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Boil advisory issued for some residents of Denham Springs
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A boil advisory has been issued for some residents living in Livingston Parish. Ward Two Water District announced it is currently repairing the water main on Wax Road off of Juban Road (LA-1026). The company says the water pressure will drop below the Louisiana Department...
Louisiana man sentenced to prison, physical castration for raping teen
A Louisiana man has been sentenced to decades in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a teenager, according to a news release from the region's district attorney. Glenn Sullivan Sr., 54, pled guilty to four counts of second-degree rape on April 17. Authorities began investigating Sullivan in July 2022, when a young woman told the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office that Sullivan had assaulted her multiple times when she was 14. The assaults resulted in pregnancy, and a DNA test confirmed that Sullivan was the father of the child, the district attorney's office said. Sullivan had also groomed the...
Deputies search for accused thieves; $4K in merchandise allegedly stolen
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying two people accused of theft. Deputies said $4,000 worth of merchandise was allegedly taken without payment. Authorities confirmed the two suspects targeted businesses in Livingston Parish. The thefts reportedly happened this...
Hammond-based food supplier eyes $21 million expansion in Tangipahoa Parish
HAMMOND — S&W Wholesale Foods, a Hammond-based food supplier, announced a $21 million investment into a new facility in Tangipahoa Parish on Thursday. S&W will acquire a new Hammond facility that will expand the company's operations across the Gulf Coast. The project will retain more than 100 local jobs and create around 60 new construction jobs for renovations, including a roof replacement and refitting to accommodate office space. The expansion will be done by the end of the year.
One killed in Tangipahoa Parish crash Wednesday morning
KENTWOOD - One person died in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, according to the Louisiana State Police. According to police, Samuel Raborn, 70, of Kentwood, died after his car traveled off the roadway and struck an embankment on LA Hwy 1057 near Pittman Road in Tangipahoa Parish. Raborn sustained fatal...
Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's office searching for suspect accused in Hammond apartment complex murder
HAMMOND, La. — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a murder that happened Tuesday morning before just before noon in a Hammond apartment complex. Investigators said they received a call to the Tangi Village apartment complex on the West Side of the University Exit near Hammond and Quick Boulevard.
Deputy accused of stalking, placing cameras at ex-wife's home, business in EBR, Livingston
A West Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy put up cameras outside his ex-wife's home and business in Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes while stalking her, an arrest warrant says. Donald Dawsey is one of two deputies the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said Tuesday who have been put on paid...
Shooting at Tangi Village Apartment leaves one dead, another injured
HAMMOND, La. (WVUE) - Just before noon, the Tangi Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of gunfire at the Tangi Village Apartment Complex on Quick Blvd. on Tuesday (April 23). Officials arrived to find two individuals affected; one was fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene, while the...
Firefighters help save 9-year-old boy pinned between 2 cars in crash
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - A 9-year-old boy remains hospitalized after the vehicle he was in was hit by a truck and he was pinned between vehicles on Sunday morning. The Walker family says their son Codi was in a parked vehicle when he went to the back to grab a toy, but that’s when a truck slammed into the back of the van, pinning him.
Ponchatoula schools on lockdown due to gun threat following senior sendoff
PONCHATOULA, La. — Ponchatoula High School and Martha Vinyard Elementary are currently on lockdown while authorities from the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office and Ponchatoula Volunteer Fire Department investigate a gun threat on Tuesday. According to the TPSO, deputies were alerted of the threat just before 11:30 a.m. after the school...
Ponchatoula Police ask for help in identifying suspects in mailbox theft
PONCHATOULA - Police are asking for help in identifying people who stole from a Ponchatoula church's mailbox. The Ponchatoula Police Department shared photos on Monday of individuals in a dark red minivan stealing items out of the New Zion Baptist Church mailbox. It is unclear what was taken. Anyone with...
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