News & Updates for Tangipahoa Parish

BATON ROUGE (May 8, 2021) –  The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1^st. Governor Edwards and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) urge everyone to Get a Game Plan. GOHSEP and our partners with the National Weather Service (NWS) will be sharing preparedness information you can use May 9-15.

“The 2020 hurricane season presented unique challenges we’ve[...]

HAMMOND—Blue skies and sunshine mean productive days for local road crews who are taking advantage of the good weather to tackle a full schedule of construction work, Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said.

Miller said overlay work is scheduled as follows for the week of May 10-14:

*Asphalt patching on Phoenix Square,[...]

Click HERE for the slides for today's weekly weather briefing.

Main Takeaways:

• Highest potential for rain will be[...]

We have some weather on the way. Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for an update concerning the severe weather and heavy rainfall threat today and tonight.

Changes from previous update:

• The threat level of severe weather has not changed

• The area of greatest threat of severe weather has been[...]

HAMMOND—Thanks to a generous contribution of land from a Hammond family, traffic will be able to move in and out of Chappapeela Sports Park much easier.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller, in partnership with Tangipahoa Parish District 8 Councilman David Vial, and the Hammond Area Recreation District #1, announced Friday that a 60-foot wide parcel of land has been donated to build a two-lane roadway from [...]