Hammond News

Hammond Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a Circle K on November 18.

Emily Kaylyn Carver and Brent William Arnold exchanged wedding vows at 6 p.m., Nov.

A 23-year-old man from Hammond was arrested Wednesday in connection with a string of home break-ins near Albany.

A Louisiana businessman was charged Friday with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud about 160 investors - mostly elderly people - out of roughly $19.5 million and using some of the money to pay for cars, cruises, sports tickets and a house.

The Louisiana attorney general's office arrested a man Thursday morning for allegedly creating a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors over $11 million.

A Hammond man arrested Friday is accused of possessing 51 pounds of marijuana and 200 grams of crack cocaine, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reported.

A suspect in a child pornography case is put into the back of a State Police squad car during a raid in Baton Rouge.

HAMMOND, La. -- A judge has ordered the Tangipahoa Parish School Board to increase its hiring of black educators for administrative positions.

From the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office: Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that Antwain Robinson of Hammond was arrested and charged with possession of more than 200 but less than 400 grams of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.

An Avoyelles Parish man who allegedly robbed and beat a 66-year-old woman in her Covington-area home Friday morning is being sought by St.

TANGIPAHOA, La. The Tangipahoa Parish Council is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to appoint an interim justice of the peace for the Hammond area.

Seven-year-old Paige DeJean called her daddy every Sunday to keep him updated about school, her friends and just how much she has missed him since he deployed to the Middle East in June with his Louisiana Army National Guard unit.

A Hammond man flipped his Chevrolet Camaro over while apparently drag racing on an eastern New Orleans lakefront road early Friday and died, according to authorities.

Hammond - On November 12 th , 2009, twenty-eight different local, state, and federal agencies will be participating in a mock hazardous material emergency drill in the Hammond Area.

Fontainebleau High School student Victoria Lemene learned about the dangers of texting while driving right after she got her driver's license.

A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to marry an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday.

Starting at the beginning of Oct. and continuing all throughout the month, Fanfare is a way for the students of Southeastern Louisiana University and residents of Hammond to connect with the university's artistic and musical groups.

Hammond Man Arrested and Charged with Endangering Safety of U.S. Army National Guard Aircraft CHARLES CLAUSEN, age 58, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was arrested yesterday and charged in a criminal complaint with endangering the safety of U.S. Army National Guard aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Hammond man Wednesday on counts of aggravated burglary and attempted first-degree murder in a home invasion, a news release says.

Motorists are now able to use the reconfigured intersection of Old Baton Rouge Highway and Morrison Boulevard.