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WAFB.com
April 4, 2018
The Rotary Club of Livingston Parish is hosting a Superhero 5K run Saturday, April 7. Proceeds from the event support kids in need in Livingston Parish and the Livingston Parish Public School system. Aside from participating in the race, you can also sign-up to purchase a new pair of tennis shoes for a littleÃÂ ...
WBRZ
April 4, 2018
He uses an electronic mosquito trap to ward off the pests because his part of Livingston Parish has no mosquito control program. "I'll be 80 before long and I just don't want to get West Nile," Keith said. District 2 Parish Councilman Garry Talbert and District 3 Councilman Maurice Keen want to createÃÂ ...
The Advocate
April 2, 2018
A 64-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Livingston Parish, State Police said. Story Continued Below. Wayne W. Whitfield, of Bridge City, was driving a 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on La. 22 east of La. 16. Shortly after 3 p.m., he entered a curve and ran offÃÂ ...
WGNO
March 26, 2018
LIVINGSTON PARISH–Shortly before 7:00 pm on March 24, 2018, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A began investigating a single vehicle crash that resulted in a fatality on LA Hwy 447 south of I-12 in Livingston Parish. The crash took the life of 26 year old Christopher D. Fowler of DenhamÃÂ ...
WBRZ
March 16, 2018
LIVINGSTON PARISH - A student from the Livingston Parish Public School system is being honored Thursday for achieving a perfect score on the ACT. According to a release from the school system, student Brayden Aime earned a perfect 36 on the ACT earlier this year. Aime is a senior at FrenchÃÂ ...
The Advocate
March 15, 2018
Paint Like O'Leary: 10:30 a.m., Arts Council of Livingston Parish, 133 N. Hummell St., Denham Springs. Liz Harman will instruct students to paint a landscape picture like artist Connor O'Leary. $10. www.artslivingston.org. LIGO Science Saturday: 1 p.m., LIGO, 19100 LIGO Lane, Livingston. Tour the facilityÃÂ ...
The Advocate
March 13, 2018
A police chase began while deputies were investigating a domestic shooting in Livingston Parish on Monday night and ended when the suspect jumped off the Mississippi River bridge. Livingston Parish Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Steele said deputies responded to reports of a domestic shooting shortlyÃÂ ...
WAFB.com
March 13, 2018
Officials with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office say the incident began when deputies were called out to investigate a domestic shooting off Gaylord Road in Walker. Officials believe the vehicle being pursued was directly involved in this investigation. A woman was transported to the hospital in criticalÃÂ ...
WBRZ
March 13, 2018
LIVINGSTON PARISH- Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a teenager who's been missing for more than a week. According to detectives with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, 16-year-old Ryan S. McKinney was last seen around 10 p.m. March 5 on Blood River Road in Springfield.
WAFB.com
March 13, 2018
The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce is hosting a workshop for startup companies and potential entrepreneurs in Denham Springs on March 23. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. until noon at the Livingston Parish Chamber office. Local consultants will offer accounting, banking, and legal adviceÃÂ ...
The Advocate
March 12, 2018
A loose group of stakeholders from Denham Springs met Thursday morning with the head of the Baton Rouge organization and a representative from the national group. They decided to call the nascent program the Boys & Girls Clubs of Livingston Parish and form a steering committee. The name gives theÃÂ ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
"I felt you could do a better job reducing the amount of mosquitoes in Livingston Parish by getting rid of the stagnant water," he said. Other councilmen cited the fact a mosquito tax failed twice over in 2012 and 2013. "At some point you have to step aside and say, what do the people want? They do not wantÃÂ ...
WBRZ
February 2, 2018
LIVINGSTON PARISH - It's been a long and expensive road to recovery for the Livingston Parish School District. The district purchased 57 new buses last year after more than 60 were lost to flood damage in 2016. Thursday night, the Transportation Department is proposing to buy a dozen more. If approvedÃÂ ...
WAFB.com
February 2, 2018
Superintendent Rick Wentzel has announced Livingston Parish Public Schools' plan to add days to the 2018 academic calendar to make up for the days recently missed due to below-freezing temperatures in the area. The district will eliminate two scheduled half days on February 21 and March 22 andÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
February 1, 2018
A woman who died in an accidental drowning in Livingston Parish on Wednesday (Jan. 31) was the older sister of CNN anchor Don Lemon, according to Christal Jones, a spokeswoman for the network. L'Tanya "Leisa" Lemon Grimes, 58, of Denham Springs died after she fell into a neighborhood pond offÃÂ ...
WBRZ
January 31, 2018
WATSON - Deputies are looking for a pair of thieves who strolled out of an area store with two stolen TVs in tow. According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, the two were spotted leaving the store on Jan. 14, walking out with two TVs without paying. The two were then seen leaving the store in aÃÂ ...
The Advocate
January 30, 2018
One man was shot in the stomach and remains in critical condition following a domestic dispute Monday evening in Livingston Parish, authorities said. Deputies responded around 5 p.m. to an address on Fire Tower Road in Springfield, said Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lori Steele.
The Advocate
January 23, 2018
A teacher at Albany High School accused of having sex with a juvenile was arrested Monday, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported. Ashley Meyer, 33, was booked into Livingston Parish jail on three counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile for acts that occurred since February 2016, the Sheriff'sÃÂ ...
NOLA.com
January 5, 2018
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard expressed his appreciation for first responders and volunteers who helped find Pedeaux. The search party included friends, relatives, sheriff's deputies, firefighters and members of the Cajun Navy who searched through the swampy terrain along the Blood River to findÃÂ ...
KATC Lafayette News
January 3, 2018
Deputies are searching for a teen who may have been lost in the woods since Sunday night, according to WBRZ. Peter Pedeaux, 19, was last seen with friends in the Springfield area on Blood River Road. The teen's car was located in the Springfield area. His friends told authorities they were in the woodsÃÂ ...
The Advocate
December 14, 2017
Monthly pay for Livingston Parish council members will now depend on what the state Legislature sets as the maximum. Eight council members voted Thursday night in favor of an ordinance that sets the council members' pay at 75 percent of the state limit. Council members in favor of the ordinance, whichÃÂ ...
The Advocate
November 22, 2017
A Livingston Parish councilman introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that would allow the council's pay to increase over time without asking the members to take what has been a politically unpopular step of giving themselves a raise. A state law establishes the maximum amount a parish council member ...
WBXH
November 21, 2017
"We're going to flood, we're going to keep flooding." That was the dire prediction of Livingston Parish Councilman Jeff Averett prior to the ...
The Advocate
November 20, 2017
A year after thousands of homes flooded in Livingston Parish, residents in the eastern part of the parish said "no" to tax proposals that would ...
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
November 9, 2017
Livingston Parish officials have secured 242 acres of land for a new airport near the Satsuma exit off Interstate 12, the Livingston Parish Airport District has announced. The Livingston Executive Airport, which has been in the works since 2010, will feature a 5,000-foot runway, flight service station, hangars ...
The Advocate
November 9, 2017
Parish officials and members of the Garry Lewis family stand with a newly erected sign that marks the location of the soon-to-be constructed Livingston Executive Airport, located just south of Interstate 12 near the Satsuma exit. Pictured left to right are: Dana Rushing, Livingston Parish Airport District vice ...
The Advocate
November 8, 2017
William Ballard shows the culverts that stopped up the drainage ditch behind is house and caused his subdivison to flood in August 2016. He is suing Livingston Parish and Gravity Drainage District #1 over flooding from last August. He says that his house was flooded by rainwater because the parish ...
WGNO
October 24, 2017
Livingston Parish Sheriff's Deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the 20,000 block of Highway 444 around 10:30 p.m. on October 23, ...
The Advocate
October 23, 2017
The Livingston Parish assessor is building a new office, citing security concerns at his current facility. Jeff Taylor said the 15,000-square-foot ...
The Advocate
October 22, 2017
Livingston Parish School System food system technicians Susan Wheat, ... there was always a reason kids in Livingston Parish weren't eating ...
The Advocate
October 16, 2017
This illustration provided by the Carnegie Institution for Science depicts the collision of two neutron stars detected on Aug. 17, 2017.
The Advocate
October 13, 2017
The Livingston Parish Council has decided to go forward with forming a mosquito abatement board. The council approved a new ordinance ...
The Advocate
October 8, 2017
Livingston school officials are already geared up for the first community college to open in the parish, even though the physical facility isn't ...
The Advocate
October 4, 2017
Livingston Parish Fair Board President Lynn Sibley talks in the livestock barn at the Livingston Parish Fairgrounds, Wednesday, September 27, ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
A multi-million dollar program to help Livingston Parish residents elevate or sell homes that flooded in August 2016 is generating less interest than coordinators had hoped as a Thursday deadline approaches. Eighty-seven people in the parish have applied for federal assistance that covers 75 percent of ...
WAFB.com
December 31, 1999
On October 24, troopers with the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations were asked to conduct an investigation for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office about an alleged rape committed by one of their deputies. The investigation resulted in the arrest of Sherri Penton, 38, of Denham Springs.
WBXH
December 31, 1999
A fire claimed the lives of a girl and her grandfather in Livingston Parish late Wednesday night, according to officials. Fire Marshal Butch ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
The caterpillar character from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle snakes through the packed Main Branch of the Livingston Parish ...
WAFB.com
December 31, 1999
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is offerings its congratulations to ten inmates who have earned high school diplomas while serving their ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
Livingston Parish officials are anticipating sales tax revenues will continue to increase in 2018, paving the way for the parish to spend $6.5Â ...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
Trucks continue to make their first pass across Livingston Parish to remove ... Livingston Parish officials are expecting to collect mostly the ...
WAFB.com
December 31, 1999
The Livingston Parish Library will hold its annual book festival on Saturday, November 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the main branch in Livingston, ...
WBRZ
December 31, 1999
LIVINGSTON PARISH - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking four individuals after a man allegedly escaped an ambush attack by ...
The Advocate
September 24, 2017
The Livingston Parish School Board has placed a lawn sign in front of Walker High School about the upcoming vote on a property tax renewal.
WBRZ
September 23, 2017
The city of Denham Springs has crews working on many drainage systems on city-maintained roads. The Department of Transportation andÃÂ ...
The Advocate
September 13, 2017
Three South Louisiana men — two of them Livingston Parish residents — have been arrested on counts of child pornography, according toÃÂ ...
WBRZ
September 11, 2017
LIVINGSTON PARISH - Teachers, faculty and staff from Livingston Parish schools are some of the latest to give back to their peers affected byÃÂ ...
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
September 9, 2017
The pictures of Livingston Parish after last year's floods showed a community brought to its knees after years of extraordinary growth.
WBRZ
September 2, 2017
SATSUMA - The Livingston Parish Sheriff's office says a parish-owned excavator stolen from a job site in Satsuma this week was laterÃÂ ...
The Advocate
September 2, 2017
Mark Harrell, director of the Livingston Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said Friday that water remains highÃÂ ...
