Tickfaw, LA

DENHAM SPRINGS - More people were rescued in the Amite River on Saturday, just one week after someone was killed while tubing in the waterway. The Livingston Fire Department District 5 initially reported it was called to assist more than a dozen tubers in the river due to dangerous conditions on the water. The department later said eight people in total needed to be rescued after getting stranded in the waterway.

Detectives with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office are seeking assistance in identifying the below pictured suspect. This male was observed via surveillance footage removing a wallet from a shopping cart that was left behind by a store patron. The theft occurred at the Dollar General, located at 42700 Happywoods Road,...

The mayors of Slidell and Mandeville both announced Friday that they will vote “no” in a Nov. 13 referendum to allow a Los Angeles-based developer to build a $325 million casino near the foot of the Interstate 10 twin spans. That puts the mayors of St. Tammany’s largest municipalities in...

HAMMOND, La. (WGNO) — On Friday evening North Oaks Health System announced three urgent care clinics will be open to patients starting August 2, 2021. The clinics will be open seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Located at 1900 S. Morrison Blvd. Suite A, in Hammond,...

Loranger – Shortly after 3:15 p.m. on July 30, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L began investigating a fatal crash on LA 40 near LA 442 in Tangipahoa Parish. The crash claimed the life of 36-year-old Brandon Verneuil of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. The initial investigation revealed that Verneuil was traveling...

Detectives with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office are seeking assistance in identifying the below pictured suspect. This male was observed... read more.

Never in his three-year tenure at Our Lady of the Lake Livingston has Dr. Charles Nunez seen so many patients. In the past week alone, he said the emergency department under his purview scrambled to care for a sudden influx of COVID-sick wards. And they had more than coronavirus in common.

HAMMOND — The promise of a crisp $50 bill was nice. But that’s not what convinced Lasedrick Morris to finally roll up his sleeve for the coronavirus vaccine. Like many who showed up to a cash-for-shots clinic Saturday at North Oaks Health System, the Hammond resident said it was the fast-spreading delta variant that tipped the scales.

LORANGER, La. (WVUE) - A Ponchatoula man died as the result of a fatal crash on LA 40 near 442 in Tangipahoa Parish Friday evening. The crash claimed the life of 36-year-old Brandon Verneuil, of Ponchatoula. Police say that a commercial vehicle driven by Bismal Perez, 36, of Hialeah, Florida,...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Livingston Parish Public Schools will host a COVID-19 vaccination event Saturday, Aug. 7 at three locations in the parish. People can receive a vaccination between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the following locations:. Albany Lower Elementary, located at 30020 W. Murray St. in Albany.

ROBERT—Thanks to a concerned citizen and the investigative efforts of the Tangipahoa Parish Code Enforcement team, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, and agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, a local creek has been cleared of approximately 100 tires that were dumped in that waterway by a local man.

First responders rescued 15 people from the Amite River Saturday — the third incident in as many weeks involving stranded customers of a popular water sports company. Crews from Livingston Parish Fire Protection District No. 5 responded to reports of stranded Tiki Tubing customers around 3 p.m., shortly before heavy rains began pounding the Baton Rouge area, chief Joe Koczrowski told The Advocate.