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  1. Tangipahoa will name new justice of the peace to replace BardwellRead the original story

    Yesterday | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    Tangipahoa Parish will have a new justice of the peace on Monday. Parish council members announced last week they will hold a meeting Monday evening to determine who will replace former Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell.

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  2. NAACP wants Tangipahoa's supt. of schools to step down

    Wednesday Nov 4 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    The president of the Tangipahoa NAACP is calling for the parish school superintendent to resign.

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  3. Resignation of Tangipahoa justice of the peace 'long overdue,' Gov. Bobby Jindal says

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Times-Picayune

    ... Secretary of State Jay Dardenne: "I do hereby resign the office of Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, effective November 3, 2009." Gov. Bobby Jindal called Bardwell's resignation "long overdue." Beth Humphrey, ...

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  4. Six more in La. die from swine fluRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 3 | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    ... ferson Davis and Cameron parishes; and a woman from Region IX which includes Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

  5. Hammond Woman Missing; Person Of Interest WantedRead the original story

    Monday Nov 2 | TheNewOrleansChannel

    Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards is asking for the public's assistance in looking for a missing Hammond woman.

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    Related Topix: Hammond, LA, St. Amant, LA

  6. Tangipahoa woman arrested for stabbing boyfriend, slashing tiresRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Oct 29 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    A Tangipahoa Parish woman is behind bars after deputies say she stabbed her boyfriend during a fight.

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  7. Tangipahoa, Louisiana: Anti-Miscegenation, Anti-Evolution, Anti-SecularismRead the original story

    Tuesday Oct 27 | About.com

    You may have read by now about how Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, refused to issue a marriage license to a couple for one reason: they are an interracial couple.

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Wedding

  8. 'Prejudice still remains'Read the original story

    Sunday Oct 25 | Daily World Opelousas News

    Two Opelousas women say their successful biracial children are proof that the concerns of a Tangipahoa official who refused to marry an interracial couple are unfounded.

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, US News, US Supreme Court, Family, Kids

  9. Post a CommentRead the original story

    Sunday Oct 25 | Daily World Opelousas News

    Two Opelousas women say their successful biracial children are proof that the concerns of a Tangipahoa official who refused to marry an interracial couple are unfounded.

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, US News, US Supreme Court, Family, Kids

  10. Suspect stabs himself during police chase

    Friday Oct 23 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    ... chase once the high speed chase had ended. They said he told them he stabbed himself during the pursuit through Tangipahoa and St. Tammany parishes. He was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. He was charged with attempted ...

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

    Friday Oct 23 | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

    ... leading authorities on a high-speed chase from his residence in Amite to Lacombe, deputies reported Thursday. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Deputy Wesley Corkern attempted to serve a warrant on Derrill Naquin, 36, 16378 Friendship Church Road, Amite, ...

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    Related Topix: Amite, LA, Lacombe, LA

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

    Thursday Oct 22 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    ... first-degree murder of a police officer and one count of flight from an officer after the chase that went through Tangipahoa and St. Tammany Parishes. Naquin was being pursued by Tangipahoa Parish deputies who radioed ahead to St. Tammany to alert ...

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    Related Topix: Amite, LA

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

    Thursday Oct 22 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    ... first-degree murder of a police officer and one count of flight from an officer after the chase that went through Tangipahoa and St. Tammany Parishes. Naquin was being pursued by Tangipahoa Parish deputies who radioed ahead to St. Tammany to alert ...

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    Related Topix: Amite, LA

  16. Justice's actions can't be toleratedRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 22 | Daily World

    ... feels the need to come down every election day and monitor the process. Bardwell hails from the tiny parish of Tangipahoa just north of New Orleans. Before him, Tangipahoa's claim to fame was as the birthplace of troubled pop star Britney Spears. ...

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

    Wednesday Oct 21 | NOLA.com

    A man fleeing law enforcement in Tangipahoa Parish stabbed himself in the chest on the shoulder of Interstate 12 in Lacombe Wednesday night, after leading deputies on a two-parish chase that didn't stop even after most of his tires were blown out by spike strips.

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    Related Topix: Lacombe, LA, Louisiana, Amite, LA

  18. Suspect stabs himself after chaseRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 21 | Times-Picayune

    A man fleeing law enforcement in Tangipahoa Parish stabbed himself in the chest after driving off Interstate 12 in Lacombe on Wednesday night, after leading deputies on a two-parish chase that didn't stop even after most of his tires were blown out by spike strips.

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    Related Topix: Lacombe, LA, Amite, LA

  19. Interracial couple sues Tangipahoa justice who refused to marry them

    Tuesday Oct 20 | NOLA.com

    ... of race is a violation of constitutionally protected rights, " the suit says. Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, has acknowledged that he routinely "recuses" himself from marrying interracial couples because he believes such ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Wedding, US News, US Supreme Court

  20. Interracial couple files federal lawsuit against justice of peace

    Tuesday Oct 20 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    ... the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple, WAFB's David Spunt reports. Terence and Beth McKay went to Tangipahoa Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell earlier this month to be married. He refused to marry the couple because they were ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, New Orleans, LA

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