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HURRICANE PLANNING: How you can save state sales tax on storm-related items May 25-26
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana residents can save money on flashlights, batteries, generators and other emergency supplies during the 2013 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday on Saturday, ...
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AMITE--Council member Jonathon Foster at the May 20 Amite city council meeting. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Amite council hires APD officer, security for $1500/year; tables Mayor Bel’s budget with cuts
AMITE—The Amite City Council agreed to hire a uniformed Amite Police officer to screen those who attend council meetings with a metal detector and a “wand” to spot weapons or other objects, at a c...
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INDEPENDENCE--A delegation of solid waste professionals from China visited the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill Monday, May 20, at the invitation of parish President Gordon Burgess and landfill Director Terrance Stewart. Photo by Don Ellzey.
GOVERNMENT: Gordon Burgess, Terrance Stewart host Chinese delegation at Tangi landfill
INDEPENDENCE--A delegation of solid waste professionals from China visited the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill Monday, May 20, at the invitation of parish President Gordon Burgess and landfill Director ...
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AMITE--School board members Gail McDaniel and Al Link exchange small talk prior to the May 15 meeting of the Finance Committee. Photo by Don Ellzey.
TANGI SCHOOL BOARD: Cuts in vacant jobs, transportation and busing; teachers to get raise. Still $1.4 million in red.
By Don Ellzey AMITE -- During a marathon three and one-half hour meeting that included some spittin' and spattin' between north and south Tangipahoa Parish members, the school board whittled a pro...
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AMITE--Fire Chief Bruce Cutrer, left, and parish council member Greg Varnado, center, and council member Trent Forrest, talk fire department issues following the May 13 parish council meeting. Photo by Don Ellzey.
TANGI COUNCIL BIDS: Arena bids above budget, so new bids will be requested. Council accepts bids on other projects.
By Don Ellzey AMITE -- Start of construction on the events center at the Florida Parishes Arena off US 51 at Amite will be delayed somewhat after bids came in above what the parish has budgeted fo...
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AMITE--Hood Memorial CEO John Neal recalls to Amite Rotary that he was president of the Stuttgart, Ark. Rotary Club. He spoke Feb. 19 at Mike's Catfish Inn.
HEALTH: Hood Hospital CEO Neal asks Tangi Council for $700,000 in bonds for improvements
By Don Ellzey AMITE -- Replacement of the chilled water pipe system at an estimated cost of $179,000 is among improvements planned at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite with the approval by the Tangi...
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Courtney is being presented a certificate by Regent Carroll Glasgow of Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court 2536 of St. Helena Catholic Church.
Carroll Glasgow congratulates OFA grad Courtney Ourso
AMITE--Courtney Ourso, a 2013 graduate of Oak Forest Academy, won first place in the Louisiana State Catholic Daughters of the Americas State Contest in Education. It was Division III-- photograp...
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HAMMOND--Independence High principal High Wallace (left) and soon-to- graduating seniors welcome State Rep. John Bel Edwards as commencement speaker May 15 at the University Center. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Independence High grads awarded $876,536 in scholarships, financial aid
By Mark Mathes and Gwen Durham INDEPENDENCE--The Independence High School graduating class was awarded a total of $876,536, after combining all the projected scholarships, awards and TOPS amounts ...
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HEALTH: North Oaks Medical Center ER entrance relocates May 20
HAMMOND—Beginning Monday, May 20, at approximately 5 a.m., the Emergency Room (ER) entrance at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond will permanently relocate to the back (west) of North Oaks Medic...
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AMITE--Amite postal workers Amanda Holdon, Pandora Bollingham, Kendra Tillery and Sedretta Wells pose with Council On Aging home-delivered meals aide Mickey Wilson with the "ton" of non-perishable food items collected during the rain storm Saturday, May 11. Photo provided by Debi Fleming.
Amite postal workers gather tons of food for Tangi Council on Aging
AMITE--Postal workers from the Amite Post Office gathered tons of donated food from residents on May 11. The food is destined for the Tangipahoa Council on Aging. Food will be served weekdays to ho...
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Tangi Council hears Sheriff Edwards ask for 1/2% sales tax to improve jail on Oct. 19 ballot
By Don Ellzey AMITE -- A resolution in support of a one-half percent sales tax to expand and maintain the parish jail was adopted unanimously by the Tangipahoa Parish Council during its regular me...
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INDEPENDENCE--State Rep. Chris Broadwater R-Hammond, speaks at the Independence town council Feb. 20. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Splash Park to be built near new Independence Farmers Market north of train station
INDEPENDENCE—The Splash Pool Park planned near the Independence Branch Library will now be located immediately north of the Police Station/train station in Festival Park. Kids and families should ...
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SHPSO Deputy Michael Damato shows two of the mobile meth labs found in Pine Grove. Photo by Stephanie Warren
St. Helena Parish Sheriff Nat Williams warns public of meth labs on roadways
Over the past ten days St. Helena Parish Deputies while on patrol have discovered several portable methamphetamine laboratories in and around the Pine Grove area. According to reports it appears so...
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HAMMOND--Col. Pat Griffin joins first responder Larry Bankston and Tangipahoa Parish council member Louis "Nick" Joseph at a hurricane summit May 21 at Camp Chemekette. Griffin is heading up the transformation of the Roseland disaster response center. Bankston is assistant chief of the Wilmer Fire Department, where he began working at age 18. Joseph has over three decades of military service including Vietnam. Photo by Mark Mathes.
HURRICANES: Roseland disaster staging center one of largest in Louisiana to respond to hurricanes, emergencies
ROSELAND--The new Roseland disaster distribution center will be one of the largest centers in Louisiana packed with massive tons of emergency supplies and hundreds of Louisiana National Guard troo...
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AMITE--Veterans and their families salute the presenting of the American flag by the Amite High Marine Corp Jr. ROTC. At left is Mayor Buddy Bel, who helped put veterans host the Agent Orange town hall meeting May 11 at Amite High. He is aUSMC veteran of Vietnam. Photo by Mark Mathes.
AGENT ORANGE: 125 veterans and their families come to Amite town hall for answers to health questions
Check back for updates AMITE--About 125 US military veterans and their families came from throughout Southeast Louisiana came to the Agent Orange town hall meeting May 11. They came with patches...
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North Shore Focus brings the story to Baton Rouge May 14
HAMMOND -- North Shore Focus, a regionally-hosted gathering with state legislators, will be held at the Louisiana Capitol Tuesday, May 14, from 9 to 4 p.m. This year's schedule includes informal ...
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AMITE--Gerard Wilson on the lot he leases May 8 at the corner of West Magnolia and Second. On this day, three of the seven cars are his own. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Fight over cars between Foster and mechanic Wilson heads to court with mayor, chiefs, attorneys, city staff swept along
Check back for updates on this story AMITE--The fight between veteran Amite city council member Jonathon Foster and mechanic Gerard Wilson, a resident in Amite since Katrina, has left a trail of...
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Outgoing Independence Fire Chief Dennis Crocker and his successor David Maurer congratulate each other at an Independence town hall meeting the night of Nov. 27. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Father, son and Mrs. Janice Holland all help avert tragedy in downtown Independence apartment fire with 3 departments responding
INDEPENDENCE--Quick response by an Independence father and son helped rescue Lisa McDonald, 48, from her second story balcony in downtown Independence May 8. The scene: just north of City Hall and...
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TPSB Member Ann Smith and O. W. Dillon Elementary Principal Lance Harrell eagerly await the beginning of the tour.
New O.W. Dillon almost complete
School Board members and locals tour new O. W. Dillon Elementary facility
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AMITE--Luther Tolliver is happy at his appointment to the Amite Arts Council May 7 by the Amite City Council. He's a native of the Amite area who left in 1966 to join the US Air Force. He and his wife returned to Amite in 2007 from Northern California. Now retired, he enjoys photography. Photo by Mark Mathes.
AMITE ARTS COUNCIL: Luther Tolliver happy to be back in Amite after Air Force career, and delighted with Arts Council
AMITE--Luther Tolliver is happy at his appointment to the Amite Arts Council May 7 by the Amite City Council. He's a native of the Amite area who left in 1966 to join the US Air Force. "In 200...
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OPERATION STOP THE DRUGS 15 arrested from Kentwood, Amite, Tickfaw, Robert, Hammond, Ponchatoula. 2 were already in jail.
HAMMOND – Fifteen suspects were rounded up in Operation STD (Stop The Drugs)Friday, May 3 from Kentwood, Amite, Tickfaw, Robert, Hammond and Ponchatoula Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards re...
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AMITE--Election commissioners and precinct workers gather at the precinct at Amite City Hall around noon May 4 during voting for the Tangipahoa School tax decision. From left: Ethel Smith, Nancy Conerly, Irma Walker, Bobby Burton, Jewel McCoy and Ella Williams (standing). Photo by Mark Mathes.
ELECTION: Tangi Schools tax re-dedication passes with 64 percent yes. New Hammond tax fails 52 percent against
AMITE--Tangipahoa voters agreed to allow the school board shift existing one cent sales tax revenues, with 4,019 voting yes, or 64 percent of votes cast on Saturday. According to complete but unoff...
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GREENSBURG--St. Helena Sheriff's Deputy Jerome Hookfin.
Off-duty St. Helena Deputy Hookfin chases shooting suspect until back-up officers arrive
GREENSBURG--At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 off-duty St. Helena Sheriff's deputy Jerome Hookfin was standing at the counter at Bridgemart convenience store in Greensburg paying for ...
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Tangipahoa Registrar of Voters John Russell in July 2012. Photo by Mark Mathes.
ELECTION: Vote Saturday on re-dedication of Tangi school tax, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
AMITE--As Tangipahoa Parish voters prepare to decide on one or two school tax decisions Saturday, the total early voters has crept up a bit to 927, a bit over 1 percent of the 75,000 total voters....
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