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Volunteers from Jewel Sumner help save Louisiana’s coast

For many years, conservationists have been working to maintain what is left of the Louisiana coastline. The Louisiana coastline contains about 40 percent of the nation’s wetland and often experiences 90 percent of the coastal wetland loss. Majority of the land loss is in the Barataria and Terrebonne basins.

St. Helena Parish celebrates grand opening of Hornsby Road bridge

On Wednesday, April 2, St. Helena Parish celebrated the grand opening of the Hornsby Road Bridge off Louisiana Highway 16 in Pine Grove.

Easter Bunny Visits . . .

Some love him, some don’t! Either way, the Easter Bunny visited many children this past week for Easter! PHOTO: The Easter Bunny visited the children at O. W. Dillon Elementary during their 2014 Spring Fling gathering on Thursday, April 17. Photo by Joy Lofton.

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Longtime Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Frank Edwards dies

Thu, 2014-04-17 09:12 Stephanie Warren

By: Stephanie Warren
His name will forever be linked to Amite and all of Tangipahoa Parish.

Save the date!

Wed, 2014-03-26 12:42 Stephanie Warren

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Volunteers from Jewel Sumner help save Louisiana’s coast

Wed, 2014-04-23 09:00 Virgil Howell

For many years, conservationists have been working to maintain what is left of the Louisiana coastline.

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Local 12 year old competes in Olympic Championship

Wed, 2014-04-23 06:00 Virgil Howell

Sam Perise earned a first round invitation to compete in the 2014 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For the 12 year old Oa

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Sorority donates apples to middle school during LEAP testing week

Wed, 2014-04-23 06:00 Virgil Howell

Mrs. Ida James from the Theta Theta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. donated 400 apples to the students at St. Helena Central Middle School for Leap/iLeap testing.

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St. Helena Parish celebrates grand opening of Hornsby Road bridge

Wed, 2014-04-23 06:00 Virgil Howell

On Wednesday, April 2, St. Helena Parish celebrated the grand opening of the Hornsby Road Bridge off Louisiana Highway 16 in Pine Grove.

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Easter Bunny Visits . . .

Tue, 2014-04-22 09:59 Virgil Howell

Some love him, some don’t! Either way, the Easter Bunny visited many children this past week for Easter!

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New parking lot gets landscaping

Tue, 2014-04-22 09:54 Virgil Howell

AMITE - One of Amite’s beautification projects is nearly completed. For those of you that attended the Amite Oyster Festival last month, or if you have been to the Amite Library, you have noticed

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Local soccer team takes home title state champs

Tue, 2014-04-22 09:19 Virgil Howell

By: Stephanie Warren

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Tangipahoa School Board names "Best Teachers"

Tue, 2014-04-22 06:00 Virgil Howell

AMITE -- Kristina Corneille, teacher at Roseland Elementary Magnet School, was named runner-up elementary teacher of the year by the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.

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Man killed by train

Mon, 2014-04-21 09:59 Virgil Howell

AMITE - An Amtrak passenger train struck and killed a man Friday Afternoon. "The City of New Orleans" is an Amtrak passenger train that provides service from New Orleans to Chicago, Illinois.

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School Board: Capital Outlay

Fri, 2014-04-18 06:00 Virgil Howell

AMITE -- With district delegation meetings now a thing of the past, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board moved ahead Thursday, April 17, with a new approach to approving capital outlay projects for p