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  1. Miss. man charged with vehicular homicide after I-55 crash

    Yesterday | WWL-TV New Orleans

    AMITE, La A Mississippi man was arrested and booked with vehicular homicide and DWI after hitting the rear of a pickup truck, causing the truck to flip and ejecting the passengers and leaving one man dead, according to a State Police spokesman Trooper Nick Manale.

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  2. 1 Killed, 3 Injured In Crash On I-55Read the original story

    Yesterday | TheNewOrleansChannel

    ... Trooper Nick Manale of the Louisiana State Police said the crash happened Saturday at about 4:40 a.m. on I-55 north of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish. A Mississippi resident has been arrested in connection to the fatal crash, Manale added. Investigators ...

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  3. Mississippi Resident arrested in Fatality CrashRead the original story

    Saturday | Louisiana State Police

    Today at 4:40 am, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 55 north of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish.

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  4. Amite man killed in confrontation with policeRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | WWL-AM New Orleans

    ... officials say deputies were forced to shoot and kill a man who was armed with a shotgun during a domestic dispute in Amite last night. Spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto says when patrol units arrived on the scene, 49-year-old David Johnson was waiting with ...

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  5. Fatal shooting leads to investigationRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | 2theadvocate.com

    An Amite man died Monday after being shot by a Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputy following a standoff and struggle Sunday night, the Sheriff's Office reported.

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  6. Dense fog advisory goes into effect

    Tuesday Nov 24 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    ... The following parishes and counties are included in the advisory area: Louisiana Parishes Mississippi Counties Amite Hancock Harrison Jackson Pearl Rive Pike Walthall Wilkinson A dense fog advisory means visibilities will frequently be reduced to ...

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  7. Deputy kills Amite man during standoffRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | WBRZ

    A deputy killed an Amite man during a struggle and a standoff, the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office reported Monday.

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    Related Topix: Tangipahoa, LA, Sporting Goods, Johnson Outdoors

  8. State police investigate fatal shootingRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 23 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    ... Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies. Sheriff Daniel Edwards says 49-year-old David Johnson was shot Sunday night in Amite. Edwards said officer responded to a disturbance and found Johnson in his yard armed with a shotgun. After a brief standoff, ...

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  9. 49-year-old Man Shot and Killed By Tangipahoa DeputiesRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | WNOE-FM New Orleans

    ... a loaded shotgun at the officer. David Johnson was shot by other deputies at a residence on East Snowcreek Road in Amite Sunday night. He died Monday at a hospital in St. Tammany parish. Deputies had gone to the home in response to a report of a ...

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    Related Topix: Tangipahoa, LA, Sporting Goods, Johnson Outdoors

  10. Amite man dies day after standoff with policeRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    AMITE A brief standoff with police ended with an Amite man being shot, after he leveled a shotgun at Tangipahoa deputies; he died a day later at a St.

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  11. Unused Hammond hospital to go on auction blockRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | Shrevport Times

    ... Bondholder G.E. Commercial Finance Business Property Corp., of Bellevue, Wash., sued in Tangipahoa District Court in Amite in March 2008 for return of its money. In May, partners in the hospital endeavor filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in ...

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  12. Unused Hammond hospital goes on blockRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    ... G.E. Commercial Finance Business Property Corp., of Bellevue, Wash., sued in the 21st Judicial District Court in Amite in March 2008 for return of its money. In May 2009, partners in the hospital endeavor filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

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  13. Ponchatoula man out on bail in fraud caseRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | 2theadvocate.com

    ... Judge Jerome Winsberg on Friday morning set Chaucer's bond for $150,000 in the 21st Judicial District Courthouse in Amite, said Brenda Bickford, secretary for District Attorney Scott Perrilloux. Chaucer posted bond later in the day, jail records ...

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  14. La. man arrested in alleged Ponzi schemeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | The Daily Advertiser

    AMITE - A Louisiana businessman was arrested Thursday on charges that he engaged in a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 200 investors more than $11 million, money he allegedly used to finance a lavish lifestyle.

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  15. Legislator vows to aid vets

    Wednesday Nov 11 | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    ... veterans programs from devastating budget cuts during the next legislative session. State Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, told a Veterans Day audience at the Louisiana War Veterans Home that the Legislature must cut $1 billion from the state's ...

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  16. Differences exist again between rankings and state seeds

    Wednesday Nov 11 | The Daily Advertiser

    ... teams were seeded in the top 10. Three teams had exact matches with Notre Dame at No. 1, Parkview Baptist at No. 2 and Amite at No. 6 in both. The two differing teams were Kaplan (ranked No. 8 and seeded 14th) and Independence (ranked No. 7 and ...

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  17. USS New York (LPD-21) Visits NYC - November 4th, 2009...Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | Lost in the Ozone

    ... steel used in the ship's construction came from the rubble of the World Trade Center . The steel was melted down at Amite Foundry and Machine in Amite, Louisiana , to cast the ship's bow section. It was poured into the molds on 9 September 2003, ...

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  18. U.S. warship with bow section forged from WTC steel to be commissioned Nov. 7

    Thursday Nov 5 | TPJ-Tube & Pipe Journal

    ... The more than 20 tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center was recycled by melting it down at the Amite Foundry and Machine Inc. in Amite, La., and poured into its molds on September 9, 2003. With the motto "Never Forget," the U.S.S. New ...

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  19. Louisiana Association for the Blind Provides Safety Walk Material for USS New YorkRead the original story

    Monday Nov 2 | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

    ... ship 24 tons of steel were used and came from the rubble from the World Trade Center. This steel was melted down at Amite Foundry and Machine in Amite, Louisiana to cast the ship's bow section. It was poured into the molds on September 9, 2003. LPD ...

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  20. Ship built with WTC steel comes to namesake cityRead the original story

    Monday Nov 2 | WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

    ... MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. About 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel was melted at the Bradken Inc. foundry in Amite, La., and used in the New York's bow.

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