The St. Tammany Coroner’s Office has identified the victim in a multiple-car wreck that shut down the southbound lanes of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway for more than three hours earlier this week as 53-year-old Michael Timothy of Metairie. The crash happened at the 14.5-mile marker on the southbound side of the bridge. A northbound Motorist…
On October 7th the Hammond Police Department began investigating a theft of a wallet that occurred at Dollar Tree, located at 2700 West Thomas Street, which later lead to an incident involving felony identity theft and bank fraud. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact Detective Bradley Fresina, with the Hammond Police…
Former candidate for Sheriff Nick Tranchina endorsed Sheriff Randy Smith for re-election over his challenger Tim Lentz. Tranchina indicated that over the last several days he met with both candidates, spoke with supporters, and with deputies inside the agency. He said the deputies’ opinion of who they wanted as their sheriff moving forward, more than…
Ponchatoula Police announced the arrest of 32 YO Malcolm J. Chester on a First Degree Rape charge. Ponchatoula Police received the initial call regarding this incident, but requested that the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office conduct the investigation due to the suspect having a close relative that works for PPD. TPSO conducted the investigation and subsequently…
After a tip from a concerned citizen, a suspected drug dealer was arrested at the Washington Parish Free Fair when Washington Parish Drug Task Force detectives located a suspicious person sitting in a vehicle in one of the parking areas on the north side of the fairgrounds. The occupant of the vehicle, forty-four-year-old Kelvin Paul…
There have delays, the project went over budget and ran behind schedule, but the new Armstrong International Airport Terminal has finally set an opening of Wednesday November 6th. The first planes will start arriving at the new terminal on that date and passengers will finally get to see the new facility. All 16 commercial airlines…
On Sunday, October 20, 2019 at approximately 12:14 AM, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L responded to a fatal crash involving two vehicles on LA 16 at Horseshoe Rd. in St. Helena. The crash has claimed the life of 40-year-old Denise Self of Amite. The initial investigation led Troopers to determine that Self was…
Four Slidell teenagers are being charged with murder after shooting and killing a man early yesterday morning. Shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Slidell Police responded to reports of gunshots at the Slidell Housing Authority. When officers arrived, they located 33-year-old, Andre Johnson, shot to death inside of his apartment. During the investigation, Slidell Police…
Although we are not expecting direct impacts from the weather in the Gulf, coastal flooding is possible for the area through Saturday. A potential tropical cyclone will move through the coastal waters over the next 48 hours. Strong onshore winds around the system will cause some minor coastal flooding issues for the advised area. Flooding…
DOTD announced yesterday that the scheduled shift for traffic using the Tangipahoa River Bridge on LA 16 east of Amite will not begin at the previously expected time. Now that bridge closure will begin on Friday, Oct. 25, and continue into March 2021. When crews close the existing bridge, traffic will be shifted onto a…