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Walker council reviews budget, gets clean report for 2024-2025

Director of Finance Mike Cotton briefed the Council on the 2025 proposed budget.
The Walker City Council has its financial books in order for the remainder of 2024 and through 2025. At the Council’s regular meeting Monday night, Mayor Jimmy Watson opened a public …
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District attorney will continue to represent parish, council after failure of Home Rule Charter amendment
The District Attorney’s Office will continue to serve as general counsel for the parish after a proposal to amend the Home Rule Charter failed at the ballot box on Saturday. The Parish …
Roland Hollis of the CO2 Alliance invited the Parish Council to join the organization.
With clock running out on 2024, council sifts through budget, flood control, and more
It’s still early in the season, but lots of holiday shoppers are probably wishing they had more time to check off all the items on their Christmas lists. The Livingston Parish Council is …
Sophia Torrecillas, shown with LPPS Superintendent Jody Purvis, was named winner of this year’s Christmas Card Design contest. She is a junior at Holden High School.
School board approves tax renewal for May ballot
At its final meeting of the year, the Livingston Parish School Board announced Thursday night that an ad valorem tax renewal proposal will go before voters next May. The Board passed a …
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PHOTO GALLERY | Cajun Country Jam 2024 - Sunday

Sawyer Brown rocks the stage as part of their 40 Year Anniversary Tour at the Cajun Country Jam at North Park in Denham Springs on Saturday May 25, 2024.

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Sports
Walker coach Korey Arnold won his 500th-career game at the 2024 Livingston Parish Tournament on Dec. 11.

French Settlement, Walker win in parish tournament on Dec. 11

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Live Oak's M.J. Washington goes up for a shot inside in their game on Dec. 11 in the 2024 Livingston Parish Tournament.
Live Oak and Denham Springs were victorious in their games on Dec. 11 at the 2024 Livingston Parish Tournament at Springfield Elementary School.
Albany coach Chris Beckman look on during a game last season.
Albany won one of its three games in the Northlake Chrisitan School Tournament that was held Dec. 4-6.
Walker's Logan Cookmeyer gets inside during a game this season.
The four Livingston Parish teams in the Denham Springs Tournament won all of their games in the competition that was held Dec. 5-7.
Opinion
Nuclear power plant cooling towers in the distance.

OPINION | The real climate crisis is about power, not just energy

A small nation's defiant exit from COP29 has exposed what many in the developing world have long understood: the global climate agenda is increasingly becoming a story of power asymmetry rather than …

OPINION | Energy policy needs to hit the ground running for Trump’s second term

U.S. energy policy is in dire need of a course correction. Our nation grapples with growing energy demands and challenges, and a second Trump administration faces the daunting task of undoing an …

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Arts and Entertainment
The roughly 300 patrons who purchased advanced tickets got to sip several varieties of vino while also tantalizing their palates with choice selections served up by some of the area’s most popular restaurants.

Main street in Denham abuzz for the annual Holiday Evening and Chef's Night

The Denham Springs Antique Village was abuzz with activity Thursday, December 5 night as shoppers strolled from store to store sampling wine and noshing on hors d'oeuvres . It was all part of …

Clark Robertson: Unexpected gifts

“I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places” – lines to another number 1 record by Bing Crosby seem to go well with “It’s beginning to look a lot like …

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Obituaries
Bonnie Sue Stewart Smith Wilson Gibbs
OBITUARY | Bonnie Sue Stewart Smith Wilson Gibbs
Bonnie Sue Stewart Smith Wilson Gibbs, at the age of 86, passed away on December 6, 2024, surround by her loving family. Bonnie was born in Doyle, Louisiana, on December 17, 1937, to her parents, …
Buren Tillman Palmer
OBITUARY | Buren Tillman Palmer
Celebration of life services for Buren Tillman Palmer, 80, will be held at Christ’s Community Church, 26574 Juban Rd, Denham Springs, LA 70726, Saturday, Nov. 30th, at 11:00 a.m.  Pastor …
OBITUARY | Alice Malone Dowty
Obituary: Alice Malone Dowty died in the early morning of Oct. 18, 2024, at her home in Westport, NY. She was 77 and a former longtime resident of Denham Springs, Louisiana. She was a reporter …
James Ray Cifreo “Brother”
OBITUARY | James Ray Cifreo “Brother”
Obituary: James, age 88, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, November 9, 2024. He was a resident of Walker, Louisiana. James served in the Army as a Mechanic and …
Anne Berthelot Mack
OBITUARY | Anne Berthelot Mack
Anne Berthelot Mack, age 74, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, October 31, 2024. She was a native of Springfield, and a longtime resident of Albany, LA. Her Church and reading her bible were …

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