Amite News

While other people headed for family gatherings or last-minute shopping Christmas Eve, Steve Thibodeaux of Bayou Blue stood in a waterlogged field, the eyes of more than 100 hungry cows fixed on him.

Thursday night's unexpected deluge of rain over Baton Rouge and points west has caught National Weather Service forecasters by surprise.

A fatal crash claimed the life of an Amite man Wednesday evening on George Settlement Road in Livingston Parish.

Flood watches and warnings remain in effect for parts of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi due to additional rain moving into areas where the ground is already saturated from previous storms.

Authorities say a McComb man was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Louisiana. Louisiana State Police identified the victim as 29-year-old Teddy Cornelius Jackson.

Today at 06:10 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 55 at milepost #52 in Tangipahoa Parish.

TANIPAHOA, La. A McComb, Miss. was killed in a one-vehicle crash after his car left the road on Interstate 55 and hit a tree, according to State Police spokesman Trooper Nick Manale.

Two domestic foundries have achieved notable quality standards certifications. US Aluminum Castings reports it completed certification for the ISO TS-16949 standard, a global standard that certifies continuous improvement programs for defect prevention and supply-chain waste elimination.

LA TANGI PRAYER, 1ST LD-WRITETHRU AMITE, La. - The Tangipahoa Parish School Board unanimously agreed Tuesday to change the word "prayer" to "invocation" in its policy on prayers before board meetings, a policy under challenge in a federal court lawsuit.

Today at 4:40 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 55 north of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish.

AMITE, La A Mississippi man was arrested and booked with vehicular homicide and DWI after hitting the rear of a pickup truck, causing the truck to flip and ejecting the passengers and leaving one man dead, according to a State Police spokesman Trooper Nick Manale.

Police are investigating a two-car crash on Interstate 55 that killed one person and injured four others.

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a dense fog advisory Tuesday morning for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.

According to court records, a private Hammond hospital built three years ago but never opened will be sold at auction in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Orleans on Dec.

A 49-year-old man was fatally wounded Sunday night while standing over a sheriff's deputy and pointing a loaded shotgun at the officer.

A Hammond businessman accused of bilking more than 200 investors out of $11 million posted bail to gain his release from custody Friday, according to court and jail records.

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Police: La. man for creating a Ponzi scheme that cost 200 investors over $11 million AMITE, La.

A state representative with a military background pledged Tuesday to try to shield Louisiana's veterans programs from devastating budget cuts during the next legislative session.

Once again this year, the LSWA's weekly state polls and the LHSAA's power-ranking seeds had their share of differences and similarities.

The fifth in a line of a new class of warship will be commissioned and welcomed into the U.S. Navy on Saturday, Nov.