The town’s name—Ponchatoula—rolls off the tongue like a gentle incantation, its Choctaw origins meaning “hair to hang,” a poetic reference to the Spanish moss that drapes from oak trees throughout the ...

A former FBI agent who spent 10 years hunting fugitives says employees of the Orleans Parish Jail almost certainly knew about and assisted the massive 10-person escape last Friday. Scott Duffey ...

(WAFB) - A Ponchatoula man has been arrested following ... Landry has been booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail. He will be extradited to South Carolina at some point to face charges there.

The festival had to be shut down early, deputies said. Sheriff Gerald Sticker is on the scene and confirmed one individual was shot. Senate Democratic leader Jason Pizzo switches party affiliation ...

HAMMOND, La. — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office ... was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish jail Wednesday. Andrews is facing one count of home invasion, armed robbery, second-degree ...

A man has been arrested on multiple charges in connection with an August home invasion in the Ponchatoula area ... was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail Wednesday on counts that include ...

PONCHATOULA, La. (WGNO ... Tucker and Jones were each booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, hydrocodone and ecstasy, possession ...

PONCHATOULA, La. — A narcotics bust on a home in Ponchatoula lands a man and woman in jail after a warrant search turned up a variety of fatal drugs easily accessible by a child present in the ...

PONCHATOULA, La. (WVUE ... Kirk Arrington, 59, was apprehended at the scene and taken to jail. He was booked for second-degree murder and illegal use of weapons. Over a month later, officers ...

The four inmates escaped through the perimeter fence of the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, east of Baton Rouge ... connection with a 2022 homicide in Hammond, La. Local station WWL-TV reported that ...

3 of the escapees are accused of breaking into a home and killing a man and his 12-year-old daughter Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office A manhunt is underway for four inmates who escaped a ...

Gone, too, were the jail’s pots and pans ... His decision immediately prompted speculation that Bry Layrisson, the Ponchatoula police chief, would run. He considered challenging Daniel in ...