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Thursday Jul 2 | Times-Picayune

Artist Jose Maria Cundin talks about his new work at Galerie Gigi

Artist Jose Maria Cundin with his 'The Unanimous Declaration of Independence of the United States of America,' on display at Galerie GiGi in New Orleans.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Investigation leads to hrimp plant search

State and federal fisheries agents executed a search warrant at the DoRan Seafood LLC shrimp plant in Independence this morning in an ongoing joint investigation of the illegal repackaging of foreign shrimp as domestic product, a state wildlife official said today.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

WBRZ

Heat buckles sections of Interstate 55 southbound

Two half-mile sections in the left lane of Interstate 55 southbound between Hammond and Independence were closed Monday after the road buckled under continued "excessive heat," state highway officials said.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

4 WWL-TV

Police officer booked on child porn count

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested an Independence police officer on a child pornography count.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

TheNewOrleansChannel

Independence Police Employee Charged With Child Porn

An employee of the Independence Police Department has been arrested after child pornography was discovered on his city computer, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Lsu SDT's first BR waste contract

SDT Waste and Debris, the trash contractor that cleans up the French Quarter, won the contract to provide recycling and waste disposal for LSU.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

WBRZ

2 arrested in Hammond area burglaries

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.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

Independence man arrested, charged with vehicular burglary

HAMMOND, La. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies arrested a man in connection with a string of car break-ins during the past weeks, officials said.

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Wed May 27, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

LaBruzzo's welfare drug testing bill finds new life

A proposal to mandate drug testing for certain welfare recipients was revived Wednesday and approved by the same House committee that narrowly rejected the idea two weeks earlier.

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Thu May 21, 2009

News-Star

Independence Bowl lands new title sponsor

AdvoCare will be the title sponsor for the 2009 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, according to its web site.

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Fri May 15, 2009

WGNO

Tickfaw Woman Dies In Car Crash

A Tangipahoa Parish woman died early Thursday in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 55 near Tickfaw.

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Wed May 13, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

Panel rejects drug testing of welfare recipients

BATON ROUGE, La. - A panel of lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal that would have mandated drug testing for certain welfare recipients, after opponents said it unfairly singled out poor women.

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Mon May 04, 2009

News-Star

ULM to hold series of summer football camps across state

ULM football head coach Charlie Weatherbie announced the 2009 Senior Day Camps, which will take place throughout the state of Louisiana, and the 2009 Youth Football Camp on ULM's campus.

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Fri May 01, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Doctor faces fraud charge

A New Orleans federal grand jury charged a St. Helena Parish physician Thursday with a single count of health-care fraud in connection with a scam that netted a Washington Parish medical supplier more than $809,000 in bogus Medicare claims, prosecutors said.

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Tue Apr 21, 2009

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Judge orders pension garnished

A federal judge ordered the entire monthly pension of a former Tangipahoa Parish school bus driver be garnisheed to pay restitution for the Superfund cleanup of a trailer contaminated with pesticides, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

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Sun Apr 19, 2009

News-Star

English students honored at Tech-ULM meeting

Vanelis Rivera, a University of Louisiana at Monroe graduate student in English from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, won the ULM English Department's first annual $100 research award, which was presented at the 11th Annual ULM/Tech Graduate Conference this month.

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Fri Apr 17, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Bus driver loses pension for cleanup cost

The entire monthly pension of a former Tangipahoa Parish school bus driver has been seized to pay for the Superfund cleanup of a pesticide-contaminated trailer.

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Thu Apr 16, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Nine people arrested on charges of Medicaid fraud

Working closely with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, the Attorney General's Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has arrested nine individuals in an alleged Medicaid Fraud scheme that allegedly cost the Louisiana Medicaid Program thousands of dollars for services not rendered.

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WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Woman pleads guilty to assault

An Independence woman pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a member of a federal fugitive task force, prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Independence man arrested in shooting

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies arrested an area man accused of shooting at a man who had hit him with a baseball bat during a street fight, the Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

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