Hammond Area News Today

City council looks at housing strategy for fast-growing city

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding the man they say used a stolen credit card to make purchases at a Hammond area store.

City hosts third Leadership Summit of 2023

I said before the break we have first real results from indiana. what have we got in. >> election night as officially gun because we are getting returns and the colors are starting to light up. this is indiana senate race. this is not expected to be competitive. you see the republican todd young early off to a good start for young here in indiana. what we are going to be looking for in indiana, and again this is a split poll close state between central and eastern time zone. this is the congress...

But there will be a type of controlled breach that happens soon. >> have they provided shelters or information where people can go, with the mandatory evacuations before the breach potentially happens? >> reporter: yes, several schools around here obviously, in the hammond area, and also kentwood, those areas down south are opening right now. we have been trying to get into the shelters to try to see how many people have actually evacuated. we dont have a clear number of how many people are deci...

Residents have been rescued. it appears right now everybody that needed to be rescued has been rescued. right now theyre taking residents back and forth to their homes to get items. and right now, were in the subdivision where you see plenty of standing water. police do tell us at some -- at the deepest parts of this area, there were about six feet of standing water. they rescued about 45 people this morning, overnight, in the palm lake subdivision, and about 45 people in the old town subdivisio...

From the gulf coast, mandatory evacuations along the area where officials say a dam is in danger of failing. this is located in southwest mississippi. but officials in the state say they are concerned about the flooding. live, here macomb, mississippi, where the dam is located. i understand that it received some of the highest levels of rainfall, almost 11 inches. explain what were seeing now. >> reporter: well, right now, theyre actually going to plan some type of controlled breach near the dam...

Without electricity that need that. were going to do about 250 of those. and were working on 400 other needs, of what were doing now. because again, many of our citizens are going to weather this out. again, if energy does their job and gets things back up quickly, they dont need to leave their home. most people want to stay right where theyre out. ride it out as they did for the storm. >> sir, thank you for joining us very much. joining us now, gabe gutierrez who has made his way to the h d har...

You to the aftermath of hurricane isaac, and what is going on there. well speak with a lot of people on what theyre witnessing there. that from mayor landrieu, and the pumping stations, up to 15 inches of water remains there. the deputy mayor joins us to talk about it. good to have you with us here, and im glad to have you here. explain to all of us the major concerns in and around new orleans. is it still the surge of water? >> in our area, yes, outside the levee there is still water. the big p...