Saturday, May 17, 2008
LIVINGSTON-TANGIPAHOA
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HAMMOND — Deputies arrested a Hammond man Friday after he allegedly called to report that someone stole the drugs he was selling, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office reported.
LIVINGSTON — Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a Livingston Parish man missing since Monday. Jerry Don Lee Jr., 40, of Walker, was last seen wearing blue jeans and a brown shirt, Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies said in a statement Wednesday. HAMMOND — Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu will address Southeastern Louisiana University graduates at the university’s commencement Saturday. SLIDELL — St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested a former Slidell police officer Wednesday after a follow-up investigation on a domestic violence call at his house in mid-March, deputies said. Citing a need for specific experience to fit the newly created 21st Judicial District juvenile judge position, Blair Downing Edwards has announced her candidacy for that judgeship. AMITE — Negotiations in a Tangipahoa Parish school desegregation case have raised worries about the future of Kentwood High School, a historic building built by a Depression-era jobs and civic improvement program. LIVINGSTON — Livingston Parish school officials have taken legal steps to complete the donation of land for a planned Denham Springs-area elementary school, officials said Wednesday. HOLDEN — Wendy Gill’s brother served in the Navy in Operation Desert Storm, and other members of her family have been in the military. DENHAM SPRINGS — As a high school baseball player, Jay Veenendaal never saw the baseball diamond at North Park from 6,000 feet. AMITE — Randi Shaidaee, 10, was quite familiar with the 4-H project she demonstrated last week at the Tangipahoa Parish 4-H Achievement Day May 7 at the Florida Parishes Arena in Amite. Cyclists, stylists schedule events AMITE — Allen Moore, 9, wedged a small yellow shovel into the dirt in front of Amite Elementary School. Events for Livingston and Tangipahoa parish seniors. Registration is being held for the Arts Council of Livingston Parish summer art classes scheduled May 20-Aug. 1. Schedule of events in and around Tangipahoa Parish. Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center received multiple awards for quality health care from the LSU Health Care Services Division at the 11th annual LSU Health Care Services Division Health Care Effectiveness Forum, “Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access to Relationship-Centered Care,” in Baton Rouge. The Northshore School of the Arts, Southeastern Louisiana University’s after-school arts program, is adding theater to its curricula this summer. The Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s educational cable access channel, will pre-empt regular programming May 16-25 to complete a technical upgrade. Maurepas High sets graduation Friday Lunch menus for area public schools. Livingston Parents for Soccer hosted its second soccer tournament on March 30 at the North Park Soccer Complex, and recognized first- and second-place teams in four age groups. Schedule of events in and around Livingston Parish. DENHAM SPRINGS — The city’s Fire Department can’t safely rescue anyone from a burning building because of a lack of personnel, Fire Chief Ivy “Woody” Cutrer told the City Council on Tuesday. LIVINGSTON — Livingston Parish public schools continue to struggle to break through a plateau in scores at the upper-middle and high-school levels on state standardized tests. WALKER — Alderman Rick Ramsey said he plans to pursue a proposed voter referendum that would alter rules on alcoholic beverage sales in Walker. LIVINGSTON — The three candidates vying to be the next superintendent of Livingston Parish public schools agreed Tuesday they would communicate and work with School Board members, staff and the public if appointed to the job. DENHAM SPRINGS — The Denham Springs Economic Development District approved a settlement Tuesday with the Bass Pro project developer. AMITE — Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Loranger man accused of making and selling high quality, counterfeit $20 and $100 bills. FRANKLINTON — Two prisoners in a Washington Parish work-release program walked away from their dormitory sometime around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Washington Parish Sheriff’s Capt. Fred Kirby said. DENHAM SPRINGS — The city’s first video bingo operation opened at noon Tuesday. Charitable groups began holding regular bingo games in one room at Sportsman’s Paradise on Range Avenue, while people played against brightly lit electronic machines in an adjacent room. SATSUMA — Deputies arrested an allegedly intoxicated man accused of running naked in front of a school bus carrying elementary school children, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. DENHAM SPRINGS — A series of absences kept junior Heather Thompson, 17, from receiving credit in the fall for her English III class at Denham Springs High School. Brandi Morris, 16, a junior at Denham Springs High, straightforwardly admitted it was pretty much her fault when asked why she failed geometry in the fall semester. DENHAM SPRINGS — Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies and area firefighters recovered the body of 23-year-old Denham Springs man Monday evening who drowned in a wooded, isolated section of the Amite River. LIVINGSTON — Livingston Parish sheriff’s investigators are continuing to pursue leads in the disappearance of a Holden woman missing since May 2, deputies said Monday. AMITE — The Tangipahoa Parish Council, on a split vote Monday night, passed a resolution in support of a master land-use plan developed by a steering committee of residents appointed by the council. SATSUMA — After overcoming a severe financial situation in which it had to seek help from fire departments and municipalities in 2006, the Livingston Parish 911 Center faces another monetary crunch. The parish’s fire chiefs like the job the 911 Center is doing, but this time the 11 fire departments cannot afford to help because they are facing high fuel costs, said Brian Drury, president of the Livingston Parish Fire Chiefs Association. Denham Springs High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter was recently named the top chapter in the state for 2007-2008 and top chapter in the nation for 2007. |
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