Tickfaw News

He's a man said to have two very different personalities: a gruff, bossy side - the other, a softer caring guy.

A 16-year-old has drowned in the Tickfaw River. Livingston Parish authorities say it happened Tuesday afternoon near Holden.

State highway officials say a two half-mile sections in the left lane of Interstate 55 southbound between Hammond and Independence have been closed after the road buckled under continued "excessive heat." Dustin Annison, a spokesman with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, said Monday the sections are about 2.5 miles apart ...

A Tangipahoa Parish man has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for his part in a botched attempt to cook methamphetamine that blew up a Tickfaw trailer and killed one person more than two years ago, federal court records show.

Sex in woman's car consensual, jury told Saturday, June 06, 2009 West Bank bureau Despite testimony of a jailhouse confession and the presence of a date rape narcotic in the alleged victim's system, a Jefferson Parish jury acquitted a Tangipahoa Parish man Thursday of raping a woman in Harahan more than six years ago.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man they believe is connected to a series of vehicle burglaries in the Independence and Tickfaw areas over the past two weeks, the Sheriff's Office said today in a release.

State Wildlife and Fisheries agents identified on Tuesday the two women injured when they and two others were ejected from a 16-foot skiff traveling in a curve on Blood River in southeastern Livingston Parish.

Today, May 4, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a Greensburg resident.

He was described as absolutely the most handsome man ever from Livingston Parish.

Spend a day in a Louisiana state park or historic site tomorrow. Go fishing or hiking or learn how the state's settlers made their own soap.

Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies have made an additional seven arrests in connection with a deadly shooting in Independence, bringing the total arrest number to 17.

Livingston Parish deputies arrested seven more people Tuesday in connection with a feud that left one person dead and six injured the night of March 25.

Yesterday, just after 10:30 PM in the evening, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a six-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 55 northbound just south of LA 40 in Tangipahoa Parish.

Livingston Parish deputies have arrested three people and may book as many as 20 more in connection with a brawl that left one person dead and six injured.

A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge stemming from a fatal explosion in a trailer where he was trying to make methamphetamine.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies arrested an Albany man Sunday on attempted murder and other charges after he choked a man, causing the victim to pass out, authorities said Monday.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies said Thursday they are looking for a man accused of beating up his girlfriend and threatening to kill her with a kitchen knife.

Raceland- Yesterday evening, a passenger in a Dodge Ram was ejected and critically wounded after the Dodge he was riding in sideswiped a vehicle on US 90 in Lafourche Parish.

One of the most deadly nights happened in Tangipahoa Parish last night, within about a five-hour period.

A 2-year-old boy riding in a 2000 Ford Explorer was killed Tuesday when tire failure caused the vehicle to crash along Interstate 55 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana State Police reported.