THE SCOOP

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) is investigating the discovery of a body in a canal in the Tickfaw area.Around 7pm on Monday, April 27, two boys fishing in a canal at the intersection of Stafford Road and Pravata Lane reported seeing a body in the water.

Letter to the Editor

We are quickly approaching the May 16th First Party Primary Election, with 5 Constitutional Amendments and two parish-wide Home Rule Charter Amendments. Therefore, I am writing to provide further information to the electorate about what to expect when they go to the polls.

Back in My Day

Back in My Day, coffee had exactly two jobs.Wake you up and taste like coffee. That was it. Nobody needed a menu longer than a restaurant Bible to order it either. You walked in, said “coffee,” and someone poured you a cup that could peel the sleep right off your eyeballs.Simple times.

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On Thursday, April 23, rampant gunfire broke out in the food court of the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Martha Odom, a 17-year-old senior at Ascension Episcopal High in Lafayette, was killed when she was struck in the chest by one of the bullets.

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents federally cited a subject for alleged commercial fishing violations in the Gulf of America.

Back in my day

Back in my day, if you wanted to say something, you had to use an entire sentence. Not half a sentence. Not three mysterious letters and a shrug. A real sentence with a subject, a verb, and at least a fighting chance of being understood by another human being.

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Tangipahoa Parish Government will host three Land Use Recommendation Community Open House events starting next week.

Back in my day

Back in my day, we had three kinds of shoes. Church shoes, shrimp boots, and flip flops.That was it. Three. If you owned all three, you were considered a well-rounded citizen with a promising future.Church shoes were your fancy pair.

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This week, the Amite Chamber welcomed Parish President Robby Miller, who gave a brief “State of the Parish.” Members of this group asked critical questions about local projects, including infrastructure needs and the parish’s work to find grants to fund these requests.

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Mo’s Movement and the Anderson Ray Leto Memorial Foundation are co-sponsoring a powerful Storytelling Summit, produced by Texas Pictures (Houston, TX), taking place April 13–15 at Rosaryville in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.