DENHAM SPRINGS — After the flood of August 2016, city officials asked residents what they'd like to see as the city recovered and rebuilt.
State and local officials are sounding the alarm about a disturbing trend in Livingston Parish: The number of children entering foster care here has nearly doubled over the past four years to the highest per capita rate of any parish in the state.
LIVINGSTON — The parish schools superintendent is expected to introduce a proposal next week to give all school employees a 13th check worth $750, their first additional check in several years, a school board member confirmed Thursday night.
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WALKER — Walker High School administrators, teachers, students and local business leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 7 to celebrate four businesses opening locations on the new expanded campus at 9677 Florida Blvd., Walker.
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As the Division V girls state powerlifting meet inched to a close, Holden coach David White did the math in his head.
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The fifth anniversary of the Riff Ridgel Crawfish CookOff, an all-you-can-eat event, kicks off at 11 a.m. May 18, at the Village of Tickfaw Festival Grounds.
Shannon Sloan has announced her candidacy for Livingston Parish Council District 3 in the Oct. 12 election.
Students, teachers and cafeteria workers at Albany High School enjoyed a schoolwide pep rally celebration March 14 with the New Orleans Saints Mascot Gumbo and NFL Player Josh Hill to recognize the school’s first-place finish in this year’s “No Ki…
HAMMOND — Ann Carruth, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University, has been appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, on which she will serve a four-year term.
DENHAM SPRINGS — More than 350 members of the Eastover Estates community in south Denham Springs turned out March 11 to engage with teachers, school leaders and community volunteers in the Livingston Parish Public Schools’ first STEAM Express Comm…
Stephen David Jr., of Hancock Whitney Bank in Baton Rouge, has been installed as president of the Louisiana Bankers Education Council.
The Tangipahoa Parish Livestock Show was held at the Florida Parishes Arena on Jan. 26 with 66 youth exhibitors from across the parish.
DENHAM SPRINGS — A select group of Denham Springs High School students are learning advanced computer skills through participation in the GeauxCS program launched this year by the Division of Computer Science and Engineering at LSU.
DENHAM SPRINGS — Food photographer Kristine Stone, recently named Artist of the Year by the Arts Council of Livingston Parish, is not content to take pictures of edibles sitting on a plate, she wants her food to be alive and caught in motion.
WALKER — Before the City Council unanimously adopted the final three ordinances that clear the way for construction of a new city hall, Walker Mayor Jimmy Watson detailed the procedures followed in choosing the location of the proposed facility an…
DA seeking death penalty against Dakota Theriot, who pleads not guilty to Livingston Parish killings
Livingston Parish prosecutors said Monday they would seek the execution of a man accused of killing five people, including his parents, in January — aware that Dakota Theriot might suffer from mental health problems but finding nothing in the inve…
Deputies were called to the Kentwood-area home of State District Judge Jeff Johnson on Saturday night after his wife called 911 to report that the pair had an argument that turned physical.
A father and son working as bail bondsmen in Covington and Amite were arrested Friday in a human trafficking investigation led by Louisiana State Police and the FBI.
LIVINGSTON — A new nine-member committee will begin reviewing the parish's comprehensive master plan with an eye toward creating a zoning regulations.
A body was recovered Thursday morning from South Pass Manchac in Tangipahoa Parish in what's being classified as a fatal boating incident, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
A man is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of a 2-year-old child authorities say was discovered unresponsive with head trauma in a Denham Springs apartment Friday.
DENHAM SPRINGS — For more than two years, a flooded elementary school sat vacant here with a sign outside that read: "We will be back stronger than ever."
Keep Hammond Beautiful and the City of Hammond will host the Great American Cleanup from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday.
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DENHAM SPRINGS — Preparations are underway for this year’s annual St. Joseph’s Altar at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, an elaborate creation featuring a wide array of food items that venerates the saint who has historically been honored on…
The Walker boys fell just minutes short of completing a run at back-to-back state championships in Class 5A basketball.
Senior Chief Musician Laura Grantier, of Denham Springs, conducted an educational clinic for the clarinet students on Feb. 26 at West Monroe High School.
MANDEVILLE — Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s community improvement nonprofit organization, presented Keep Louisiana Beautiful with its 2018 President’s Circle Award recognition at Keep America Beautiful’s recent National Conference in Baltimo…
PONCHATOULA — Loud cheers and applause filled the Kiwanis Club Log Cabin as the official 2019 Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival poster was unveiled March 7 before a standing-room-only crowd of fans of the posters that have been a major facet of the …
Louisiana junior Angus breeders attended the 2019 Louisiana Junior Angus Association Annual Banquet on Feb. 14 in Gonzales.
Holy Ghost Catholic School celebrated Catholic schools with a faculty and staff breakfast recently. The year's Distinguished Graduate, Patrick Coudrain, spoke on the value of a Catholic school education. Several teachers and staff members were rec…
Denham Springs High School hosted a color guard and percussion competition Saturday at its gym.
HAMMOND — The city council approved the mayor's appointment for chief of police Tuesday night despite controversies over a use-of-force video and a rape case lawsuit that have shaken some residents' confidence in his choice.
PONCHATOULA — The commission overseeing operations of Port Manchac is once again considering a deal with a developer seeking to convert the industrial complex into a resort.
A slew of controversial background findings surrounding Hammond’s top police chief pick — including a leaked use-of-force video and decade-old civil lawsuit involving a young woman’s rape and suicide — have caused so much stir in the community it …
A Louisiana State Police trooper will not face criminal charges after the September incident in downtown Hammond that started as a traffic stop and ended when the trooper fired six shots into the fleeing vehicle, killing its driver.
Ponchatoula still holds the title of Louisiana's strawberry capital, but the sweet fruit's future here looks less than rosy. Farmers in Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes are growing fewer acres of the crop than ever, as an aging group of growers and an increasingly risky business is shuttering family farms.
A Denham Springs couple whose home flooded in August 2016 sued the Trump administration on Monday, seeking to have a federal judge declare that a new law would allow the Livingston Parish residents to pay off part of their SBA loan using state rec…
An Independence man was killed early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 190 in Tangipahoa Parish.
DENHAM SPRINGS — A private room at Big Mike's Sports Bar used often by mostly men for political and community meetings filled up with about a dozen women last month who were there for a presentation about how to run for office.
LIVINGSTON — The Live Oak High School cheerleaders have won their third national championship in four years, and the school board recognized them for their latest achievement Thursday night.
LIVINGSTON — A new superintendent will be selected before the Easter holiday break, Livingston Parish School Board President Buddy Mincey said Thursday night.
A man who escaped a work release job in Livingston Parish on Mardi Gras Day was captured Thursday in St. Amant, authorities said.