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Windmill Trails® opens its first two guest stay vacation units in Tylertown, MS

Windmill Trails
Bennett Realty, LLC is excited to announce the grand opening of Windmill Trails, a unique guest stay community located in Tylertown, MS. The 2-unit property, situated just minutes south of Tylertown …
Ralph Burgess, member of the Livingston Parish Infrastructure Committee, as he presents a long-range plan for road and street construction and improvements at the first-ever meeting of the infrastructure committee on Thursday. In the background is a TV screen on which was projected a map of the parish on which Burgess highlighted plans for road construction.
Livingston Parish Infrastructure Committee holds first meeting
The first-ever meeting of the Livingston Parish Infrastructure Committee was held Thursday in the parish governmental building in Livingston. Committee Chairman Ricky Goff stressed that the …
JAMES LACHNEY, project manager for Arkel Co., addresses the Livingston Parish Library Board of Control Tuesday. Lachney and board members discussed the proposed construction of a retaining wall at the Albany-Springfield Branch Library to prevent the accumulation of mud on an outdoor meeting area of the library.
Library adopts adjustments to complaint process for books and materials
Policy changes regarding organization of the library, changes to board by-laws and to challenges to books and materials, along with a non-binding resolution addressing board decorum were the order of …
Denham Springs Junior High Principal Justin Wax
Denham Springs Junior High Principal Justin Wax named state semi-finalist for 'Principal of the Year'
The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) announced the teachers, principals, and early childhood leaders who are one step closer to being named the state’s overall honorees. The LDOE named …

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Sports
Albany and Holden won lopsided games, while Denham Springs and Live Oak continued their successful seasons on March 20.
Live Oak’s Jaidyn Lewis won both hurdle events at the Walker Invitational that took place on March 20.
Walker’s Jacob Mackey and Peyton Levy were both victorious in two events and the Wildcats won the Walker Invitational on March 20.
Opinion

OPINION | Trump and the economy: Opportunities and risks

Polling shows that Americans remain understandably frustrated by an economy that has stolen their prosperity and sapped their spirits, especially citizens of modest means. Of course, that very …

OPINION | State resolutions demand federal fiscal restraints

With the federal government facing a  debt of $36 trillion  and realizing that 49 out of 50 states have to balance their budgets, Americans are losing patience with the ability of Congress …
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Arts and Entertainment

In Bloom

Come out and visit the Livingston Parish Master Gardeners Plant Sale which will feature nursery plants, gardening-related items, gardening information, and presentations on Saturday, March 22, 8:30 …

Clark Robertson: Time to fertilizer

Trees are budding out and azaleas blooming. It’s a sure sign that Spring is here and it’s right on time too.  With the roller coaster winter weather we have had, I’m looking …
Obituaries
Frank R. McLavy, Jr.
OBITUARY | Frank R. McLavy, Jr.
Frank R. McLavy, Jr., a beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, March 5, 2025, in Denham Springs, Louisiana at the age of 81. Frank …
Louis Nathan Valenti
OBITUARY | Louis Nathan Valenti
Louis Nathan Valenti, 71, beloved and cherished father, son, and brother, passed away at his home in Idaho Falls on March 5, 2025. Young Lou got his start in the Sportsman’s Paradise of …
OBITUARY | Charles Robert Truax
Charles Robert Truax, a native of Napoleonville and resident of Denham Springs, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025. Charles, 83, was a 1960 graduate of Denham Springs High School. He retired …
Tayna Frances “Fran” Strain Galloway
OBITUARY | Tayna Frances “Fran” Strain Galloway
Tayna Frances “Fran” Strain Galloway completed her final earthly “assignment” on February 13, 2025. Flowing out of the love she experienced knowing Jesus Christ, Fran is known …
JoAnn Elizabeth Maggio Wascom
OBITUARY | JoAnn Elizabeth Maggio Wascom
JoAnn Elizabeth Maggio Wascom, aged 79, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 3, 2025. JoAnn was born on August 11, 1945 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Joseph B. and Mary Belle Maggio. She …