Parish-wide industrial development plan slated
Tangipahoa Parish moves toward a unified industrial growth effort with a parish wide planning board. Wayne Sterling of SLU will draft the structure while state and local leaders including Sen Bill Dykes Sheriff Frank Edwards and School Supt Edwin Newman pledge support and plan follow up meetings.
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Tangipahoa Parish
Hammond
Wayne Sterling
Center For Business and Economic Research
Southeastern Louisiana University
Bill Dykes
Tangipahoa
Frank Edwards
Jerry Wilde
Edwin Newman
Sterling
Tom Anderson
Anderson
Lewis Roland
Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry
Alexandria
Industry Board
Chambers of Commerce
Police Jury
School Board
University
Andrew Flores
Dusty Rhodes
Louisiana Power and Light Co
Louisiana Industrial Development Executive Association
Rhodes
Nebraska
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
Berey
Kentwood rezoning hearing set for Thursday at high school
Kentwood High hosts the second public hearing on the parish wide school rezoning plan. The 7 p.m. meeting invites residents to provide input as the Tangipahoa Parish School Board moves to enforce district boundaries to curb cross district attendance and reduce bussing distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentwood
Kentwood High
Tangipahoa Parish
LSU
Richard Musemeche
Newman
Loranger faces minor attendance rule issues with 14 cross-district students
In Loranger, 14 students from outside districts may remain enrolled as organizers study attendance zones. LSU professor Musemeche notes concerns about duplicated bus routes and boundary boundaries while officials plan potential rezonings. Courts may grant relief to preserve district balance.
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Loranger
LSU
Richard Musemeche
Musemeche
Tangipahoa Parish
Edwin Newman
Newman
Joyce M. Moore
Hammond
8Th Ward
5Th Ward
Champ Cooper
Ponchatoula
The
Th Ward
Whitmar Acres
Prevost Road
Two Men and Youth Held in Livingston Incident
Deputies stopped a car on Interstate 12 Sunday after a licence check showed a North Carolina plated vehicle as stolen. David Ingraham, 28, from Arora Indiana, Jack Peterson, 18, of Midland Michigan, and a 16 year old male from Smithville North Carolina were jailed pending extradition. The juvenile faces vehicle larceny charges. Ingram faces marijuana possession, juvenile delinquency, and Illinois probation violation charges. Peterson faces Michigan probation violation charges.
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Livingston
North Carolina
David Ingraham
Arora
Jack Peterson
Midland
Mich
Smithville
N.C
Livingston Parish
Women win big at Covington Southeast District Livestock Show
Denise Fletcher of Covington captures Grand Champion Steer as 12 of 18 animal categories feature female champions. The 16 year old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Fletcher, has eight years in beef and sheep and three in swine, and is a member of the St. Tammany 4-H Club. Other champions include Cara Glass and Ruth Reames in Brahma Cross and West Feliciana respectively, plus Melinda Soule and Scott Bickham in Angus and Hereford.
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Covington
Denise Fletcher
Miss Fletcher
Bobby Fletcher
St. Tammany 4
St. Tammany
Janet Bickham
West Feliciana
Cara Glass
Ruth Reames
Angus
Melinda Soule
Ascension
Trissy Amedee
Andre Duet
Lafourche
Hereford
Mike Mire
Scott Bickham
Market Lambs
Suffolk
Diane Dayton
East Baton Rouge
Grand jury clears trooper in shooting
Grand jury clears State Police detective Robert L. Thomasson of negligent homicide in the shooting death of 17 year old Robert Lee Anderson after 22 witnesses testified. The panel also returned a true bill on Bennie Smith of Hammond for perjury for allegedly lying during testimony.
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Amite — State
Robert L. Thomasson
Tangipahoa
Robert Lee Anderson
Bennie Smith
Hammond
Thomasson
Anderson
Roses Store
Tg&y
Joseph Simpson
Smith
Simpson
Tommy Anderson
Eugene, Anderson
Pinkie Anderson
Ralston Baham
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Claudia Douczer
Slu
Daily Star
Ward Grant
U.S
Alvin Rubin
Concerned Citizens Association
Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital
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