School Board changes in personnel On Wednesday, September 1, the Personnel Committee met at the School Board Office in Amite to address the recommendation for approval new hires, transfers, leaves, resignations, retirements, and t...
School Board general fund budget in the red Chief Financial Officer Bret Schnadelbach brought the general fund budget before the School Board. The budget had been advertised and opened for public opinion before being approved at the August ...
Truck vs. Train: the rest of the story On Wednesday, August 25 at approximately 12:50 p.m., Tangipahoa Parish Fire District #1 and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to an accident involving an asphalt truck an...
School open houses set The academic year is well underway as faculty and students are filling the schools each weekday across the parish. Many schools in the area are planning Open House events to give parents, students...
Parish receives grant for new Amite Library Branch construction Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess announced that the parish has received a grant award of $1.55 million in recovery funding which will be used for the new Amite branch library. Burgess sa...
Youth Build accepting applications; Deadline is September 27th Quad Area YouthBuild is now accepting applications for the Construction Training Program for young adults ages 16 – 24. Quad YouthBuild is a 12-month construction training program that offer...
Shooting leaves three wounded in Kentwood Kentwood Police are investigating a shooting on Avenue I that resulted in three men being injured on late Wednesday, August 18. According to Police Chief James Rimes, Kentwood resident DeMarcus Co...
Major Train Wreck A dump truck collided with a fuel tank on a train at the Diamond B construction crossing on Highway 51 South around 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25. More details will be provided as they unfold.
Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Work AMITE–The Tangipahoa Parish Road and Bridge Department has recently completed the following work on the north end: • The parish’s grass cutting crews worked in the Loranger, Kentwood, and Am...
Holocaust Survivor speaks at FUMC October 12 Mark your calendar for Tuesday, October 12, when Holocaust survivor Irving Roth shares his testimony. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Fanfare’s dedication to the Humanities, the First Un...
