Voters Reject Taxes In Amite And Livingston Parish
Amite district school tax and Livingston Parish sheriff tax fail at the polls. Amite High School expansion funding would have financed a 500-seat auditorium and new classrooms. Livingston Parish half cent sales tax to expand the prison fails, delaying deputy raises and hires. MLK Day parades planned in Independence and Hammond feature a morning lineup and a noon program.
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Amite
Livingston
Baton Rouge
Amite District
Livingston Parish
Tangipahoa Parish
Amite High School
Amite Elementary
Roseland Elementary
Independence
Hammond
Martin Luther King Jr
Zion Travelers Baptist Church
Hickory Street
Zemurray Park
Zemurray
Railroad Avenue
East Morris
South Holly Streets
Colorado Street
Martin Luther King Park
J.L. Garrett
Macedonia Baptist Church
Clinton plans big boost for veterans benefits and health care
President Clinton plans a 1.5 billion increase in veterans spending for fiscal 2001, introducing what Rep. Lane Evans calls the largest VA boost by any administration. Evans said total veterans benefits and services would reach 46 billion, with over 1.3 billion more for medical care, raising medical spending to 20.9 billion.
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Clinton
Veterans Washington
Lane Evans
D-el
Evans
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Lottery drawing results and notes
Unofficial lottery results list Powerball numbers 40 33 21 6 1 with Powerball 28 Lotto numbers 30 29 14 11 8 4 and Cash Quest numbers 48 47 46 36 The notice states results are unofficial and tickets should be kept for verification.
Community Deaths Listing in Local Area
Obituary notices list Lonnie K. Brecheen 52 of Livingston Annie Johnson 63 of Hammond Benjamin Licata 86 of St. Petersburg Beach Florida Patricia Ann Sanborn Murry 77 of Ponchatoula Evelyn Hendry Reid 57 of Roseland. The page also references Obituaries on 2A with other sections such as Business Military News Calendar Medicine Classified Puzzles God & Country Seniors' Menu Lifestyle Sports.
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Lonnie K. Brecheen
Livingston
Annie Johnson
Hammond
Benjamin Licata
St. Petersburg Beach
Fla
Patricia Ann Sanborn Murry
Ponchatoula
Evelyn Hendry Reid
Roseland
Esasoa
Hammond man jailed after red light crash with 18 wheeler
A Hammond man, Ronald White, was jailed after a crash left him severely injured when his 1987 Dodge pickup ran a red light and was struck by an eastbound 1993 Freightliner driven by Michael Hogan. Glenda Edwards, a passenger, witnessed the scene as responders attended the mangled vehicle.
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Dori Claytor
Daily Star
Hammond
Ashley
Adams
Underbelly
Morrison Boulevard
Ronald White
Thomas Street
Morrison
Steve Amos
White
Glenda Edwards
Michael Paul Hogan
Missouri
Acci
Amos
Hwy. 190
S & S Sports
Edwards
Vitter to discuss Lake Pontchartrain Basin restoration in town hall
U.S. Representative David Vitter will host a 7:30 p.m. town hall at the Mandeville Community Center to gather input on restoring the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, a 5,000 square mile watershed spanning 16 parishes threatened by land use change and pollution. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act H.R. 2957 aims to fund and guide cleanup efforts.
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Mandeville
U.S
David Vitter
Rla
Lake Pontchartrain
Tangipahoa
Vitter
City Hall
Causeway
Gulf Coast
Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain Basin
America
Hammond city aims for growth by 2005 plan forum
Mayor Louis Tallo outlines a five year growth plan for Hammond seeking to be the city of choice for development. A public forum February 5 at Southeastern Louisiana University invites residents and business leaders to discuss mission core values and goals for 2005.
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Hammond
Louis Tallo
Kiva
Southeastern Louisiana University
Tallo
Hensive
Loranger prepares new post office to handle growth
Loranger's new post office will open in July across from the current site with brick siding a 39 space parking lot 500 additional boxes and expanded square footage. Postmaster Pam Wall says the facility should support area growth for 25 years while several subdistricts and new homes rise nearby. The project began after a 1993 request and a 1994 study confirmed need. contractor Troy Wagner leads the build.
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Loranger
Pam Wall
Postal Service
Loranger High School
Wall
U.S. Post Office
Troy Wagner
Holden
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Asiseas
Lake
Kari Haley-Wheeler
Gable
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