Tangipahoa NewsLocal news for Tangipahoa, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Ex-federal officer gets 10 years in sex case- July 17, 2008 A former federal law enforcement officer from Eunice will serve 10 years in prison for trying to entice someone whom he believed to be a teenage girl into performing sex acts on the Internet.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/ex-federal-officer-gets-10-years-in-sex-ca... Residents hoping to strike oil- July 17, 2008 Reports of a large oil deposit across five parishes in Louisiana have given residents hope of striking it rich.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/residents-hoping-to-strike-oil?fromrss=1 Strain named Legislator of the Year- July 15, 2008 The St. Tammany Chapter of the Alliance for Good Government named Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. as its 2008 Legislator of the Year.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/strain-named-legislator-of-the-year?fromrs... Communities court baby boomers, retirees- July 13, 2008 The average retiree household spends nearly four times as much as younger households and donates twice as much to charity.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/communities-court-baby-boomers-retirees?fr... Grants given to lure retirees to La.- July 11, 2008 Four parishes along the Interstate 12 corridor and 10 other cities and parishes have been designated Louisiana's "certified retirement communities," entitling them to $20,000 from the state to lure potential ...http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/grants-given-to-lure-retirees-to-la?fromrs... Sleeping man struck, killed by train- July 10, 2008 A Ponchatoula man is dead after he allegedly fell asleep on some train tracks in Hammond and was hit by a freight train, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/sleeping-man-struck-killed-by-train?fromrs... Woman claims a cable guy has been stalking her- July 3, 2008 A Hammond woman who got her cable television connection fixed claims that just a few days later, her life was threatened by the cable guy.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/woman-claims-a-cable-guy-has-been-stalking... Tangipahoa zones won't change in 2008-09- July 1, 2008 The Tangipahoa Parish School Board's lead desegregation attorney disclosed the district's school attendance zones would remain the same during the 2008-09 school year while a parishwide school desegregation ...http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/07/tangipahoa-zones-wont-change-in-2008-09?fr... Tangipahoa Man Sentenced In Plot To Murder Agent- July 1, 2008 A Tangipahoa Parish man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a plot to kill a federal drug enforcement agent.http://www.topix.net/city/tangipahoa-la/2008/06/tangipahoa-man-sentenced-in-plot-to-murder... |