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One dead after head-on crash in Covington, state police say
COVINGTON, La. — One man is dead after a head-on crash in Covington Friday morning, according to the Louisiana State Police Troop L. The crash claimed the life of Jonathan Brister, 25, of Covington. State police said the crash happened around 10:15 a.m. on LA Hwy 21 near Hwy 1083.
Woman arrested, son wanted for alleged misappropriation of funds, fraud at Ponchatoula cemetery
PONCHATOULA — A Ponchatoula woman was arrested after Tangipahoa Parish deputies investigated financial discrepancies and unauthorized check signings associated with managing a local cemetery. Deputies are still searching for her son, who also allegedly participated in the crimes. Carla Wittie, 62, was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on...
Trial date set for woman accused of murdering 4-year-old Loranger girl
JACKSON, Miss. - A woman who was arrested in connection with the murder of a four-year-old girl after the child was abducted from her Tangipahoa Parish home is set to stand trial in 2025. According to WAPT, Victoria Cox's trial has been set for March 24, 2025. She is charged...
WDSU Investigates presses for answers on response times, handling of Loranger murders, kidnapping
LORANGER, La. — It was the story that shook southeast Louisiana to its core. WDSU Investigates has new insight into the murders and kidnapping of a Loranger mother and her two daughters. WDSU sat down with Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker. Sticker just started as sheriff this month, after the...
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