Do you think you have what it takes to solve a murder mystery? Save the date of October 15th, 2022 for Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa’s Pine Street Wine & Crime Murder Mystery Debut and find out.

The Hammond Downtown Development District, in partnership with the Tangipahoa Chamber, will host the official grand opening of Railroad Park on Wednesday, June 1, at 5:30 p.m.

The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Children’s Pageant will be held on June 25, 2022, at the Ponchatoula Community Center. The pageant is open to LA residents and there is no pageant experience or modeling needed.

If you are interested in fixing up or restoring a historic building in your community, an upcoming meeting will provide you with many of the answers you need to get started. The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation (LTHP) is hitting the road to meet with Louisianans to share resources a…

HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association has launched an Accounting and Financial Services Professional Network. The community network is available in the Southeastern Connect platform.

HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's basketball program, PRIDE and the Lion Athletics Association will partner to present Bunko for Basketball Friday, May 6th in the SLU War Memorial Student Union Ballroom.

HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association will host its annual Golden Silence ceremony to honor deceased Southeastern alumni, students, faculty and staff or their family members Wednesday, April 27. The event is free and open to the public.

HAMMOND – Southeastern Theatre is presenting the premiere of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Inkslinger-winning play “Mrs. Whitman’s Words for Women,” by Chicago-based playwright Shayne Kennedy.

In honor of National Take Down Tobacco Day of Action, formerly known as Kick Butt’s Day, the KEYS Alliance Youth along with TRACC is hosting the first ever Run Your Butt’s Off-Color Run. This event will be held at the Ponchatoula Area Recreation District 1. This is a community awareness even…

HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University is hosting an opportunity for prospective students and their parents to explore campus through Lion Pride Preview April 8. Open to high school juniors and seniors, the event is a free, fun-filled informational day.

HAMMOND---Courtney Christian School will host its annual Art Gala & Silent Auction on Tuesday evening, March 29, 2022. The event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. with artwork on display throughout the school and the silent auction taking place in the school’s gymnasium. Anyone interested…

National Ag Day is March 22, 2022. Ag Day is organized nationally by the Agriculture Council of America and is also celebrated by thousands of other organizations throughout the country and locally by the LSU Agriculture Extension Office in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish Government, the Florida Pa…

HAMMOND – Chefs Evening, Southeastern Louisiana University Foundation’s largest annual fundraising event, returns Sunday, March 27.

A new festival is coming to the Northshore this year. Covington, LA is set to host the Inaugural St Tammany Hamburger Festival bringing a renewed take on festivals in Southeast Louisiana.

HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and the Social Justice Speaker Series are hosting the Criminal Justice Colloquium event “Voices of Justice and Change.”

This weekend members of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office K-9 Division will be on parade. Starting on Saturday, March 5, at noon, Krewe Du Pooch will be rolling on the Mandeville Lakefront. K-9 Echo, a 6-year-old female Labrador retriever, who is assigned to the Highway Enforcement Div…

On Sunday, February 27, 2022, the Krewe of Erin crowned their 38th Queen of Erin Piper Lamoyne Box along with her Celtic Royal Court at The Oaks in Ponchatoula.

HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences is hosting its annual fundraising event, Canines & Cupcakes. Scheduled Feb. 18, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and prior to Hammond’s Mardi Gras parade, the event targets education and fun sessions for the entire f…

The Hammond Rotary Club is hosting An Evening of Jazz on March 20th at the Chappapeela Park Gymnasium. The club is thrilled to present Southeastern Louisiana University’s Jazz Ensemble who will be preforming The Bill Evans Jazz Festival. The doors open at 4:00pm and the jazz will play from 5…

On Friday, January 21, the Hammond Regional Arts Center presents a 3-D sculptural experience honoring the legacy of Marjorie Morrison, wife of former U.S. Representative Jimmy Morrison and longtime advocate of the arts.

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For the first time in the 133rd history of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Ca., Louisiana will be prominently featured with a stunning float of its own, according to Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser.

HAMMOND – The University Counseling Center at Southeastern Louisiana University will sponsor the fourth annual Terrell Conference for mental health practitioners Friday, Jan. 7, in the university’s Grand Ballroom, located in the Student Union. Originally planned Sept. 10, the conference was …

The Shops at 1200 West, a premier retail destination in Mandeville, announced it will hold its inaugural Winterland at The Shops magical holiday celebration Dec. 10 – 12, featuring several family events and attractions, including one of the world’s only enchanted willow trees on display begi…

HAMMOND – The University Jazz Ensemble at Southeastern Louisiana University will present its final concert of the fall 2021 semester on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Led by Director of Jazz and Percussion Studies Michael Brothers and titled “A Big Band Christmas,” the free concert is scheduled at 7:30 …

The Hammond-Ponchatoula Sunrisers Rotary Club announces that they will be bringing back the popular Chili Cook-off to Downtown Hammond on Saturday, February 19, 2022, following the cancelation of the event in December 2020 due to COVID-19.

HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Symphony Orchestra will present a concert titled “American Classics” Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in Pottle Music Auditorium. Orchestra Director and Assistant Professor of Violin Victor Correa-Cruz will conduct the concert, which is free, open to the publ…

Downtown Hammond’s quintessential “cool weather” event is back!

Tangipahoa Professional Women will meet on Wednesday, November 17th at The Hammond Event Center located at 1904 Nashville Avenue in Hammond, LA.

HAMMOND, La. – On January 14, 2012 at 4:32 a.m., the phone call came to Southeastern Louisiana University men’s basketball associate head coach Mark Lieberman that every parent dreads.

HAMMOND – The History and Political Science Department at Southeastern Louisiana University has scheduled the annual Veterans Day Lecture Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m., in the Student Union Theatre. Historian and consultant for HBO, National Geographic and Sledgehammer Games Marty Morgan wil…

HAMMOND – Several Southeastern Louisiana University student organizations will host a food drive for the Southeastern Food Pantry with a tailgate and live music. Scheduled in the Student Union Park from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, the event will take place prior to the Lions’ football …

HAMMOND---Graduates of North Oaks Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and their families are invited to reunite with the health care professionals who cared for them by “driving-thru” the hospital campus to enjoy traditional Christmas festivities in a socially distanced way between…

Hammond’s best night of craft beer returns on November 5 with the Hammond Regional Arts Center’s 11th annual Brews Arts Festival.

HAMMOND – The University Jazz Ensemble at Southeastern Louisiana University will present its first concert of the fall 2021 semester on Thursday, Nov. 4. Led by Director of Jazz and Percussion Studies Michael Brothers, the free concert is scheduled at 7:30 p.m., outside on the north sidewalk…

HAMMOND – The Community Music School at Southeastern Louisiana University will present a concert titled "Shining Stars'' on Saturday, Nov. 6, at 10:30 a.m. in Pottle Music Building Auditorium. The concert will feature the eight winners of the CMS Concerto Competition as soloists and the CMS …

A theatrical version of William Castle’s classic horror movie, The House on Haunted Hill opens this week at the historic Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond.

The 5,000 Duck Derby will be held in Zemurray Park pond on November 6th from 11:00-3:00pm. Duck race starts at 2:30pm. Not real ducks…little yellow duckies. To enter for a chance to win $2,500, $1,500 or $1,000, race goers must adopt a duck. The process is simple; go to one of the participat…

Due to impending weather in the area on Wednesday, the Hammond DDD has decided to move this event to Thursday, the 28th. Times and programming will remain the same.

HAMMOND – Due to damage to Vonnie Borden Theatre brought on by Hurricane Ida, the Southeastern Louisiana University Theatre Department is presenting their latest production in a rather unconventional venue. “Big Love,” a dark, romantic comedy by American playwright Charles Mee, will be prese…

On October 23, the Tangipahoa Parish Fair Association & Monster Energy Outbreak Tour presents Laine Hardy in concert with supporting artist Chris Bandi, Kylie Frey and Clay Cormier & The Highway Boys. This concert is a benefit concert to help rebuild, rebrand and revitalize the groun…

The Hammond Rotary Club is thrilled to announce the Christmas Parade will roll through the streets of Hammond on December 17.

HAMMOND – The Department of Visual Art + Design at Southeastern Louisiana University will host a photography exhibit by three artists - Jeremiah Ariaz, Jill Frank, and L. Kasimu Harris - titled “Vanishing Black Bars, Celestials, + Louisiana Trail Riders” at the university’s Contemporary Art …

HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host the 14th Annual Game Day Gumbo Cook-Off on Saturday, Nov. 13 in conjunction with the Lion football team’s 6 p.m. game versus Northwestern State at Strawberry Stadium.

HAMMOND, La. – The Lion Athletics Association and the Hammond Downtown Development District will host Fall Fest in Friendship Circle on Friday, Oct. 29.

Hammond Rotary Club is grateful to have Medline Industries sponsor their 12th annual Movie Night under the Stars. This event will be held in Cate Square Park on November 27th. Festivities get started at 4 p.m., and the featured movie, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, will begin at 6 p.m. This…