Hammond News

A 44-year-old school bus driver from Hammond was arrested after she was caught allegedly smuggling prohibited items into St.

For the first time in more than 50 years, residents of this Tangipahoa Parish city will be allowed to raise honeybees in their back yards.

In a turn of events that threatens to lay waste to the central theme of the GOP challenge to Barack... If chocolate's the thing for your sweetie on Valentine's Day, why give plain old candy when you can... HAMMOND, La.

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.

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send an email to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line, or send a fax to 504.826.3007. The state is holding a series of hearings to get public input on Louisiana's highway priority program.

The Regina Coeli Child Development Center invites the community to a reception on Wednesday at 10 a.m. to meet Fred Taylor, the new director of the Head Start and Early Head Start program in Covington.

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send an email to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line, or send a fax to 504.826.3007. Today, 8-10 a.m., in the Homeland Security Conference Room on the eighth floor of City Hall, 1300 Perdido St.

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send an email to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line, or send a fax to 504.826.3007. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the Federal Railroad Administration will discuss plans for upgrading the ... (more)

The City Council decided Tuesday to fund engineering studies and site selection for a proposed $1.4 million control tower at Hammond's Northshore Regional Airport.

Two men are behind bars after an online sting operation by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.

Sales tax revenues went up 6.7 percent in the City of Hammond in December of 2011, as compared to December of 2010.

The annual camellia garden stroll is planned Feb. 26 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the LSU AgCenter's Hammond Research Station.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said Kameron Sears, 19, of Destrehan and Damien Landry, 20, of Metairie were both charged with possession of marijuana.

HAMMOND, La. -- The annual camellia garden stroll is planned Feb. 26 from 1-4 p.m. at the LSU AgCenter's Hammond Research Station.

The annual Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry's Shade Tree Sale will be held at various district forestry offices and other locations throughout the state the week of Feb.

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send an email to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line, or send a fax to 504.826.3007. The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will hold additional public meetings on funding the sewer, water and drainage systems and ... (more)

Thoughts on physics, politics, and pop culture, by a physics professor at a small liberal arts college, plus occasional conversations with his dog.

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.

An unsigned article titled "Let's Know Our Historic Shrines" appeared in the February 1, 1951 issue of the Plain Dealing Progress, shortly before the first annual Dogwood Drive pilgrimage was to begin.

The LSU AgCenter and the Tangipahoa Master Gardeners are sponsoring their annual camellia garden stroll from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb.