Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Hammond High Magnet School will reopen for classes Wednesday with increased security and a law enforcement presence after threats shuttered the campus for two days in a row, according to the Tangipahoa Parish School System.
Officials have made an arrest after Hammond High Magnet School was closed for two days due to social media threats, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday night.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff said he will "go back to the drawing board" and look for new ways to put a law enforcement officer on every school campus, one week after a school safety tax failed at the ballot box.
Monday, November 12, 2018
Hammond High Magnet School will be open on Tuesday after it closed Monday "due to a possible threat on campus," Tangipahoa Parish School System reported in a Facebook post Monday afternoon.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
A one-minute ad touting the need for a new bridge over the Mississippi River started airing on local TV stations last week.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
An incumbent school board member in southern Livingston Parish failed this week to win a second term in an election upset that shocked many in the region.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
LIVINGSTON — The new mosquito abatement district in the Denham Springs and Watson areas is moving forward with plans to pursue a major grant and a tax after the Livingston Parish Council took steps Thursday night to support it.
The volunteer fire department in French Settlement was left with less than $1,000 in the bank and an unpaid insurance bill that threatened a shutdown when authorities arrested the treasurer last week, officials said.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Holiday deadlines
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
DENHAM SPRINGS — Congregants of the St. Francis Episcopal church along with their friends and guests are invited to join in the celebration of the re-dedication and consecration of the new church at 726 Maple St. at 3 p.m. Sunday.
DENHAM SPRINGS — A dozen aspiring young artists exploring the opportunities of being creative with water colors pursued their artistic efforts on Saturday, representing the latest children’s outreach program sponsored by the Arts Council of Living…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office arrested a Tickfaw woman wanted for setting a mobile home on fire in June.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
The Walker football team finished the regular season on the wrong end of Central's 35-21 upset, resulting in only the second loss for the Wildcats in 10 games.
Each month students at Seventh Ward Elementary School learn about a character trait and then practice it daily. Students were recently selected by their homeroom teachers for the month of October for showing exceptional self-control.
Hammond’s Fire Department recently visited the Pre-K4 classrooms at Holy Ghost Catholic School where they taught the children about fire safety and fire prevention.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Independence Leadership Academy celebrated Trunk-or-Treat and Geaux Pink for Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center's breast cancer research Oct. 31.
Seventh-grade students in Cindy Wagner’s class at Holy Ghost Catholic School recently wrapped up a unit on 9/11. John Theriot, who was near Ground Zero during the attack, was a guest speaker. He shared his experiences and thoughts about the event.
The Greater Hammond Chamber and the Hammond Garden Club presented the October Link Award to Captain D’s at 2444 W. Thomas St., Hammond.
The Beta Lambda Chapter of Kappa Kappa Iota, a professional teacher’s organization, held its monthly meeting at the Denham Springs/Walker Branch of the library Oct. 18.
The Greater Hammond Chamber recently celebrated a ribbon-cutting with the Landmark Nursing Center of Hammond at its new facility at 42250 North Oaks Drive, Hammond.
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Voters in Livingston Parish on Tuesday rejected a permanent sales tax increase that would have paid for the placement of law enforcement officers at all public schools.
The incumbent mayor of Denham Springs was elected to a second term in office.
State contractors accused in a lawsuit alleging that the Interstate 12 median worsened 2016 flooding believe they can't get a fair trial in Baton Rouge and are trying to get the case moved.
Monday, November 05, 2018
AMITE — A judge in Tangipahoa Parish agreed Monday to release from jail a woman accused with other family members of holding an autistic relative in a cage.
Sunday, November 04, 2018
A man who authorities said crashed his car into a Watson convenience store in March because he believed the owners were Muslim pleaded no contest to a hate crime in Livingston Parish, although the man claims it was an accident.
Saturday, November 03, 2018
Livingston Parish residents heading to the polls Tuesday will decide the fate of a new half-cent sales tax that Sheriff Jason Ard says would fund a law enforcement officer in every school.
Friday, November 02, 2018
HAMMOND — The treatment window for the most common type of stroke has expanded from three hours to 24 hours at North Oaks Medical Center because of enhanced interventional radiology capabilities made possible by the addition of Dr. Zachary Liner, …
A human bone recovered from the Tickfaw River by a debris cleanup crew in August has been identified as that of a man who was reported missing in 2016 after failing to return from a fishing trip, authorities said Friday.
An elderly Denham Springs couple found dead in their pool company building died of "blunt force injury to the head," according to a preliminary autopsy report released by police Friday.
Thursday, November 01, 2018
A Baton Rouge man accused of killing another man during an argument in Holden last November was sentenced to 35 years in prison, said Livingston Parish District Attorney Scott Perrilloux.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
French Settlement's police chief stepped down from his elected position on Wednesday, a day after his arrest on counts of malfeasance in office.
Dog-gone good time
The simple sight of the Walker High football team in blue jerseys signaled something special in the air.
HAMMOND — The Tangipahoa Parish Council has appointed businessman Roger Navarra, of Independence, to the North Oaks Health System Board of Commissioners for a six-year term.
HAMMOND — Eyes were pointed to the skies over Hammond as the air show returned to the Florida Parishes.
On Sept. 27, the Greater Hammond Chamber celebrated a ribbon-cutting and grand opening for Pelican State Credit Union, 1110 SW Railroad Ave., Hammond.
Anchor South Real Estate in Denham Springs held a ribbon-cutting celebration with the Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 18.
HAMMOND — “Is that Maw Maw?” Kingston Hilliard said as Lacey Norwood, a program assistant with North Oaks Hospice, knelt to give him a better view of the painted lady butterfly perched on top of its release envelope. Much to his delight, the butte…
Tangipahoa Volunteers for Family and Community held its 37th annual Holiday Ideas Showcase on Sept. 27 at the Ponchatoula Community Center.
The World War II Museum’s Victory Belles are coming to Amite for a Christmas concert, Amite Arts Council President Charley Vance announced.
State Farm Insurance Agent Alexis Ducorbier donated school supplies to Woodland Park Magnet School students.
Jenny Brown’s second-grade art classes at Holy Ghost Catholic School recently created artwork inspired by Gustav Klimt’s "Tree of Life."
On Aug. 31, Best Buy donated school supplies and backpacks to Hammond Westside Montessori School.
Seventh Ward Elementary School inducted fifth-grade honor roll students into the National Junior Beta Club on Oct. 16.