Local News
Pay One Price for Amite Oyster Festival
Posted March 18th, 2010 by Joy Lofton
OYSTER FESTIVAL PAY ONE PRICE - Friday, March 19: 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m., Saturday, March 20: 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and new bracelets can be purchased from 5:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m., Sunday, March 21: 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. ALL BRACELETS ARE COLOR CODED AND CAN ONLY BE USED AT SPECIFIED TIMES.
DWI checkpoints scheduled for St. Tammany & Tangipahoa
Thursday, March 18 & Friday, March 19, 2010
Posted March 18th, 2010 by Virgil Howell
Louisiana State Police Troop L will conduct two DWI Checkpoints on Thursday, March 18th in St. Tammany Parish and on Friday, March 19th in Tangipahoa Parish. The DWI Checkpoints will begin at approximately 7:00 pm in St. Tammany Parish and 10:00 pm in Tangipahoa Parish. The first checkpoint will be manned by Louisiana State Police and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office. The second will be manned by Louisiana State Police, Wildlife and Fishery Agents, and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.
Clean up . . . The judges are coming back!!!!
To be here Tuesday March 23, 2010
Posted March 18th, 2010 by Virgil Howell
by Joy Lofton, Editor
The Town of Amite City will once again participate in the "Cleanest City Contest". The judges are scheduled to be here in Amite on Tuesday, March 23. This contest is done by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc. The co-sponsors of the event at the Town of Amite City, The Stem and Stamen Garden Club and the Amite Chamber of Commerce.
Royalty in Independence!
Sicilian Heritage Festival Royalty, 2010
Posted March 17th, 2010 by Virgil Howell
THE NEW ROYALTY OF THE INDEPENDENCE SICILIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL are King Noah Spitale of the 0-11 month boys, Queen Beth Boudreaux of the 0-11 month girls, King Brody Gregory of the 12-23 month boys, Queen McKayla Crowe of the 12-23 month girls, King Owen Spitale of the 2-3 year boys, Queen Gracie Anderson of the 2-3 year girls, Queen Gabby Musso of the 4-5 year olds, Queen Brielle Bel of the 6-8 year olds, Darelle Mitchell of the 9-11 year olds, Junior Miss Jenna Anzalone, Teen Miss Brooke Richardson, Miss Sicilian Heritage Festival Queen Kristian Prescia and the Sicilian Heritage Festival Kin
So... Who has the best spaghetti??
Spaghetti Cook-Off at the Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival, Friday, March 12, 2010
Posted March 17th, 2010 by Virgil Howell
INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. The team of the Independence Police Department showed off their beautiful table during the Sicilian Heritage Festival Spaghetti Cook-Off Friday, March 12. The Independence Police Department won 2nd place in the best meatball division, 1st place in the table decoration division and were crowned the 2010 over-all winner of the cook-off.
Loranger man killed in one vehicle crash
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Posted March 17th, 2010 by Virgil Howell
The Louisiana State Police Troop L released Thursday, March 11 at 8 a.m., that there had been a fatal crash that resulted in the death of a Loranger man. This one vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of LA 443 and LA 1064 in Tangipahoa Parish.
