Albany News

Detectives arrested a Hammond man in connection with a series of burglaries, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported Friday.

A 23-year-old man from Hammond was arrested Wednesday in connection with a string of home break-ins near Albany.

Livingston Parish School Board members unanimously adopted an agreement Thursday night that allows a contractor to build a new field house for Albany High School at no cost to the school system.

An Albany High School teacher and coach resigned Monday after a picture of him dressed in a questionable Halloween costume circulated the school.

Three people have been arrested near Albany on drug-related charges. Agents from the Tri-Parish Narcotics Task Force, Special Response Team members and detectives from the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant on North Cafe Line Road, netting three arrests, 20 grams of crack cocaine and a 9mm handgun.

An undercover, collaborative law enforcement effort has netted agencies $250,000 in stolen equipment taken from several out-of-state dealerships.

Statewide $250,000 in Stolen Equipment recovered in Multi-agency Investigation LOUISIANA STATE POLICE COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent Headquarters - News Release For Immediate Release October 13, 2009 $250,000 in Stolen Equipment recovered in Multi-agency Investigation A multiagency investigation including the ...

A multi-agency investigation resulted in the arrest of three men Tuesday suspected of stealing numerous pieces of heavy equipment, including some items from a John Deere dealership in Rayville.

Louisiana State Police took down three members of a burglary ring spanning three states.

Authorities arrested a fourth person in the Aug. 23 home invasion and shooting of a couple on South Baptist Road, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reported Monday.

A suspect in Sunday's slaying of a Baptist woman also allegedly killed one of the victims in the July 23 double homicide in Albany, a Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman said Friday.

Today, at 10:00 AM this morning, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a two-vehicle fatal crash on LA 1064 at the intersection of North Stafford Road in Tangipahoa Parish.

The Livingston Parish School Board voted unanimously Thursday night to keep most of its property tax rates for this year the same as 2008.

Livingston Parish deputies are beefing up patrols in one area, after two deadly drive-by shootings just hours apart on Drake Road in Albany.

SP Legendary Cuts is no stranger to headlines, largely due to the cut auto concept that Upper Deck pioneered through it.

State police say a 51-year-old Meraux man was killed when he ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup truck in Tangipahoa Parish.

Traffic accidents claimed the lives of two New Orleans area people Sunday, authorities reported.

CHUCK COOK / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Wayne Spring of Albany, La., rides his homebuilt called 'Double Deuce' at the Louisiana Bike Festival in Abita Springs Saturday, June 20, 2009.

From 1,000 feet in the air, houses in Vidalia looked a lot like Barbie Dream Homes complete with turquoise blue pools and shiny convertibles.

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies arrested an Albany man wanted on outstanding charges who refused to leave a Hammond residence and wound up fighting with deputies.