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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 arrested, one wanted in fatal shooting of man in Tangi Village
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WVUE) - A 21-year-old man has been arrested and another suspect is wanted in connection with a homicide at Tangi Village Apartments on Tuesday (April 23), the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Sheriff Daniel Edwards announced that Tyrell “Rell” Brister, 21, of Hammond, was taken into...
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.
Kentwood man killed in crash in Tangipahoa Parish, state police say
KENTWOOD, La. — A Kentwood man was killed in a crash Wednesday morning on LA Hwy 1057, according to the Louisiana State Police. Samuel Raborn, 70, was killed after his 2013 Chevrolet Silverado went off the roadway near Pittman Road and hit one of the embankments on the interstate.
Ponchatoula High School, Martha Vineyard Elementary School put on lockdown following shooting threat
PONCHATOULA — Ponchatoula High School and Martha Vinyard Elementary School were put on lockdown Tuesday morning after Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies were alerted to a potential shooter. Deputies responded to an anonymous tip that claimed someone was on their way to the high school with a gun around 11:30...
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...
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