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Local news for Holden, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Navy Times

Uniform gaffe outs fake Navy captain

When Andy Jerome Ticker got married in April, he wore a full-dress captain's uniform strewn with medals, including a Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Slidell, LA

Sat Oct 04, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

$60,000 worth of Xanax found in car

Louisiana State Police arrested a Houston woman with a $60,000 load of drugs, troopers said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Livingston, LA

Thu Oct 02, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Democrats announce endorsements

The East Baton Rouge Parish Democratic Party Executive Committee has issued its endorsements for the upcoming local, area and federal elections, a news release says.

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Milton, LA

Tue Sep 30, 2008

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Man sentenced for illegally wearing medals

A Louisiana man is sentenced to a year of home confinement after pleading guilty to illegally wearing military medals at his wedding.

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Related Topix: Wedding, US Military, US Navy, Slidell, LA

Mon Sep 29, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Groundbreaking held for Green Light Plan on Lobdell Ave.

Mayor-President Melvin L. "Kip" Holden hosted a groundbreaking for the Lobdell Improvements project in the Green Light Plan Monday morning, marking the start of construction on the ninth Green Light Plan ...

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Fri Sep 26, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Holden couple accused of operating meth lab

Narcotics agents arrested a husband and wife team accused of operating an illegal methamphetamine lab, holding the husband in custody Thursday under a $1.05 million bond, Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies ...

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Related Topix: Drugs, Livingston, LA

Thu Sep 25, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Deputies bust apparent meth lab in Livingston Parish

Narcotics deputies say they busted an apparent meth lab at a couple's home on Highway 442 in Holden last Friday.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Tue Sep 16, 2008

The Daily Reveille

BR loop not a real issue in mayor's race

With all the attention the presidential election is getting it's easy to forget about the other races going on a little bit closer to home.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Baton Rouge, LA, US News

Mon Sep 08, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Most Livingston schools resume Tuesday

DENHAM SPRINGS Students will return to most Livingston Parish public schools Tuesday at normal times except for six schools for which a decision has not been made.

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Related Topix: Livingston, LA, Denham Springs, LA, Walker, LA, French Settlement, LA

Mon Sep 01, 2008

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Curfews in effect for Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden has issued a mandatory curfew for all of East Baton Rouge Parish.

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Related Topix: Ponchatoula, LA, Gonzales, LA, Tickfaw, LA, Hurricane, Hurricane Gustav, Weather, Gray, LA

Wed Aug 27, 2008

The Interior Journal

City getting new fire truck for Christmas

Stanford City Council authorized Fire Chief Ken McDaniel Tuesday to buy a new pumper truck for $276,682. Financing for the fire truck has been approved, McDaniel said, at a 4.4-percent interest rate locked in ...

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Sat Aug 23, 2008

2theadvocate.com

Church rape trial resumes Monday

Testimony is scheduled to resume Monday in the aggravated rape trial of the former pastor of Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula.

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Related Topix: Ponchatoula, LA, Amite, LA

Sun Aug 17, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Livingston Parish millage rates meeting gets heated

A major debate over dollars and cents got pretty heated Thursday night. Livingston Parish residents vented their frustrations to the parish council about their millage rates being rolled forward, and in turn, ...

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Fri Aug 15, 2008

Daily Report

Tuesday

Livingston Parish Assessor Jeff Taylor is urging taxing districts to roll back their property tax millages after a reassessment showed that taxable value of property in the parish has gone up by one-third. ...

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Related Topix: Livingston, LA, Hailstorm, Natural Disasters

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Daily Report

Thursday

Mayor Kip Holden has retained no-nonsense attorney Mary Olive Pierson to investigate an election year smear letter sent to thousands of people in the parish accusing the mayor and a local woman of infidelity.

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Related Topix: Slidell, LA, Lake Charles, LA, Lake Charles Metro, Livingston, LA

Mon Aug 11, 2008

Livingston Parish News

- Winners and losers with a Baton Rouge Loop

To loop or not to loop, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous traffic jams, or to motor about in blessed and unfettered peace upon the autobahn, ...

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Related Topix: Port Allen, LA, French Settlement, LA, Louisiana, Slidell, LA, Opinion

Sat Aug 09, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Five people arrested on meth charges in Watson

Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office narcotics agents say they found many different kinds of illegal drugs after searching a mobile home on Hwy 16 Tuesday evening.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Livingston, LA, Denham Springs, LA, Walker, LA

Thu Aug 07, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Hosanna defense's expert can view 1 tape

A defense expert can view the videotaped interview of the older alleged victim but not the tape of the younger alleged victim in the defense's preparation for the upcoming rape trial of former pastor Louis D. ...

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Related Topix: Ponchatoula, LA, Baton Rouge Metro, Hammond, LA

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Times-Picayune

Louisiana 21 widening is set to begin this fall

Tammany bureau A long-awaited project to widen a stretch of traffic-congested Louisiana 21 south of Covington will begin this fall and take about a year to complete, St.

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Related Topix: Covington, LA

Sat Jul 26, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Holden endorses Mary Landrieu

Mayor-President Kip Holden formally endorsed U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, a fellow Democrat, crediting her with delivering millions of federal dollars to East Baton Rouge Parish in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US News, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Democrat, Southern University System, Baton Rouge, LA

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