Baton Rouge LA, State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning announced today, the arrest of two juveniles who are accused of setting three fires in the Cane...

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KOOP DRIVE--- St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis took notice on Wednesday of the commencement of the 2010 season for the New Orleans saints...

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HAMMOND---As expected, the city council Tuesday evening voted to re-create the position of Public Works Director, a job outlined in Hammond's home rul...

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Kolwe, attorney ask former principal Carmon Moore to respond to audit findings in writing, deny issues of 'wrongdoing' at this time AMITE---The Tangi...

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AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted 7-2 against a motion by Sonya Traylor to drop the proposed desegregation suit tax package which is ...

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COVINGTON – Approximately two months ago, agents with the St. Tammany Parish Narcotics Task Force conducted an investigation, during which Michael G...

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District Attorney Scott Perrilloux says second-degree charge against 31-year-old Eric Maurer of Springfield is no surprise AMITE---On Friday,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Board fails to get required unanimous vote to go into executive session to discuss decision to hire former fire chief convicted of theft AMITE---A
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AMITE---The Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted 7-0 to appoint a Spring Creek dairyman to fill the seat vacated by longtime Board member Robert Potts...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Traffic Safety Tips for Winter Weather Conditions Weather forecasts for the latter part of this week predict rain and freezing temperatures for Sou...

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**UPDATE** Troop B – On February 7, 2010, at approximately 6:38PM, the 16-year-old passenger that was in critical condition at University Hospital ...

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Town Attorney LeAnn Malner, above, is flanked by Mayor Mike Ragusa, Town Clerk Robin Dagrow, and Alderman Nick Joseph. INDEPENDENCE---Town Attorney L...

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PONCHATOULA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that on January 13, 2010, Deputy Reginald Cotton responded to 14079 HWY 22 West to exec...

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HAMMOND WOMAN SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING AMERICAN RED CROSS January 14, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CYNTHIA McGOWAN, 27, a resident of Hammond, LA, ...

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According to U.S. Attorny Jim Letten's office, Anthony P. Maurer, age 60, a resident of Independence, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count bill of in...

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