Hammond News

Federal investigators have been looking into allegations that some shrimp processing plants along the Gulf Coast are commingling wild-caught Gulf of Mexico shrimp with imported farm-raised products -- and labeling them as domestic shrimp for the market.

After two years of construction, the Slidell Welcome Center reopened its doors Monday morning to greet and direct motorists entering Louisiana from Mississippi.

Police said they have arrested a 19-year-old Lockport man and charged him in connection with an armed robbery on June 24.

If you are planning a birthday party or some other event this summer and you are looking for a way to stay cool, you should consider renting a spacewalk or inflatable water slide.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for a 17-year-old boy wanted in connection with a supermarket burglary on Wardline Road on Wednesday, the Sheriff's Office said.

The heat wave continues in the metro New Orleans with temperatures rising into the triple digits in some areas.

State highway officials say two half-mile sections in the left lane of Interstate 55 southbound between Hammond and Independence have been closed after the road buckled under continued "excessive heat." Dustin Annison, a spokesman with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, said Monday the sections are about 2.5 miles apart in ...

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting near the Tangipahoa River on Saturday evening that occurred because of an argument over firewood, the Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Kelly Bernard woke up Monday as the City of Monroe's Outstanding Teen and went to sleep that night as Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen.

The investigation into the drowning of a five-year-old child in the Tangipahoa River continues after her mother was arrested on drug charges and many questions still surround the circumstances of the incident, which happened in the water off Carpenter's Landing in Hammond Wednesday night.

Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: June 17th, 2009: Samuel E. Johnston, age 68 of 40195 Macedonia Road Lot 57, Hammond, LA Was arrested for Entering and Remaining after being forbidden Cassius Conaler, age 18 of 580 Beechwood Drive, Slidell, LA Was arrested on an outstanding attachment for failure to appear in ...

Rachel Weisz is possibly the actress to portray Hedy Lamarr in a film titled "Face Value." Lamarr led a most eccentric private life.

Posted on June 9th, 2009 2:46 PM by Free Britney Filed under: Casey Aldridge , Jamie Lynn Spears With all she's been through lately - giving birth to daughter Maddie Briann and nursing baby daddy Casey Aldridge back to health after his serious car crash - it's nice to see Jamie Lynn Spears enjoying herself just like any other unwed teen mother: ...

"Miracle of Missions" Golf Tournament: 6:30 a.m., LSU Golf Course, corner of Burbank and Nicholson.

She's been working since she was 11 -- and a mother since she was 17 -- so it's actually refreshing to see Jamie Lynn Spears enjoying herself just like any other 18-year-old unwed mother.

The estranged boyfriend of a Hammond woman waited outside of her home early Tuesday morning and fired four shots at her as she walked to her car, killing her, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Hammond woman who punched a man in the face and attempted to recruit others to beat him up, the Sheriff's Office said in a Monday release.

Deputies arrested two men in connection with a burglary spree targeting 16 vehicles and residences in an eight-hour period early Friday, the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office reported Saturday.

Nine-year-old Angel Rangel is learning the fine art of playing the trumpet and must set aside an hour or two each day for practice.

A Hammond woman joked that she could walk faster than her boyfriend was driving before she opened the door of his pickup and fell to her death on Interstate 12 last weekend, authorities said Thursday.