Roseland News

April 16, 2008 At 11:55 PM, on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, Louisiana State Police - Troop A responded to a one vehicle crash that led to a fatality. via Louisiana State Police

A teenage motorcycle rider was fatally injured Tuesday evening when his bike hit a stop sign and a utility pole, Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies said. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

The Tangipahoa Parish School Board approved on Tuesday a letter of intent to work with an international nonprofit that would pay for literacy programs at two struggling public elementary schools. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Fire investigators linked a previously arrested Amite police officer also serving as a Roseland volunteer firefighter to all 14 arson fires set in the Amite area since Nov. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies and Amite firefighters are seeking the public's help in solving eight arsons in the Amite area -- including two at Mayor Reggie Goldsy's house and three at two area public ... via 4 WWL-TV

An Amite Police officer, who was also a fire fighter in Roseland, faces six counts of arson after police there say he set six fires in the past two weeks. via WWL-AM New Orleans

March 8, 2008 At 11:00 AM, today, a task force comprised of investigators from the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Amite and Roseland Fire Departments, and Amite ... via Louisiana State Police

“This is a great step forward for Tangipahoa Parish”

The public is invited to view newly revised Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Tangipahoa Parish at an open house scheduled on March 5, 2008. via Federal Emergency Management Agency

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies say a family found a body on the bank of the Tangipahoa River, south of Highway 10 Thursday afternoon around 4:00. They say members of the family were riding 4-wheelers ... via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Kylei Cucinella of Hammond searches for Valentine's Day cards for her husband, Paul, and children, Colin and Madison, Wednesday at a local Walgreens. via The Daily Star

Deputies arrested two men on Tuesday accused of weaving their motorcycles through traffic at speeds in excess of 100 mph, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Tangipahoa Parish has gotten a $235,256 grant to help implement the state's new construction code process. via The Daily Star

Volunteers unload pumpkins at Grace Memorial Epsicopal Church in where they are being sold as a fund-raiser for the Youth Service Bureau's Positive Steps program. via The Daily Star

“We've got a lot of inmates in and out every day, and it just happened.”

HAMMOND, La. - A man released by mistake from a central Louisiana jail has been caught in Montana, Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies said. via Great Falls Tribune

Authorities in Louisiana say they're awaiting extradition of a man mistakenly released from a jail in that state, and arrested in Montana. via KPAX