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Livingston Parish Government, Livingston Parish Sheriff agree on another curfew for Wednesday night and Thursday morning due to refreezing concerns

A once-in-a-lifetime snow event caused some strange weather for southern Louisiana on Tuesday, January 21 and remained in place due to below-freezing temperatures into Wednesday, January 22. …
Livingston Parish Public Schools sign
Livingston Parish Public Schools to remain closed through Thursday due to refreezing concerns
A one-in-a-lifetime snow event caused some strange weather for southern Louisiana on Tuesday, January 21 and remained in place due to below-freezing temperatures into Wednesday, January 22. …
The 2024 - 2027 Livingston Parish Council
Livingston Parish Council appoints new chair, vice-chair; enacts moratorium and drainage manual
The January 9 meeting of the Livingston Parish Council was dominated by discussion of the library board. Readers can click here to read the full story of discussion regarding that portion of the …
President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as he is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States
Report: Trump slows plans for tariffs despite promising immediate action
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump could take a slower, more deliberate process in establishing tariffs after promising for months that trade partners would be hit with significant …

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Sports
Three Albany players made second-team all-district.
Albany made it 13 in a row with a 62-45 win over Central Private on Jan. 15 at home.
Albany was topped by Archbishop Hannan, 58-56, in a home game that was held on Jan. 14.
Opinion

OPINION | Setting the record straight on Washington's Advanced Clean Truck rule

Responding to Laura Watson's  op-ed  on the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rule, I'd like to share my lived experience from decades in trucking and the supply chain. Our family entered …

OPINION | How innovative approaches to the future of work will benefit U.S. economy

As the year kicks off with a Republican-controlled Congress and White House increasingly focused on efficiency, it should be no surprise that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is being …
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Arts and Entertainment

Clark Robertson: Rooting for vegetables

Digging potatoes, pulling onions, carrots, beets, radishes, and turnips – it’s fun to grow root vegetables. These are all great vegetables for beginning gardeners to grow. Now’s the …

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT | Cypress Kaylynn Lambert

Parents Chase and Whitney Lambert welcomed Cypress Kaylynn Lambert on August 29, 2024. Cypress was born at Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 6:38 p.m. She was 20 inches long and weighed 7 …
Obituaries
Renette Montgomery Strebeck
OBITUARY | Renette Montgomery Strebeck
Renette Montgomery Strebeck, aged 92, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2025, in Chelsea, Alabama. She was born on April 14, 1932, in Red Level, Alabama, to Daniel Bullard Montgomery and Lavada …
Florence Norma Scivicque Crowder
OBITUARY | Florence Norma Scivicque Crowder
Florence Norma Scivicque Crowder, 88, went to be with her Lord on December 24, 2024. Florence was born in Head of Island, LA on November 8, 1936. She graduated from Denham Springs High School in 1954 …
Billy Ralph Gibson
OBITUARY | Billy Ralph Gibson
Billy Ralph Gibson Jr., 61, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. A native of Mobile, Alabama and a resident of Denham Springs, Billy was a loving and supportive husband and father …
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 …