Tangipahoa News

The president of the Tangipahoa NAACP is calling for the parish school superintendent to resign.

A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster from civil rights groups and several public officials, including the governor.

You may have read by now about how Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, refused to issue a marriage license to a couple for one reason: they are an interracial couple.

A federal lawsuit has been filed against a Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple, WAFB's David Spunt reports.

Two Opelousas women say their successful biracial children are proof that the concerns of a Tangipahoa official who refused to marry an interracial couple are unfounded.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA - An Amite man apparently stabbed himself while trying to run away from sheriff's deputies on Interstate 12 through two parishes Thursday.

A man fleeing law enforcement in Tangipahoa Parish stabbed himself in the chest on the shoulder of Interstate 12 in Lacombe Wednesday night, after leading deputies on a two-parish chase that didn't stop even after most of his tires were blown out by spike strips.

A Louisiana couple filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against a justice of the peace who refused to perform their marriage ceremony because they are of different races.

A Tangipahoa justice of the peace is at the heart of an international controversy after refusing to marry an interracial couple.

Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution.

It's got to be tough for St. Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schwarz Core to stand before three dozen or so local business people and explain how she assesses real estate and how that affects property taxes.

Tangipahoa Parish's litter problem is creating high levels of pollution in Ponchatoula Creek and Yellow Water River, two main water drainage routes for central and south Tangipahoa Parish.

Four Tangipahoa Parish men have been arrested, three on drug charges and one with an outstanding federal warrant.

Tangipahoa deputies arrested a man they believe may be responsible for a series of burglaries in the community of Bedico near Ponchatoula.

A Florida contractor jailed in Tangipahoa Parish is accused of bilking residents of Tangipahoa and St.

Tangipahoa sheriff's deputies are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left a Tickfaw man dead, according to spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto.

A modular home contractor accused of swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from local homeowners is now in police custody.

A routine traffic stop Sunday on Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish led to the discovery of more than 172 pounds of crystal methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $4.2 million, Louisiana State Police reported.

The Tangipahoa Parish Council has agreed to overlook parish building requirements for business licensing and allow a Loranger-area rehabilitation center to proceed with plans for expansion.

Twenty-five businesspeople are getting ready to present to eighth-graders next week a two-day lesson on making proper life choices, school system staff told the Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Tuesday night.