Tornados Leave 50 Homeless In Natalbany Destruction
Tornadoes cut a $2 million path of destruction just after midnight Friday near Natalbany, damaging about 25 residences and leaving roughly 50 people homeless. Deputies reported two injuries. a dairy farm cow died amid the chaos. Red Cross and local volunteers aided victims as crews worked to restore utilities and secure the area.
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Natalbany
Here
Reed
Sibley Road
Woodhaven Road
Louisiana 1064
Natalbany Road
Woodhaven
Jarvis Anthony
Anthony
Westpark Community Hospital
van Lane
Donald
Carolette Drake
Donald Drake
Grover Fowler
Pat Tallo
Tangipahoa
American Red Cross
Lp&l
South Central Bell
Henry Sibley
American Red Cross Board
Willie Johnson
Red Cross
St. Charles
Ed Laurisson
Emmaus Baptist Church
Sibley
Laurisson
Gerald Barron
Ronnie Brewer
Grand jury clears Claiborne in New Year’s Eve shooting
A parish grand jury returned no true bill on Cleveland Claiborne in the Channell Shopping Center death of Troy Carter. District Attorney Duncan Kemp cited a self defense question and said no further action will occur unless new evidence appears. Two Hammond men and an Amite man were indicted on unrelated rape charges in same session.
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AMITE
Parish
Hammond
Channell
Cleveland Claiborne
Troy Carter
Duncan Kemp
Kemp
Claiborne
Robinson Road
Baton Rouge
Carter
Jim Richardson
Ponchatoula
Tim Gideon
Gideon
Oak Street
Westpark
James Winn
George Drive
Municipal races set for March 10 in Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish voters will cast ballots March 10 for a presidential primary with 22 candidates and four municipal races in Ponchatoula Independence Greensburg and Killian. If runoffs are needed in four towns a general election on April 11 will follow. Police chiefs face challengers in Ponchatoula while Independence mayor and police chief run unopposed.
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Amite—Tangipahoa Parish
Tial Preference
Ponchatoula
Independence
Greensburg
Killian
Cindy Sharkey
Sharkey
Julian Dufreche
Tim Gideon
Melvin McGary
Danny Pepitone
Joel Smith
Robert H. Elzy Jr
Bruce Graves
Bernard Lee Sr
Frank Self
Jesse Wilson
James McKnight
Ora Lee Pea
Gwendolyn Quinn
Tim Watkins Jr
Gwendolyn Carter
Gary Stanga
Phillip Damiano
Jesse Pingo
Hundreds at large in Tangipahoa Parish warrants
Records show about 350 felony warrants turned over to Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office last week for failure to appear in court. The list includes murder, attempted murder, vehicular homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, burglary, battery and incest. Operation Clean Sweep netted more than 200 arrests across eight parishes before dawn Saturday.
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Duncan Kemp
Tangipahoa Parish
Maureen Gugliuzza
Kemp
Sheriff's Office
Local judges weigh first circuit race in Amite special election
In Amite a late 1st Circuit Courts of Appeal vacancy to replace Judge Grover L. Covington has attracted attention. Denham Springs Judge Kenneth Fogg says he is running and has begun campaign steps. Hammond judges John Kopfler and Jimmy Kuhn are also mentioned as potential candidates. Kopfler has not announced yet.
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AMITE
First Circuit Courts of Appeal
Grover L. Covington
Hammond
21St Judicial District
Kenneth Fogg
Denham Springs
7Th Ward
John D. Kopfler
Jimmy Kuhn
Livingston
Fogg
District Court
High Court
Kopfler
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National Weather Service
Chuck Reed
Will Louviere
Wes Schneider
SLU
Schneider
Frank
Carol Schneider
Grambling State
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