Independence News

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The St. Tammany Parish School Board on Thursday approved two land purchases intended to alleviate overcrowding at Abney Elementary School , whose population has skyrocketed in the years after Hurricane Katrina.

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

Passion fruit resembles the pomegranate fruit. The fruit grows on a climbing vine and it's leaves are a deep green glossy color.

Tangipahoa Parish Sherrif's deputies are trying to find a missing 14-year-old Independence boy.

Testimony began Wednesday in a murder trial that shook the town of Independence eight years ago.

Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. 'If they're able to accomplish , it would reduce drilling activity by 30 to 40 percent.' Under the Senate bill, emissions from power plants, refineries and factories would face increasingly stringent limits - or caps - until 2050.

Mairtin de Cogain will be the performer at the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council Brown Bag Concert from noon to 1 p.m. Oct.

A Chalmette man wanted on a burglary warrant in St. Bernard Parish was arrested Friday after a tipster led authorities to his father's home in Tangipahoa Parish, where he was caught hiding in the attic.

A 30-year-old burglary suspect was found hiding in the attic of his father's home by deputies Friday, according to the St.

Tangipahoa Parish's litter problem is creating high levels of pollution in Ponchatoula Creek and Yellow Water River, two main water drainage routes for central and south Tangipahoa Parish.

Louisiana State Police investigated a single-vehicle serious injury crash this morning shortly before 6:30 am on LA 441 in Livingston Parish.

The window, first of all, is beautiful. Traditional stained glass can be problematic in churches where Unitarian Universalists gather, averse as they are to creeds and dogmas, even the surface trappings of traditional religion.

ONEONTA _ It's a primary showdown between a college student and a former college president.

Attorneys for both sides were in New Orleans federal court to offer closing arguments over the School Board's proposed desegregation plan in the 46-year-old case.

Ponchatoula officers previously arrested Malcolm Jones, 17, of Bickham Chapel Rd, Independence on July 26, 2009, and charged him with the following offenses : 14-counts vehicle burglary 1-count auto theft 1-count attempted auto theft 1-count burglary of inhabited dwelling 1-count possession of stolen property 1-count theft 1-count resisting an ...

The influence on Shreveport's finances of excessive overtime payments and the city's secret loan to the Independence Bowl were among fodder for discussion.

A former Independence fire chief pleaded no contest Monday to felony theft for his mishandling of $32,000 in department funds during his tenure.

A former Independence fire chief pleaded no contest Monday to felony theft for his mishandling of $32,000 in department funds during his tenure.

At the end of a dirt road against the edge of Ouachita Parish, a Revolutionary War veteran finally got his due.