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Bill Evans Jazz Festival Returns to Hammond

Bill Evans Jazz Festival Returns to Hammond

Bill Evans Jazz Festival Returns to Hammond

Tangi Times Report
Monday, April 6, 2026
The Bill Evans Jazz Festival is named in honor of Bill Evans, a 1950 graduate of Southeastern and one of the most influential pianists in jazz history. By 1958, he was playing with Miles Davis, and in 1959 was the pianist for Miles’ Kind of Blue album, still the #1 selling album in jazz history.

LHSC Urges Drivers to Focus on the Road

News Staff
Thursday, April 2, 2026
During National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission reminds drivers that driving while talking or texting with a handheld device is not only illegal in Louisiana but can have deadly consequences.
Surviving Spring Testing Season

Surviving Spring Testing Season

Surviving Spring Testing Season

Iby Stefanie Brooke Tangi Times Community
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Spring in Louisiana brings azaleas, unpredictable weather, and right on schedule, testing season. Across the state, students will soon sharpen their pencils and log into computers for the annual LEAP and end-of-year exams. If that sentence made you instinctively reach for coffee, take a deep breath.
At left, three generations of Dufreche ladies placed in the bake-off at the Julian Dufreche Strawberry Day in the Park. From left, Janet Dufreche won 2nd place in cakes; Lena DePaula won 1st place in the 6th-8th grade competition; and Julianna DePaula won 3rd place in cakes.

At left, three generations of Dufreche ladies placed in the bake-off at the Julian Dufreche Strawberry Day in the Park. From left, Janet Dufreche won 2nd place in cakes; Lena DePaula won 1st place in the 6th-8th grade competition; and Julianna DePaula won 3rd place in cakes.

Fun in the Sun

News Staff
Thursday, April 2, 2026
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The Alligator

The Alligator

The Alligator

Byolehardhide The Alligator
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Helllloooooooo and Happy Holy Week to all my favorite swampies! That’s a greeting choc-full of Hs! You know what’s funny? Okay, y’all know that the Hide is a quintessentially cosmopolitan gator, right? Right.
The Scoop

The Scoop

The Scoop

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Scoop is an assembly of news releases from various first- and second-party sources, including Northshore Media Group’s Morning Rush.
All About the Boot

All About the Boot

All About the Boot

News Staff
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit captured a suspect charged with attempted second degree murder after he had been on the run since September of 2024.
Wilderness: The Road Leads to the Garden

Wilderness: The Road Leads to the Garden

Wilderness: The Road Leads to the Garden

Brett K. Duncan
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
For the past several weeks, we’ve been walking through the wilderness together.We started with a simple but powerful truth: before Jesus performed a single miracle, before He preached to the crowds, before His ministry ever took shape, He went into the wilderness.Forty days. Alone. Tested.
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