night's Tangipahoa Parish School Board meeting is less about what's on the agenda and much more so about what's not,...

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Ponchatoula teen dies in New Year's fatality wreck

ActionNews17 posted on January 01, 2011 23:38
PONCHATOULA---Funeral arrangements are set for Tuesday for an 18-year-old Ponchatoula man who died Saturday morning in one of two New Year's Day traff...

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5-year-old Ponchatoula boy killed in New Year's tragedy

ActionNews17 posted on January 01, 2011 20:42
LaPlace – This morning, shortly before 10:00 AM, Louisiana State Police Troop B investigated a fatal crash on I-55 south, just 0.3 miles north of I-10...

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Property taxes due Dec. 31

ActionNews17 posted on December 31, 2010 12:02
AMITE---New Year's Eve may be a day for celebration, but it's also the day that property taxes are due here in Tangipahoa Parish. Tangipahoa Parish S...

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Tornado watch for large area until 7 p.m. in South Louisiana

ActionNews17 posted on December 31, 2010 11:44
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 769 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1140 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 TORNADO WATCH 769 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 70...

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LSP investigates fatality wreck on I-12 in St. Tammany Thursday afternoon

ActionNews17 posted on December 30, 2010 19:01
GOODBEE---At approximately 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash on Interstate 12 approximately half...

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Hammond, Amite vie for DMV business

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2010 23:40
HAMMOND---Is the Hammond drivers' license office moving to Amite? That's exactly what Amite Mayor Reggie Goldsby and Police Chief Jerry Trabona want,...

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Law enforcement prepare for New Year's weekend

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2010 23:31
AMITE---Just about every law enforcement agency in the area, from State Police down to the village of Tickfaw, is planning to be out in force for New ...

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South Oaks development nears completion

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2010 23:22
PONCHATOULA---Everybody's heard of North Oaks, but what about South Oaks? That is the name of a new medical office development in Ponchatoula which i...

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Veteran Amite broadcaster Charlie Hart has passed away

ActionNews17 posted on December 29, 2010 10:58
Amite---Veteran local broadcaster Chariie Hart passed away Tuesday night at age 66.  For 50 years, Hart was the voice of WABL, 1570-AM in Amite...

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One Franklinton man killed, another charged

ActionNews17 posted on December 28, 2010 22:27
Franklinton Resident killed in Head-On Collision Franklinton – Today at 12:00 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatalit...

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27

Safety arms being installed at two N. Tangi rail crossings

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2010 23:00
VELMA---Work should be completed this week as Canadian National Rail workers install safety bars and lights at the Bickham Chapel Road crossing in Vel...

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Tangi retailers say 2010 may go down as one of the best holiday shopping seasons; 2011 promises even more retail options

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2010 18:49
HAMMOND---Parish officials said this week that Tangipahoa's retailers have had their "best" Christmas in years, especially at Hammond Square. That sh...

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Area faces one more night of 'hard freeze conditions' before warm up begins

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2010 17:57
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA317 PM CST MON DEC 27 2010...ONE LAST NIGHT OF COLD WEATHER OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AN...

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Red Cross offers tips for staying warm, safe in cold weather

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2010 17:55
Tips on How to Stay Warm during Frigid Temperatures Bone chilling temperatures have gripped much of the country, and the American Red Cross urges e...

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St. Tammany opens 'warming shelter' Monday as temperatures plunge again

ActionNews17 posted on December 27, 2010 17:53
St. Tammany Parish will open a shelter this evening for warming purposes, due to the cold temperatures expected in the region overnight.  The s...

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25

Oak Forest students forego gifts to raise money for less fortunate

ActionNews17 posted on December 25, 2010 05:08
AMITE---Santa Claus did not make his usual stop at Oak Forest Academy as students were dismissed for the Christmas holidays, but it had nothing to do ...

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Loranger family gets Christmas wish as 'miracle' child comes home following accident, rehabilitation

ActionNews17 posted on December 25, 2010 04:54
Madyson Grace Watts, 5, comes home following accident, incredible recovery Video used with permission from Watts family, Amber Narro LORANGE...

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24

Roseland man arrested after armed gunman holds up Roseland Post Office

ActionNews17 posted on December 24, 2010 13:50
ROSELAND---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a Roseland man, and a TPSO spokeswoman says more arrests are possible after an arme...

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24

56-year-old Slidell man killed in fire

ActionNews17 posted on December 24, 2010 11:13
St. Tammany Fire Protection District No.1 Responds to a Fatal Fire At 9:15 pm on December 23, 2010 St. Tammany Fire Protection District No.1 person...

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70-year-old Covington man pleads guilty to child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on December 23, 2010 22:52
JAMES A. WALKER, JR., 70, of Covington, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today to felonies before U. S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt invol...

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23

Tickfaw woman leads Ponchatoula Police on 30-minute chase after traffic stop Wednesday night

ActionNews17 posted on December 23, 2010 17:42
PONCHATOULA---A Tickfaw woman is facing 14 charges after she allegedly failed to yield to a traffic stop and was ultimately caught after a 30-minute...

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23

State Police arrest 10 for drugs in St Helena

ActionNews17 posted on December 23, 2010 16:00
Drug Trafficking Round Up nets Ten Arrests St. Helena- A three month investigation into illegal narcotic trafficking across St. Helena parish came...

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23

44-year-old Covington man killed in accident

ActionNews17 posted on December 23, 2010 15:58
Covington---On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at approximately 11:30 PM a Covington man was crossing Collins Blvd. near its intersection with 31st Ave. ...

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22

Dense fog advisory issued for Tangipahoa Parish, area waterways Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2010 13:03
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued a Dense Fog Advisory, Which is in effect Until 3pm CST this Afternoon. ...

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22

River Chase named Louisiana's third-ever LED Certified site

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2010 10:32
COVINGTON--- River Chase, a master planned, multi-use Stirling Properties’ development in Covington, satisfies all requirements set forth by the Lou...

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22

Hancock, Whitney Banks announce plans to merge

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2010 10:25
GULFPORT, Miss., and NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Hancock Holding Company (Nasdaq:HBHC), parent company of 112-year-old Hancock Bank, and Whitney Holding Cor...

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22

Hammond Square receives 'Louisiana's Best of 2010' award for construction

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2010 10:15
HAMMOND - At an awards luncheon held at Boudreaux's in Baton Rouge yesterday, representatives from Stirling Properties, Richard Price Contracting...

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22

Gautreaux named new head of Office of Motor Vehicles

ActionNews17 posted on December 22, 2010 06:37
BATON ROUGE – Acadiana Senator Nick Gautreaux has been selected to serve as the Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles by Governor Bobby Jindal,...

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Hammond will call for charter review in new year

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2010 23:00
HAMMOND---Hammond City Council President Jason Hood said last night that he wants a commission to review the city's home rule charter. Any changes i...

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Goldsby says he has votes to reinstate alcohol sales on Sundays in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2010 22:57
AMITE---Mayor Reggie Goldsby says he finally has the votes to repeal Amite's Sunday beer law. Currently you can't buy alcohol in stores in the pari...

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21

Brisk sales boost officials' expectations for tax receipts in Hammond, Indy

ActionNews17 posted on December 21, 2010 22:52
HAMMOND---Christmas is just a couple days away, and local officials are cautiously optimistic that sales tax coffers will be a little higher this year...

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20

Tragic early morning crash leaves toddler dead near Covington

ActionNews17 posted on December 20, 2010 13:40
LEE ROAD---St. Tammany Fire District 12 personnel this morning responded to a three-vehicle accident on Hwy 437/Lee Road that killed a 2-year-o...

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20

I-12 widening continues in St Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on December 20, 2010 11:30
I-12 Widening in St. Tammany Parish StateProj.No.:-454-04-0080 Start-date:-January-2011 Finish-date:-Summer-2012 Cost:-$25.7-million Contractor...

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Troopers discover marijuana and 3-year-old in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on December 20, 2010 11:05
Troopers discover Marijuana and 3 Year Old during Traffic Stop Hammond- Following a traffic stop early yesterday morning, troopers arrested three ...

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School System 'invests' $14 million in unencumbered funds at First Guaranty Bank

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2010 21:45
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School officials have invested $14 million in "unencumbered" cash-on-hand at a local bank in a move the...

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UPDATE: Friends, family pray for Christmas miracle as Jon-Michael Williams continues to show improvement following head-on crash in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2010 21:00
NEW ORLEANS---Friends and family continue to pray for a Christmas miracle for the 18-year-old Hammond High student who was left comatose after a head-...

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Volunteers begin process of remodeling Independence Middle School gym

ActionNews17 posted on December 19, 2010 20:54
INDEPENDENCE---Volunteers, including Independence police, firefighters, prison trustees, and even AmeriCorps, worked on Saturday at Independence Middl...

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State Police confiscate 5 pounds of cocaine on I-12

ActionNews17 posted on December 18, 2010 21:11
Troopers arrest Two Mississippi Men on Drug Charges Hammond- Yesterday at 11:10 am, troopers assigned to the Louisiana State Police Criminal Patro...

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3 arrested for Independence meth lab

ActionNews17 posted on December 17, 2010 13:27
INDEPENDENCE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following:   On December 16, 2010, Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Narco...

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Deputies seek two armed men for Covington robbery

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2010 19:19
Covington – Deputies responded to the Outback Restaurant, located at #60 Park Place Dr., Covington, in reference to the armed robbery of a Brinks armo...

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16

Arrest made in Slidell drive-by shooting

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2010 18:57
Slidell---On Wednesday, December 16th, 2010 at 5:30 am Slidell Police arrested Mechele Henderson, age 20 of 514 Cousin Street and charged her with Agg...

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Ponchatoula retail study shows room for growth

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2010 08:44
HAMMOND – With strong growth in population over the last decade, especially among young adults, the city of Ponchatoula and its surrounding area are p...

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Major North End meth operation busted

ActionNews17 posted on December 16, 2010 08:36
7 ARRESTED DURING SEARCH WARRANT KENTWOOD – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of seven after the execution of a narcotics...

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15

St Tammany roads will close Monday

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2010 22:45
St. Tammany Parish Has Received the following Update From LA DOTD: LA 1088, St. Tammany Parish, S.P. No. 454-04-0038 Holly Lane and Mulberry Lane ...

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15

Robert shooting suspect turns himself in

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2010 22:38
AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that 45 year old Curtis Edward Dantone of 45276 Obee Stevens Rd. Robert, LA turned himself in...

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15

Former Sheriff Eugene Holland dies

ActionNews17 posted on December 15, 2010 09:18
AMITE---Former St. Helena Parish Sheriff Eugene Holland died Tuesday night at St. Helena Parish Hospital. Holland was 76-years-old. Funeral arrangem...

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14

Accused murderer ordered to submit to DNA test

ActionNews17 posted on December 14, 2010 19:08
Defense says they will seek change of venue for Maurer trial AMITE---The sole suspect in the murder of former broadcaster Rube Rogers was ordered Tue...

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14

19-year-old from Ponchatoula drowns in Yellow Water

ActionNews17 posted on December 14, 2010 18:38
19 Year Old Male Drowns in Yellow Water Creek. PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that in the early morning hours of Dece...

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14

Chaucers will be tried separately on criminal charges

ActionNews17 posted on December 14, 2010 18:37
AMITE---A 21st Judicial District Court Judge has ordered Bill and Cheryl Chaucer to be tried separately for allegedly bilking 100-plus investors ...

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UPDATE: Chaucers set for separate trials

ActionNews17 posted on December 14, 2010 12:23
Change of venue question remains 'open' for future discussion   AMITE---A 21st Judicial District Court Judge has ordered separate trials for a ...

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Interviews conclude today for 15 applicants seeking nine principal posts at new specialty schools in Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2010 21:25
AMITE---Tuesday is the final day of interviews for 15 applicants who are vying for nine principalships in the new Tangipahoa Parish School System's ma...

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13

SLU reports largest Winter graduation in history

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2010 16:47
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERS DEGREES ON MORE THAN 1,300   HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University conferred degrees on more than 1,300 graduates Sa...

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Covington Police make arrest in home invasion case

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2010 11:40
Covington---Approximately 13 hours after they began to process the case, Covington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit made an arrest in t...

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Anderson wants to poll public on interest in new magnet schools

ActionNews17 posted on December 13, 2010 10:02
AMITE---School Board member-elect Andy Anderson is proposing that parents of Tangipahoa school students be polled to find out where they prefer to s...

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Pedestrian killed in Slidell accident

ActionNews17 posted on December 11, 2010 15:28
Pedestrian struck and killed on Interstate 12 Slidell – Last night at 10:30 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash on Int...

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Bogalusa drug dealer arrested after chase by troopers

ActionNews17 posted on December 11, 2010 15:25
December 10th, 2010 Bogalusa Man flees from Troopers, arrested on Drug Charges Bogalusa- Louisiana State Police Narcotics Detectives have charged ...

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10

Denham Springs man sentenced for fraud

ActionNews17 posted on December 10, 2010 14:24
BATON ROUGE-– United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that RICKY L. MORROW, age 47, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, was sentenced today...

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10

Slidell man wanted for double murder

ActionNews17 posted on December 10, 2010 13:52
Deputies Search for Murder Suspect from Last Night’s Double Homicide Slidell – St. Tammany Deputies investigation into last night’s fatal shootings...

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Will School Board beat deadline or push $250 million tax vote back to April 30?

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2010 21:26
Will the Tangipahoa Parish School Board really hold the parish's largest tax vote on the lowest turnout date in the entire 2011 election calendar? &#...

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TRAFFIC: Expect delays Saturday as SLU hosts winter commencement exercises Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2010 21:10
HAMMOND -- Motorists and visitors planning to attend Southeastern Louisiana University’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 11, should antici...

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09

22-year-old Denham Springs man killed in crash

ActionNews17 posted on December 09, 2010 10:14
Single-Vehicle Crash in Livingston Parish Leads to Fatality DENHAM SPRINGS- Louisiana State Police-Troop A investigated a single-vehicle crash in L...

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Sheriff's Office, HPD begin massive parishwide 'burglary round-up'

ActionNews17 posted on December 08, 2010 22:23
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announces that between a joint effort between the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Hammo...

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Traylor blasts Board, Superintendent as outgoing members attend final official School Board meeting

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2010 22:34
AMITE---Calling her final official meeting a personal "Independence Day," outgoing Tangipahoa Parish School Board member Sonya Traylor blasted he...

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AN17 UPDATE: School Board Finance Committee meeting is canceled after agenda was not properly advertised

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2010 12:58
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Finance Committee will not meet Tuesday night after a paperwork snafu at the Central Office in Amite pu...

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07

Ponchatoula Chamber to release landmark study

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2010 12:14
Commerce Study to be released     The Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce and SLU’s Economic Development Center will release the results of t...

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Entergy reports more than 600 without power Tuesday morning following coldest night of season

ActionNews17 posted on December 07, 2010 09:07
HAMMOND---Linemen are working feverishly to restore power Tuesday morning to approximately 633 Entergy customers following a power outage reported sho...

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06

Kentwood council allows zoning change

ActionNews17 posted on December 06, 2010 13:51
Kentwood---After hearing the plans to build individual rental houses on the property, the Kentwood Town Council granted the Collis Temple Jr zoning ch...

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05

UPDATE: Williams moves to Children's Hospital for continued recuperation following head-on collision two weeks ago in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2010 23:18
NEW ORLEANS---A well-known and highly respected medical facility built more than 50 years ago as a place where "We Rebuild Kids" will apparently be ...

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05

Ross credited with saving four lives as plane touches down in Gulf of Mexico Saturday

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2010 23:14
HAMMOND---It's not your typical entrance for a company Christmas party.   On Saturday night, local attorney and retired Air Force Reserve Gen...

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05

Slidell fatality reported by state police

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2010 13:57
I-10 Crash Kills a Slidell Resident    St. Tammany Parish – Yesterday evening, at approximately 7:40 PM, Louisiana State Police Troop L wa...

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05

63-year-old Bogalusa woman killed in fire

ActionNews17 posted on December 05, 2010 08:51
Baton Rouge---Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning announced this morning that a tragic fire in Bogalusa claimed the life of an elderly woman, critically ...

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03

6 locals arrested for insurance fraud

ActionNews17 posted on December 03, 2010 17:02
Multiple Insurance Fraud Cases Net Seven Arrests This Week Troopers working in the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit in Baton Rouge bro...

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03

39-year-old Madisonville woman arrested for doctor shopping

ActionNews17 posted on December 03, 2010 16:58
As part of a continuing effort to combat prescription medication fraud, Louisiana State Police Narcotic Detectives have charged a Madisonville woman w...

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03

Kentwood board leaves utility question for incoming council

ActionNews17 posted on December 03, 2010 08:45
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02

Former Tangipahoa deputy sentenced for drug deal

ActionNews17 posted on December 02, 2010 14:39
NEW ORLEANS---KEVIN WHITTINGTON, age 45, a former Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Deputy, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judg...

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27-year-old Kentwood woman killed in bizarre accident south of Amite

ActionNews17 posted on December 02, 2010 14:34
Tangipahoa Parish – Last night at 11:40 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a fatality crash on Interstate 55 approximately three miles no...

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01

Crain: Talks with Governor are positive sign as higher ed prepares for latest round of state cuts

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2010 23:26
HAMMOND---University and government officials are actively negotiating options to minimize what most believe will be drastic cuts to higher education...

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Cypress Pointe gains statewide licensing

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2010 23:19
HAMMOND---The Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital met all the requirements Wednesday for state licensing. The city's newest medical facility, located ju...

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St Tammany roadwork will cause holiday delays

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2010 21:47
 Road Construction Update What to expect during the holiday season…   St. Tammany Parish government and LaDOTD are giving drivers good ne...

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Kolwe: Deadline for principal applications is Dec. 6

ActionNews17 posted on December 01, 2010 11:13
Deseg officer says interviews will be scheduled later this month AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School System officials say they have officially modified ...

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TPSB's Personnel Committee expected to announce new principals for magnet/montessori campuses Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on November 30, 2010 23:38
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's Personnel Committee is expected on Wednesday to nominate nine new principals chosen to lead the district'...

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Cypress Point Surgical Hospital opens Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on November 30, 2010 22:26
HAMMOND---Hammond's newest hospital is scheduled to be online and operational today (Wed., Dec. 1) with four dozen local doctors already signed up f...

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Friends, family establish fund to help Williams family with medical expenses as 18-year-old remains comatose at New Orleans hospital

ActionNews17 posted on November 30, 2010 22:19
AMITE---Family and friends of a Tickfaw teen who was seriously injured  in a head-on collision last week have established a bank account to hel...

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Slidell man killed on I-310

ActionNews17 posted on November 30, 2010 09:23
Troop B – This afternoon, shortly before 12:50 PM, Louisiana State Police Troop B investigated a fatal crash located on I-310 south near LA 3127. P...

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41-year-old Hammond woman arrested for murder

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2010 22:21
HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of 41 year old Shawn A. Gilmore of Old Baton Rouge Highway on 1 count of Second ...

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UPDATE: Jon-Michael Williams continues to show improvement following head-on crash in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2010 22:14
NEW ORLEANS---While a Hammond High senior who was seriously injured in a head-on collision more than a week ago has not regained consciousness, frie...

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Davis warns of suicide epidemic in St Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2010 22:03
KOOP DRIVE--- Parish President Kevin Davis began this week with a message about the rash of suicides in St Tammany: As you have no doubt seen in...

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Tornado watch, severe weather forecast tonight into Tuesday morning across area

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2010 17:16
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 754NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK445 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010TORNADO WATCH 754 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CST...

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Holden man arrested, charged with 101 alleged acts of indecent behavior with juvenile, 1 count child porn

ActionNews17 posted on November 29, 2010 12:33
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Hammond High senior remains hospitalized, recovering slowly after head-on collision in Amite last week

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2010 21:15
HAMMOND---When students return to school in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday, at least one local teen will not be in class with his peers, as he continue...

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I-55 road construction begins in Independence Monday

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2010 21:13
INDEPENDENCE---Orange barrels and highway cones are coming Independence today as work commences on the next phase of the I-55 resurfacing project. ...

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Tangipahoa gears up for holiday season with full slate of Christmas parades starting Thursday in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2010 21:11
INDEPENDENCE---It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas all over Tangipahoa Parish, and the holiday parades and other traditional festivities are...

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Lallie Kemp hosts fundraiser Friday to support employees hurt in tragic accident

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2010 20:04
Independence -- Numerous acts of kindness at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence will help ease the suffering of grieving families ...

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20-year-old Abita Springs man killed in Lafourche wreck

ActionNews17 posted on November 28, 2010 08:49
November 27, 2010 Fatal Crash Claims The Life Of Abita Springs Man Lafourche- On Saturday, November 27, 2010, at approximately 8:12 p.m., Louisiana ...

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18-year-old Ponchatoula woman charged in negligent homicide death of Hammond woman Thanksgiving night

ActionNews17 posted on November 26, 2010 15:25
BAPTIST---Thursday evening at 6:27 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatality crash on LA 1040 (Old Baton Rouge Highway) ...

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Residence of well-known Independence family destroyed by fire Friday morning

ActionNews17 posted on November 26, 2010 02:29
Independence---At 2:00 a.m. this morning police and firemen were on the scene of a fire that destroyed the home of Dan Divittorio on Old Highway 51, a...

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One killed, Two injured in overnight crashes

ActionNews17 posted on November 25, 2010 10:40
Troop L – During the early hours of November 25th, 2010, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated two separate one vehicle crashes resulting in one...

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Did School Board violate open meetings law to hire new supervisors?

ActionNews17 posted on November 24, 2010 17:11
AMITE---In what appears to be a violation of the state open meetings law, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted 6-1 Tuesday to hire two new super...

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33-year-old Ponchatoula woman sentenced for Katrina fraud

ActionNews17 posted on November 24, 2010 10:42
NEW ORLEANS---WANDA C. BAHAM, age 33, a resident of Ponchatoula, LA, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey ...

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Prayer service scheduled 11 a.m. Wednesday for HHS senior injured in head-on collision

ActionNews17 posted on November 23, 2010 23:54
AMITE---The First United Methodist Church invites the public to a community prayer service at 11 a.m. Wednesday to offer prayers for a Hammond High Sc...

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Council offers no relief for Kintally residents

ActionNews17 posted on November 23, 2010 23:45
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council Monday night offered no relief for residents of the Kintally area who oppose a low-income apartment complex plan...

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HHS senior remains in critical condition; Baton Rouge man faces charges in Monday night head-on collision in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on November 23, 2010 11:43
  AMITE---An 18-year-old Hammond High School senior remains in critical condition and a Baton Rouge man will be facing criminal charges once he...

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Hammond High senior critically hurt in head-on wreck in Amite Monday

ActionNews17 posted on November 22, 2010 23:18
AMITE---A Hammond High School senior was in critical condition late Monday after he was seriously injured in a head-on collision on Hwy 16 ...

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Suspect remains at large following manhunt Monday in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on November 22, 2010 23:14
INDEPENDENCE---A 38-year-old man wanted by U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement fled the scene of a traffic stop Monday afternoon, sparking ...

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Independence wins grant for generators

ActionNews17 posted on November 22, 2010 19:37
INDEPENDENCE---Independence Mayor Michael Ragusa announced Monday night that the town has won a $373,000 grant which will provide generators to keep...

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Ponchatoula man arrested for indecent behavior, solicitation, child pornography

ActionNews17 posted on November 22, 2010 16:53
For Immediate Release from Sheriff Daniel Edwards Three Arrested Last Week on Child Exploitation Charges Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the followin...

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More than a hundred deadbeats arrested in scam

ActionNews17 posted on November 22, 2010 15:38
Operation “Show Me the Money” Continues to Force Debtors to Settle Their Accounts Dozens have already paid what they owe   COVINGTON – Operati...

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Duncan: Case study shows Court cannot impose tax; urges Board to scale down package for April election

ActionNews17 posted on November 21, 2010 23:03
HAMMOND---A Tangipahoa Parish School Board member-elect says that after a weekend of studying the case law referenced in a recent court order involv...

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Southeastern implements cost-savings measures for Christmas, beyond

ActionNews17 posted on November 21, 2010 17:24
HAMMOND – In an effort to save on operating expenses, Southeastern Louisiana University will implement a series of cost-savings measures which will g...

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Parish slates closure of Fairhaven Road in Covington for repairs, improvements

ActionNews17 posted on November 20, 2010 11:17
COVINGTON---Fairhaven Road in Covington will be closed to traffic from 7:00 AM on November 22nd to 6:00 PM on November 24th, weather permitting, for ...

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Planning commission attends training

ActionNews17 posted on November 19, 2010 22:22
The nine members of the St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission recently completed four hours of training for their roles as Planning and ...

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Alleged child predators arrested in Ponchatoula and Pearl River

ActionNews17 posted on November 19, 2010 17:14
Operation Child Watch leads to Arrest of Local Residents As a result of Operation Child Watch, an ongoing proactive enforcement campaign against on...

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19

SLU finishes football season 2-9 after Nichols loss

ActionNews17 posted on November 19, 2010 00:16
 VALIANT RALLY FALLS SHORT AS LIONS EDGED BY COLONELS, 27-25   THIBODAUX – LaQuinton Caston rushed for 139 yards on 24 carries, includ...

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Tri-State Rodeo, Hall of Fame presentation set for tonight at Florida Parishes Arena in Amite

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2010 21:12
AMITE---The Tri-State Rodeo finals begin Friday night and continue through Sunday at the Florida Parishes Arena in Amite.   The event, which b...

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18

Judge signs order calling for April tax election

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2010 12:13
NEW ORLEANS---A federal district court judge has signed the paperwork ordering the Tangipahoa Parish School Board to call an April election on what so...

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Foundry anticipates expansion announcement soon

ActionNews17 posted on November 18, 2010 11:35
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Perrilloux levels aggravated burglary charge against 31-year-old Springfield man accused of killing Rube Rogers

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 23:23
Prosecutor says more charges possible against Maurer AMITE---The accused murderer of local radio star Rube Rogers is now facing a new charge and more...

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Maurin delivers children's clothier to Hammond Square

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 23:19
Northshore's first location of The Children's Place sets spring 2011 opening HAMMOND---Stirling Properties, the developer of Hammond Square, announce...

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Police target prostitution, vehicle burglaries in mid-parish

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 23:13
NATALBANY---Law enforcement in mid-parish are raising awareness on two issues they are contending with in isolated areas--prostitution and auto burgla...

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North Oaks seeks 'clarification' at Bond Commission Thursday

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 22:48
BATON ROUGE---North Oaks Medical Center, in its capacity as the Tangipahoa Parish Hospital District 1, will seek a clarification from the State B...

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Board denies charter school for Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 01:11
Leadership Academy can apply to state for Type 2 charter AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Tuesday night voted 6-2 against chartering a ...

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Kolwe says Tangipahoa hit with another $4.8 million in budget cuts

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 00:55
Board could face financial 'day of reckoning' in near future AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Mark Kolwe delivered sobering financial ...

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Magnet school moms address concerns to School Board

ActionNews17 posted on November 17, 2010 00:35
AMITE---Two Hammond moms addressed the Tangipahoa Parish School Board meeting Tuesday night, urging communication and public involvement as the school...

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15

Arcola traffic stop costs Texas man $20,000

ActionNews17 posted on November 15, 2010 14:45
ARCOLA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following:   November 12, 2010 – Deputy Keith Womack observed a 2001 Ford Escape ...

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St Tammany Parish observes National GIS Day Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on November 15, 2010 10:49
St. Tammany Parish Government— National GIS DAY November 17, 2010   St. Tammany Parish Governments GIS Department joins the Louisiana GIS Counc...

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Stopped southbound train blocks rail from Black Cat to Indy after Tickfaw man's vehicle jumps tracks Friday night near Independence City Hall

ActionNews17 posted on November 14, 2010 22:05
INDEPENDENCE---A 64-year-old Tickfaw man who may have had a heart attack on his way home from Amite Friday night appears to have started a chain rea...

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Parties told to comply with deseg plan or face court-imposed consequences

ActionNews17 posted on November 12, 2010 20:28
NEW ORLEANS---Describing the situation akin to "paying for our ancestors' mistakes," a federal district court judge on Friday insisted that...

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Ponchatoula man arrested for rape of a juvenille

ActionNews17 posted on November 11, 2010 20:05
PONCHATOULA---A 23-year-old Ponchatoula man, who was wanted on rape charges, has been arrested on simple rape and a host of other charges.   Po...

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9 of parish's 36 schools will be reconstituted through deseg plan in August

ActionNews17 posted on November 10, 2010 17:19
More than 400 school employees will have choice to reapply for jobs in new magnet, Montessori, IB programs' premier in 2011-12 year AMITE---One ...

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Burgess: 2010 road overlay program will be complete 30 days ahead of schedule

ActionNews17 posted on November 10, 2010 16:59
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced today that the parish's 2010 road overlay program should be completed in the next three...

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Davis reminds St. Tammany residents Nov. 23 is deadline for BP Oil claims

ActionNews17 posted on November 10, 2010 16:06
MANDEVILLE---Parish President Kevin Davis wishes to remind everyone affected by the BP Oil Spill that applications for emergency payments are due on ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Kolwe puts employees at nine schools on notice as implementation of deseg plan begins, regardless of tax vote

ActionNews17 posted on November 10, 2010 10:54
AMITE---With or without their proposed $250 million tax plan in place, the Tangipahoa Parish School System will move forward starting next week as t...

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Port plans $3 million construction program early next year

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2010 23:56
PONCHATOULA---The Manchac Port Commission heard Tuesday that construction will begin early next year on $3 million in infrastructure improvements at ...

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College students, university supporters march on Baton Rouge today to 'save' higher education

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2010 20:57
BATON ROUGE---Student groups from at least five state universities and other supporters of higher education will converge Wednesday morning on ...

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4 arrested for meth lab in Ponchatoula

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2010 20:15
Execution of Narcotics Search Warrant leads to four arrests. PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on November 8, 2010,...

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Pearl River man arrested in murder of co-worker

ActionNews17 posted on November 09, 2010 16:19
SLIDELL – St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office investigators have made an arrest for the murder of a Pearl River man yesterday morning, Sheriff Jack Strain ...

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08

Pugh takes names in horrifying spot inspection at local unemployment office

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2010 21:55
HAMMOND---You might call it a sting operation..... Rep. Steve Pugh (R-Ponchatoula) was tired of complaints from constituents that the unemployment of...

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Quebedeaux pleads guilty as charged; sentencing set for February

ActionNews17 posted on November 08, 2010 21:33
AMITE---In a decision that left hardly a dry eye in the courtroom, 21st Judicial District Judge Doug Hughes accepted a guilty plea Monday from the H...

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22 arrested; 9 still sought in massive drug roundup

ActionNews17 posted on November 05, 2010 22:02
HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards announces that at as the result of an on-going narcotics investigation, twenty-two subjects were arr...

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Mandeville Police Arrest Three for Vehicle Burglary

ActionNews17 posted on November 04, 2010 18:54
Mandeville Police patrol officer Fred Fath became suspicious while patrolling the Castain Point subdivision at ap- proximately 2:30 am on the morning ...

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04

Amite woman convicted on charges of practicing law without a license

ActionNews17 posted on November 04, 2010 12:30
AMITE---An Amite woman accused of filing divorce pleadings for two separate clients has been convicted of practicing law without a license. Ruth H...

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03

Police release much more details on Independence armed robbery

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2010 21:03
INDEPENDENCE--- From Police Chief Frank Edwards: Percy Griffin Jr, DOB 4/27/1946, 58208 Peggy Lee Drive, Amite, entered Independence Piggly Wiggly at ...

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03

Southeastern considers move to 4.5 day work week to save money

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2010 20:39
HAMMOND---Southeastern Louisiana University could be following in the footsteps of sister-universities University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Universit...

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03

Flood advisory posted for lower Livingston, Tangipahoa

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2010 20:20
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has Issued An * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for: Livingston Parish in...

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03

SLU hit with more budget cuts

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2010 19:28
BUDGET SITUATION Southeastern has been hit with an additional $750,000 mid-year budget cut, bringing the total cuts over the past 21 months to $16....

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03

Burn ban lifted statewide

ActionNews17 posted on November 03, 2010 13:58
BATON ROUGE---State Fire Marshal Butch Browning and Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, have lifted the cease and desist order o...

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02

Bardwell enters into undisclosed settlement in discrimination suit

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 23:36
NEW ORLEANS---A former 8th Ward Justice of the Peace who resigned his post under fire has apparently settled a discrimination suit filed against ...

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02

Anderson wins School Board District C contest

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 23:34
AMITE---Midparish voters rejected a call to re-elect their incumbent School Board member, choosing instead to overwhelmingly support a political new...

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02

Hammond Rec tax narrowly passes

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 23:31
AMITE---Hammond voters narrowly approved a 10 mill 15 year tax to fund a proposed recreation complex on land near I-12 at Airport Road.   On T...

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Kentwood voters name Greg Newton, Sr. new Police Chief

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 23:30
AMITE---Kentwood voters have chosen Greg Newton, Sr. to serve as their next Police Chief. On Tuesday, Newton defeated opponent Wayne Stewart by a 5...

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02

Lawmakers, public rally for Lallie Kemp

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 10:28
INDEPENDENCE---Local lawmakers rallied supporters of Lallie Kemp during a public hearing at the hospital Monday night. More than 100 supporters showe...

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02

Commercial projects begin in earnest in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 10:19
HAMMOND---Ready for some good news? Commercial projects are popping up around Hammond, which means more jobs and hopefully more money in the local ec...

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02

What's on the ballot today?

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 10:06
AMITE---Today is Election Day and across the parish, as well as throughout the state and nationally, voters are going to the polls to make their choic...

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02

US Attorney prepares for voter fraud in today's election

ActionNews17 posted on November 02, 2010 08:51
PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND PROSECUTING BALLOT FRAUD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - In anticipation of the upcoming election , the department...

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01

Pugh, Donahue will speak on reapportionment Wednesday at Ponchatoula Chamber

ActionNews17 posted on November 01, 2010 20:56
PONCHATOULA---The Ponchatoula Chamber will hear from Rep. Steve Pugh and Sen. Jack Donahue Wednesday, talking primarily about reapportionment. Follow...

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Parish begins construction, renovation process for Registrar of Voters' office

ActionNews17 posted on October 31, 2010 19:35
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish officials will be accepting bids mid-November to begin the next phase of construction and renovation of the Amite Courthous...

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House on the Rock church collects 700 boxes of Christmas gifts for needy children

ActionNews17 posted on October 31, 2010 19:16
AMITE—Christmas is arriving early in Amite, as the House on the Rock church recently collected more than 700 boxes of gifts as part of Operation Chri...

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TPSO, Crime Stoppers search for leads in Ponchatoula vehicle burglaries

ActionNews17 posted on October 30, 2010 12:45
PONCHATOULA - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards is asking for your assistance in gathering information regarding vehicle burglaries which occ...

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Sheriff Daniel Edwards warns sex offenders on Halloween

ActionNews17 posted on October 29, 2010 17:42
HAMMOND –Sheriff Daniel Edwards announces that the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Compliance Unit will out this weekend making sure t...

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llinois couple charged with Hammond and Covington robberies

ActionNews17 posted on October 29, 2010 17:37
Bank Robbers Caught Shortly After Covington Area Holdup   COVINGTON – An Illinois couple has been arrested for the armed robbery of a Citizens ...

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Rep. John Bel Edwards' Lallie Kemp rally set for Monday

ActionNews17 posted on October 28, 2010 23:18
Independence –  State Representative John Bel Edwards is convening a community meeting at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center (LKRMC), 52579 High...

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Parish upgrades, retrofits governmental buildings to save money, energy

ActionNews17 posted on October 28, 2010 22:52
AMITE---In a six month campaign designed to make public buildings more energy efficient, Tangipahoa Parish Government has invested nearly $700,000 i...

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Sumner goes on lockdown after middle school student climbs on roof

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2010 21:25
SUMNER---Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies and Tangipahoa Parish School officials were able to defuse a frightening case at Sumner Middle School We...

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Foster: Thomas Street slated for repaving in 2011

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2010 21:10
HAMMOND---State budget cuts may have interrupted a number of local road projects, but one that was off radar will apparently take center stage early n...

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New hospital, with 48 local doctors, will open Dec. 1

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2010 21:03
HAMMOND---Hammond's newest hospital is scheduled to be online and operational Dec. 1, with four dozen local doctors already signed up for medical priv...

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DOTD awards I-12 repaving contract for Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2010 20:44
BATON ROUGE , La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced today that a contract has been awarded for a project...

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Parish completes work on local roadways

ActionNews17 posted on October 27, 2010 11:29
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work: The parish’s grading crews worked in the Loran...

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Davis expects to reopen Towers Building soon

ActionNews17 posted on October 26, 2010 21:25
Parish Towers Building Update SLIDELL---Yesterday Parish President Kevin Davis toured the Towers, the St. Tammany Parish office building in Slidell. ...

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Russell: Early voters carry Tangipahoa to new heights in turn-out

ActionNews17 posted on October 26, 2010 20:44
AMITE---Tangipahoa voters have overturned a standing record in early voting totals this week, with more than 4,100 casting ballots in the last week ...

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Brady dismisses indictment on former Sen. Clo Fontenot

ActionNews17 posted on October 26, 2010 18:18
BATON ROUGE---A U.S. District Court Judge on Tuesday dismissed a May 2010 indictment against a former state senator, saying that the charges were li...

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Another Hammond woman pleads guilty to defrauding Red Cross

ActionNews17 posted on October 26, 2010 15:26
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - GEORGIA MOORE BROWN, age 28, a resident of Hammond, LA, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Jay C....

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Video bingo declines again in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2010 22:22
HAMMOND---On Monday, the City of Hammond posted its 3rd quarter earnings from video bingo, and once again, the receipts are the second-lowest figure...

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Sheriff's Office stays out of Livingston Trick-or-Treat controversy

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2010 22:08
Livingston Parish Trick or Treat In response to concerns expressed, by parish residents, regarding the parish ordinance establishing the date for ...

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Cocaine arrest brings tears to 46-year-old Ponchatoula man

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2010 22:02
PONCHATOULA---A 46-year-old Ponchatoula man was arrested Friday evening on possession of Schedule II narcotics and numerous outstanding warrants. ...

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National K-9 Field Trials coming to Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on October 25, 2010 19:30
HAMMOND – Will THE REAL “TOP DOG” PLEASE STAND UP!   While driving around town next week you are likely to see hundreds of various police vehic...

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Hammond woman pleads guilty to defrauding Red Cross

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 20:52
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CHRISTY ALEXANDER, age 25, a resident of Hammond, LA, pled guilty in federal court yesterday before U. S. District Judge Eldo...

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Hammond men indicted for guns and drugs

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 20:48
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -YKEITH ANDREWS, 24, and TYRONE SKINNER, 25 residents of Hammond, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on five counts involvin...

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44-year-old Ponchatoula woman sentenced for Katrina fraud

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 20:46
PONCHATOULA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING AMERICAN RED CROSS NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - RENA MARIE BROWN, age 44, a resident of Ponchatoula, LA...

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Bruno named UL-Monroe President Friday

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 17:21
BATON ROUGE - The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System today named Nick J. Bruno the eighth president of the University of Lo...

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Bush woman dies in early morning crash in St. Tammany

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 13:49
St. Tammany Parish – This morning at 6:10 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatality crash on LA 41 south of LA 435 in S...

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Springfield man arrested for cultivating marijuana

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 12:26
Suspect tells police he grew his own because he was leery of 'what is in the stuff sold on the street' SPRINGFIELD---On the morning of October 20, 20...

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Actual construction of south Slidell levee underway

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 09:53
KOOP DRIVE---Phase One of the St. Tammany Parish South Slidell Levee Protection Plan is under construction  to establish a network of protec...

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Sheriff's Office searches for sex offender in Hammond

ActionNews17 posted on October 22, 2010 08:29
WANTED SEX OFFENDER HAMMOND- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that Daniel Lewis Brister, 32 of Holly St. in Hammond, LA has a warrant...

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Amite Board of Aldermen accepts $2 million water / sewer plan

ActionNews17 posted on October 21, 2010 00:22
 
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Suspect captured after manhunt in Independence and Livingston Wednesday

ActionNews17 posted on October 20, 2010 16:25
UPDATE---Wilmer Harris, 24, was arrested Wednesday evening by Tangipahoa deputies and charged with false impersonation, simple battery, possession of ...

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Man killed by distracted driver in Slidell

ActionNews17 posted on October 20, 2010 07:17
 Slidell – Tuesday afternoon at 1:20 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one vehicle fatality crash on LA 1090/Robert Road approxim...

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Hughes sets May 23 trial date for Chaucers; defense files motion for change of venue

ActionNews17 posted on October 19, 2010 15:57
AMITE---A 21st Judicial District Court Judge set May 23, 2011, as the trial date for a former Hammond businessman and his wife who are accused of 22 c...

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Deseg Judge orders officials to attend status conference in open court next month

ActionNews17 posted on October 19, 2010 15:35
NEW ORLEANS---A federal district court judge has called for an open court "status conference" hearing with all the major parties in Tangipahoa's lo...

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Ponchatoula man caught bloody-handed after apparent apartment break-in

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2010 17:48
PONCHATOULA---A 51-year-old Ponchatoula man was arrested Friday night after he burglarized a neighbor's apartment and then appeared, bloodied and ca...

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State Police, National Guard stop marijuana cultivation in Greensburg

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2010 16:53
Greensburg, LA– As part of a continuing effort to stop the cultivation and trafficking of Marijuana throughout our community, Louisiana State Police N...

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Ponchatoula police arrest seven teenagers for racing on Hwy. 22

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2010 16:38
PONCHATOULA---Ponchatoula Police detained seven teenagers Sunday morning after they were found racing eastbound on Hwy 22.   Ponchatoula Police...

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Early voting for the November 2 election starts Tuesday

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2010 16:22
  AMITE--- From Regisrtrar John Russell: Early voting begins on Tuesday, 10/19/2010 at 8:00 in Hammond and Amite Registrar's Offices. Daily, ...

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South Slidell levee finally under construction

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2010 15:09
South Slidell Levee Protection Update Phase One of the St. Tammany Parish South Slidell Levee Protection Plan is under construction  to es...

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Deputies arrest Fluker man for auto theft and many other charges

ActionNews17 posted on October 18, 2010 15:04
ARREST OF WANTED SUSPECT FLUKER – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of 28 year old wanted suspect Tryieo Bates of Fluker on...

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State Fire Marshal arrests 3 juveniles accused of setting mobile home fire in Gonzales

ActionNews17 posted on October 17, 2010 09:16
GONZALES---State Fire Marshal H. Butch Browning announced today that his office arrested three juveniles in connection with a fire that was set to a...

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Angie Woman arrested after obtaining Fraudulent License

ActionNews17 posted on October 15, 2010 19:19
Louisiana State Police Region I Detectives have arrested Leisha Dabon, (B/F age 35) of Angie, LA, after she obtained a fraudulent driver’s license fro...

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Tangipahoa road projects remain OK, despite state budget crunch, thusfar

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2010 21:42
CAMP CHEMEKETE---Local lawmakers say Governor Bobby Jindal's latest round of budget cuts won't affect the many Tangipahoa road projects that are alrea...

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Parish has number of industrial prospects 'almost ready to announce'

ActionNews17 posted on October 14, 2010 21:33
CAMP CHEMEKETE---The number of prospective new industries in Tangipahoa is up, with four or five prospects preparing to announce. That's what the par...

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Perrilloux: Hammond man sentenced to 35 years in prison for armed robbery of local McDonald's restaurant just four months ago

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2010 18:38
AMITE---On October 12, 2010 in Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Terry Washington, age 34 of Hammond, pleaded no contest to armed robbery and was ...

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Operator of House of Serenity in Ponchatoula arrested

ActionNews17 posted on October 13, 2010 15:55
Ponchatoula resident arrested for forgery. PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following arrest: Francis Seymore (1....

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Three Tangipahoa rail crossings slated for closure

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2010 22:56
AMITE---State and railroad officials told the Tangipahoa Parish Council Tuesday night that they want to close three rural crossings, but they promised...

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Margie Daly appointed to fill vacancy on Tangipahoa Parish Council

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2010 22:48
AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish Council has appointed a familiar face to replace longtime councilman Buddy Ridgel, who resigned his District 5 post last...

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State continues to report revenue crisis

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2010 20:16
BATON ROUGE – The September 2010 Net Receipts Report shows that total state revenues for 2010-2011 to-date (July - September) are $1.707 billion, for...

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Illegal alien arrested for indecent behavior with juvenille

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2010 18:55
Illegal Alien Arrested in Mandeville charged with Indecent Behavior On October 10, 2010, officers of the Mandeville Police Dept arrested 51 year ol...

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Texas man arrested, charged with Internet crimes against minors

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2010 12:45
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Vitter: Moratorium announcement welcome but painfully slow

ActionNews17 posted on October 12, 2010 12:43
WASHINGTON, D.C.---U.S. Sen. David Vitter today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar of the li...

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SLU upsets ranked team in conference opener

ActionNews17 posted on October 09, 2010 22:45
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana rolled up 493 yards of total offense on the way to a convincing 49-24 win over nationally-ranked Southland Conference...

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Greensburg and Kentwood women arrested on major charges

ActionNews17 posted on October 09, 2010 08:53
Traffic Stop Leads To Arrests AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of two females as the result of a traffic stop....

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Slidell woman sentenced for post-Katrina fraud

ActionNews17 posted on October 09, 2010 00:09
SYLVIA BARNES, age 27, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to thr...

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Goodbee wreck Friday morning kills one, injures four

ActionNews17 posted on October 08, 2010 11:18
Early Morning Crash takes One Life, injures Four St. Tammany Parish – This morning at 02:20 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one ...

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33-year-old Roseland man dies at Chalmette refinery

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2010 21:38
CHALMETTE---A 33-year-old Roseland man died while working Wednesday at the Exxon refinery in Chalmette. St. Bernard Sheriff's spokesmen said Gregory ...

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Firefighters battle wildfires across the region

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2010 20:06
AMITE---With very dry conditions and no rain expected until next week at the earliest, firemen all over the Florida Parishes have been battling grass ...

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Denham man arrested in Kentwood for cocaine, more

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2010 17:07
ROADSIDE ARREST KENTWOOD – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the following arrest: On Wednesday, October 5, 2010, while patrolling o...

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Police identify remains as those of 52-year-old Slidell woman

ActionNews17 posted on October 07, 2010 13:03
SLIDELL---St. Tammany officials have identified the remains found in a burning car as the body of a 52-year-old Slidell woman who had recently leased...

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Crain encourages SLU faculty to focus on student performance as key area to address budget constraints

ActionNews17 posted on October 06, 2010 23:14
HAMMOND---Southeastern Louisiana University President Dr. John Crain is encouraging his faculty to focus on that which they can change instead of dwel...

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Parish election board adjusts vote totals; no major changes reported

ActionNews17 posted on October 06, 2010 20:35
AMITE---Tangipahoa's Board of Election Supervisors on Wednesday adjusted the vote totals from two of the 213 machines used in Saturday's election, but...

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St. Tammany deputies investigate body found in burning vehicle Tuesday in Lacombe

ActionNews17 posted on October 06, 2010 13:00
Strain holds news conference Wed. asking for help solving case COVINGTON – The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a car fire o...

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Cutrer rallies Amite Council to demand AT&T fix cell phone grid on northend

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2010 22:37
Fire Chief says problems with AT&T cell phones poses threat to public safety AMITE---Amite Fire Chief Bruce Cutrer passionately appealed to the A...

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School Board enacts stricter suspension, expulsion policy

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2010 21:01
Kolwe: 22 physical altercations on one campus prompt district to 'tighten up' student code of discipline policy AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School ...

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Sheriff Daniel Edwards gets message from voters: "NO NEW TAXES!!"

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2010 20:56
 
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New Orleans man arrested in 2008 Slidell murder; more arrests possible, Strain says

ActionNews17 posted on October 05, 2010 11:16
SLIDELL – A New Orleans man has been arrested for the June 2008 murder of Nathaniel “Nate” Mills in the Slidell area, Sheriff Jack Strain announced ...

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Louisiana Supreme Court appoints two JP's to help serve in 8th Ward vacancy

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2010 20:55
ROBERT---Two local Justices of the Peace will fill in for the vacant 8th Ward JP's position until an election can be held next April. The Louisiana S...

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Daryl Ferrara, 3 others appointed to port commission

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2010 14:54
Jindal names four to port commission Governor Bobby Jindal has appointed four Hammond and Ponchatoula residents to the South Tangipahoa Port Commis...

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Joint sting operation nabs Slidell prostitutes

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2010 14:51
Slidell Police, F.B.I. and the St. Tammany S.O. conduct joint Prostitution Sting     On October 2nd, Slidell Police Detectives, Agen...

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St. Tammany will enforce burn ban

ActionNews17 posted on October 04, 2010 14:47
Statewide Burn Ban in Effect A statewide burn ban has been issued by the Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Sate Fire M...

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Parish Landfill begins flaring project Monday in Independence

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 17:35
AMITE---Tangipahoa Parish officials will unveil their latest modernization project which will not only "green" landfill operations but also raise the...

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School Board will consider proposal to make Nov. 2 election date 'professional development day' in public schools

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 17:12
AMITE---With one primary down and a projectedly hot general election forecast, local officials are turning their attention to the Nov. 2 election, sta...

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State issues ban on all outdoor burning until further notice

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 16:34
BATON ROUGE---Due to the extremely dry conditions throughout the state, the State Fire Marshal, Butch Browning and Agriculture and Forestry Com...

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Parish Government purchases multi-purpose van for Tangipahoa Coroner's Office

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 16:01
AMITE---The ongoing collaborative partnership between Parish Government and the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner's Office once again nets a positive for th...

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Three incumbents win; two fall and third faces run-off in School Board elections

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 02:26
Ridgel, Traylor lose heated contests as Pittman-McDaniel wins open seat in northeast portion of Tangipahoa Parish AMITE---Three Tangipahao Pari...

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Edwards elected as Independence Police Chief

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 02:21
INDEPENDENCE---Call Frank Edwards the "acting chief" no longer. On Saturday, Independence voters overwhelming elected the namesake of the former sher...

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Five of six local tax propositions pass; new Indy tax fails

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 02:05
AMITE---Tax propositions in Tangipahoa Parish were generally successful in the Saturday primary as long as they involved renewals or rededications. F...

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Hammond elects first three-term mayor, majority black council since adoption of Home Rule Charter

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 01:55
HAMMOND---Saturday was a historic night in the City of Hammond where voters for the first time since the adoption of the Home Rule Charter elected a t...

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Tickfaw elects aldermen

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 01:49
Basso, McInnis, Watts join Lamonte, Sparacello to lead village TICKFAW---The Village of Tickfaw has a new member to the village's three-member board ...

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Smith wins third term as Mayor of Kentwood; Police Chief run-off set for Nov. 2

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 01:34
Newton, Stewart face run-off as new town council members seated KENTWOOD---Kentwood Mayor Harold Smith won a third term in office Saturday; however,...

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Green Bay man faces federal child porn charges from Hammond case

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 01:32
NEW ORLEANS---JACK LABROSSE, 41, of Greenbay, Wisconsin, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in New Orleans for transportation of child...

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Hammond men indicted on federal drug, weapon charges

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 01:26
NEW ORLEANS - JARRETT GUTTER, 25, JARMEZE YOUNG, 34, and RICKY CARTER, 26, all residents of Hammond, were indicted today by a Federal Grand Jury o...

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Natalbany man wanted in rape, kidnapping, carjacking case

ActionNews17 posted on October 03, 2010 01:21
NATALBANY – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that sheriff’s office detectives have issued warrants for 27 year old Kevin D. Thomas o...

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