Ponchatoula News

A Tangipahoa Parish jury convicted the first of four men believed to have killed a Ponchatoula man and dumped him in a Manchac canal in March 2007, Assistant District Attorney Jeff Johnson said Thursday.

First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge James E. "Jimmy" Kuhn is seeking election to the Louisiana Supreme Court First District seat being vacated by retiring Chief Justice Pascal Calogero Jr.

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies said a 40-year-old Ponchatoula man died when his was struck by a train in Hammond.

A Louisiana couple on their way to visit North Carolina for a few days stopped off in Mont gomery on Saturday and left with the top half of a swivel chair once used at a soda foun tain.

Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, is the sixth legislator targeted with a recall petition for voting in favor of doubling lawmakers salaries at the recently ended legislative session, according to records filed ...

Lawmakers on the north shore say they've heard little else from their constituents other than talk about the legislative pay raise over the past few weeks and they are hoping now that Governor Jindal has vetoed ...

If state lawmakers and Gov. Bobby Jindal thought the public outrage over the Legislature doubling its salary and the governor refusing to veto it would die down after the legislative session ended, they ...

BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana Secretary of State's Elections Division has received a recall petition for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, according to WAFB TV of Baton Rouge.

A recall petition has been filed against the Speaker of the Louisiana House, the fourth such petition filed against a state lawmaker since legislators voted last week to double their own pay.

Posted by Amanda Cantrell for The Ponchatoula Times; written by Bryan T. McMahon June 20, 2008 10:10AM Categories: Ponchatoula You are engaged.

Members of some Hammond charities are talking about how revenue from video bingo games benefits their organizations even as a proposed ballot measure banning the games in the city is almost certain to go before ...

Posted by Amanda Cantrell for The Ponchatoula Times; written by Jim Perrin June 12, 2008 2:55PM Categories: Local History Spence, a family name not often currently heard in Ponchatoula, was the surname of a ...

This is not the Green Room at the "Today" show in New York. It is a stark and dormant day here in historic Hammond, La., the twin town of Ponchatoula, both of which used to claim to be the "Strawberry Capital ...

Posted by Amanda Cantrell for The Ponchatoula Times; written by Jim Perrin June 12, 2008 3:01PM Categories: Local History Carl Charles F. Drude left Germany before the American Civil War seeking a better life ...

Five suspects have been arrested, and several more arrests are expected, in an ongoing prescription drug investigation in the Ponchatoula area, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.

Friday, Governor Bobby Jindal signed a couple dozen bills into law that were passed by the legislature.

Forced busing is off the table and those who attended Ponchatoula district schools this past school year will attend the same school next year.

A driver fleeing city police was killed after being thrown from his truck shortly after midnight Wednesday, and his passenger was seriously injured, Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies said.

Posted by Amanda Cantrell for The Ponchatoula Times; written by Bryan T. McMahon May 22, 2008 10:15AM Categories: Local History A life-size statue of Christian philosopher and author G.K. Chesterton will ...

Attorneys say it could take longer than a week to try the next suspect in the Hosanna Church child sex abuse case.