Amite News

When an Attorney General investigator first asked Brenda Bickford, the long-time secretary of the Florida Parish Juvenile Justice Commission, if she knew anything about a bogus company called B&B Court Reporting Service, she said she'd never heard of it.

Michael Pennington willingly joined in the 2007 robbery-murder of Hammond businessman Byron Williams, holding the victim down for a beating and helping accomplices set Williams' house afire with gasoline, prosecutors charged Wednesday.

The 115th Combat Support Hospital will host a change-of-command ceremony on Warrior Field at Fort Polk.

A fatal two-vehicle crash in Tangipahoa Parish Friday afternoon claimed the life of 22-year-old Paige Kibodeaux, according to Louisiana State Police.

AMITE, La. -- A man in custody of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office has confessed to the theft of thousands of dollars worth of copper wire in the Hammond area since October 2011, Tangipahoa Parish authorities say.