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Ponchatoula, Louisiana is located in Tangipahoa Parish. Zip codes in Ponchatoula, LA include 70454. More Ponchatoula information.

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Friday | The Shreveport Times

Quick hits: JP overstayed welcome; tax amnesty the right call; day care centers on notice

Ponchatoula is more than 300 miles from Shreveport-Bossier City but when an elected justice of the peace declines to marry an interracial couple because of his personal prejudices, that smears the entire state.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Shreveport Times

La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding

At least four times in the last 21 2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Examiner.com

Ponchatoula Bird Fair on November 14-15 2009 welcomes all bird lovers and buyers

Approximately fifty-five breeders and vendors from Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Arkansas will be on hand at the Pontchatoula Bird Fair to answer your questions and to educate you about birds.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Man pleads no contest to hit-run fatality

A 26-year-old man has pleaded no contest to striking and killing a woman pedestrian and injuring her two young children in October 2008.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

4 WWL-TV

No paper tickets at Miley Cyrus concert, confusing some

Sports fans and concert goers beware -- you might be in for a surprise when walking through the turnstiles of the Superdome or New Orleans Arena.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Interracial marriage story sparks media frenzy

From Arizona to Cleveland and all the way to Russia, a story from South Louisiana is continuing to grab the world's attention.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

WGNO

Motorcycle crash takes life of Ponchatoula Resident

Hammond - Yesterday at 6:54 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatal crash on LA 3158 at the intersection with Old Covington Highway in Tangipahoa Parish.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Tangipahoa litter creating problems

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.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Man wanted on federal warrant arrested

A man wanted on a federal drug warrant has been arrested in Ponchatoula. Narcotics agents with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office had been told that John Dail was going to a home in Ponchatoula to buy illegal drugs.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

The Baptist Message

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'We already had two scheduled to be baptized and now we will baptize 13,' said Karen Lemoine, Vacation Bible School director at Bayou des Glaises in Moreauville, which is part of the Louisiana Baptist Association.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

WDSU.com

Officer Charged With Attacking Other Officers

A 23-year-old Ponchatoula police officer has been arrested on charges that he attacked another officer.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Ponchatoula man arrested...again

A Ponchatoula man who has been arrested and charged with more than 30 crimes in the last year has been arrested again.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

4 WWL-TV

Ponchatoula council moving on after councilman convicted of rape

Monday night, the Ponchatoula City Council appointed a replacement for former Councilman Robert Elzy, who resigned last week after being convicted of forcible rape.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

4 WWL-TV

Deputies arrest man in connection with church, business burglaries

Tangipahoa deputies arrested a man they believe may be responsible for a series of burglaries in the community of Bedico near Ponchatoula.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Tangipahoa authorities jail Fla. contractor

A Florida contractor jailed in Tangipahoa Parish is accused of bilking residents of Tangipahoa and St.

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Wed Sep 23, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Missing Ponchatoula woman, child sought

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for a 33-year-old Ponchatoula woman and her 6-week-old child.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

Ponchatoula woman goes missing with six-week-old child

Deputies are looking for a woman who went missing with her six-week-old child earlier this month.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

Ponchatoula pair wins $325,000 jackpot

Long lines kept two long-time Lottery players from purchasing their tickets at their regular stop and instead sent them to a nearby convenience store.

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Mon Sep 14, 2009

Times-Picayune

Drop anchor

WDSU debuts on-the-move newscast today Monday, September 14, 2009 Dave Walker WDSU-TV has spent the past few weeks putting a new 4 p.m. newscast on its feet.

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Tue Sep 08, 2009

Times-Picayune

Ponchatoula councilman convicted of rape will be sentenced today

A Ponchatoula city councilman convicted last month for persuading another man to rape a woman in his home while he watched will be sentenced today, according to the Associated Press.

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