News
Stacey Levin
A friend of mine made a thought-provoking comment a few days ago: “Everyone is buying a house. You are either buying it for yourself or for your landlord.” This statement is profound and explains the reality of all living arrangements today. Let’s dive deeper into this statement.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Sketch Day and Board Game Day
Stefanie Brooke Tangi Times Community Journalist
Get ready to beat the heat this summer with two new free events coming to Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center in Ponchatoula. Starting May 31, families are invited to come together each Friday from 3:00-4:00pm to enjoy the alternating activities, Sketch Day and Board Game Day.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
NOAA Predicts Active Hurricane Season
Press Release
NOAA Predicts Active Hurricane SeasonThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts above-normal hurricane activity this year with17-15 named storms, 8-13 hurricanes, and 4-7 major hurricanes. The names for the 2024 hurricane season, which begins June 1, are below:
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Four Prisoners Escape TPSO Prison
Tangi Times Report
Four inmates were able to escape the perimeter fence of the Tangipahoa Parish jail over the weekend.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Chief Edwin Bergeron, Jr. (left) and members of his administration stand with fifteen newly sworn-in Hammond Police Officers (Tangi Times Photo)
New HPD Officers Sworn In
Tangi Times Report
On Thursday, May 23, three short blocks from the revelry of the Hammond Main Street 40th Anniversary Celebration, Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron, Jr. held a quiet and dignified ceremony to swear in fifteen officers to the force.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Ponchatoula Police Officer Dies While on Duty
From Ponchatoula Police Department
Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson – It is with an extremely heavy heart that we report the passing of Corporal Pricilla Dean Pierson. She passed away Tuesday morning while on duty.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Students at Southeastern Louisiana University recently won a Student Production Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter. The award recognized the live ESPN+ presentation of the Southeastern vs. LSU Women’s Basketball game on Nov. 17. Chase Gispert, left, served as the play-by-play announcer, while Natalie Kelly, right, was the color analyst for the game.
Southeastern Students Win Emmy Award
Press Release
HAMMOND – For the second year in a row, the Southeastern Louisiana University student staff of the Southeastern Channel are the recipients of a Student Production Emmy Award for Best Live Sporting Event by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
The Alligator
Ole Hardhide The Alligator
Oh say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light… Friends, I have to tell you that nothing brings a tear to Old Hardhide’s eye like this beautiful ode to our glorious American flag! Every morning, I pay a visit to my favorite flags all over this wonderful parish, from Kentwood to Manchac.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
TANGI GUMBO A little bit of everything you need to know
News Staff
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 28-year-old Lance Joiner of Loranger in connection with the attempted murder of a family member.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Trauma & PTSD: Inside the Brain
Kasia Perkowska Tangi Times Feature Columnist
We are familiar with the word trauma, but not many understand what it does to the brain, especially when the trauma is from something that happened to us in childhood. For many of us, it was our childhood trauma that shaped us into the people we are today.
Thursday, May 23, 2024