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  1. Legislator vows to aid vetsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | 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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    Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs

  2. Differences exist again between rankings and state seeds

    7 hrs ago | 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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    Related Topix: Breaux Bridge, LA, Kaplan, LA, Independence, LA

  3. 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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    Related Topix: New York, US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US News, 9

  4. 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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    Related Topix: US Military, US Navy

  5. 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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    Related Topix: Louisiana, US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US News

  6. 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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    Related Topix: Louisiana, MO

  7. Assistant Director

    Sunday Nov 1 | Library Journal

    JOB TITLE: Assistant Director COMPANY: Tangipahoa Parish Library POSTDATE: 11/1/2009 LOCATION: Amite, LA DESCRIPTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Tangipahoa Parish Library is seeking a dynamic individual with excellent people skills to work with its director in creating a new vision for library service for Tangipahoa Parish.

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  8. Hammond man convicted of second-degree murderRead the original story

    Friday Oct 23 | NOLA,com

    AMITE, La. - A Tangipahoa Parish jury has convicted a Hammond man of shooting and killing a man after selling him drugs and then robbing him at gunpoint.

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    Related Topix: Hammond, LA

  9. High-speed chase ends in man's arrestRead the original story

    Friday Oct 23 | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    Deputies arrested an Amite man Wednesday accused of trying to kill a deputy while leading authorities on a high-speed chase from his residence in Amite to Lacombe, deputies reported Thursday.

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    Related Topix: Lacombe, LA, Tangipahoa, LA

  10. Man Accused In Attempted Murder Of Deputy ArrestedRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 22 | TheNewOrleansChannel

    Authorities said an Amite area man wanted in connection with the attempted murder of a Tangipahoa sheriff's deputy was arrested Thursday after a chase through Tangipahoa and St.

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    Related Topix: Tangipahoa, LA

  11. Navy Ship Built with WTC Steel Comes to VARead the original story

    Friday Oct 23 | WHSV

    ... and can carry up to 800 Marines. About 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel was melted at the Bradken Inc. foundry in Amite, Louisiana and used in the New York's bow.

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  12. Suspect stabs himself during high speed chase with deputiesRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Oct 22 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    ... strips, according to George Bonnett, a spokesman for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office. Derrill Naquin, 36, of Amite faces one charge of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer and one count of flight from an officer after the chase ...

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    Related Topix: Tangipahoa, LA

  13. Louisiana-Made Ship Built With 9-11 Steel Due In VirginiaRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Oct 22 | WGNO

    ... and can carry up to 800 Marines. 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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  14. Man Convicted In Stabbing DeathRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Oct 22 | WGNO

    ... eight women received the second-degree murder case at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 21st Judicial District Courthouse in Amite and returned with the verdict about 9:40 p.m. District Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks set sentencing for Nov. 3. ...

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  15. N.O. man convicted in 2004 Hammond stabbing deathRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 22 | 4 WWL-TV

    ... eight women received the second-degree murder case at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 21st Judicial District Courthouse in Amite and returned with the verdict about 9:40 p.m. District Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks set sentencing for Nov. 3. ...

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    Related Topix: Hammond, LA, New Orleans, LA

  16. Fugitive stabs himself after chase on Interstate 12 in St. Tammany

    Wednesday Oct 21 | NOLA.com

    ... and Jefferson Parish deputies attempted to arrest Naquin on a warrant for felony theft and criminal damage near Amite, Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Deputy Dawn Panepinto said. As deputies were trying to get Naquin out of his vehicle he ...

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    Related Topix: Lacombe, LA, Louisiana, Tangipahoa, LA

  17. Reconfigured intersection opensRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 22 | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    ... in 2011 or 2012. resurfacing sections of Interstate 55. The $17.5 million project to resurface 7.5 miles of I-55 from Amite to Fluker will begin in November. The agency will spend another $15 million to $20 million resurfacing another five miles of ...

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    Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Hammond, LA

  18. Suspect stabs himself after chaseRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 21 | Times-Picayune

    ... Tangipahoa and Jefferson Parish deputies tried to arrest Naquin on a warrant for felony theft and criminal damage near Amite, Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Deputy Dawn Panepinto said. As deputies were trying to get Naquin out of his ...

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    Related Topix: Lacombe, LA, Tangipahoa, LA

  19. Welcome to the boomtown'Read the original story w/Photo

    Monday Oct 19 | Daily Report

    ... "I think that'll be a bonus to us. That will bring more traffic." Nearby, restaurants are installing themselves in the Amite Crossing strip mall, where a beef jerky emporium was the pioneer tenant. A jambalaya shop has moved in, and a sushi ...

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  20. Ex-fire chief gets 5 years probationRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 21 | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    ... against Raymond Alexia, 35, of Independence, two months after Alexia pleaded guilty in 21st Judicial District Court in Amite. The judge required Alexia to serve 500 hours of community service within his first two years of probation and pay a $500 ...

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    Related Topix: Independence, LA

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