ALBANY – Town officials are in the final round of legwork to begin construction on a new municipal complex and police station.

DENHAM SPRINGS – As many as nine out of 10 child car seats are installed incorrectly or the child is in the wrong seat, according to the Denham Springs Police Department.

DENHAM SPRINGS – A section of Greenwell Springs Road (La. 64) west of La. 16 will have lane closures this weekend so crews can make approach-lane slab repairs, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development.

BATON ROUGE – A potentially heated debate looms for lawmakers when the state’s 2019 operating budget takes center stage on the House Floor this morning at the State Capitol.

DENHAM SPRINGS — Communities are a sum of their parts. People, government, organizations, and business all combine to make up a sense of togetherness in any given place. The reflection of that community is created by the attitude of the participants – good or bad.

WALKER – The Walker roundabout north of Interstate 12 will have a lane closure Thursday and Sunday through Friday, April 22-27, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development.

LIVINGSTON – LIGO Livingston has detected gravitational waves, proven binary black holes exist, and brought a Nobel Prize for science to Livingston Parish.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The roundabout at Lockhart and Cockerham roads will have a single lane closure beginning Wednesday night for the final layer of asphalt, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development.

BATON ROUGE – The state House of Representatives gave final approval April 13 to a Livingston Parish lawmaker’s bill to fight criminalize fraud involving state government benefits.

BATON ROUGE – Former First Lady Barbara Bush will be known for her work to promote worldwide literacy and her inspiration to millions, Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement released tonight.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Walking into the Texas event, everyone knew who he was and what his city had done. He, in turn, knew none of them.

ALBANY – Livingston Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Ponchatoula woman on a charge of attempted second-degree murder and hit-and-run after she reportedly tried to strike a pedestrian.

HOUSTON – East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Tullier, the Livingston Parish resident wounded in a July 2016 ambush attack in Baton Rouge, remains in ICU today for treatment against pneumonia.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Two ongoing highway projects, between Denham Springs and Walker, and Livingston and Holden, will continue this week, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development.

LIVINGSTON – A battle between Livingston Parish government and the federal government continues over payment for repairs to roads damaged in the August 2016 flood – and no end is in sight.  

LIVINGSTON -- The Livingston Parish School Board recognized the Walker High School boys basketball team at its April 12 meeting for winning the 2018 Class 5A basketball championship.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The Boys & Girls Club of Livingston Parish is still looking for a site to host the club’s program.

LIVINGSTON – Early voting continues through April 28 for seven Livingston Parish precincts which will vote on 10-year renewal of a 10-mill property tax for Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 2.

LIVINGSTON – Officials from Livingston Parish government will have a few extra months to promote renewal of the Road Maintenance Program.

BATON ROUGE – The Duplication of Benefits penalty continues to pose the biggest stumbling block for most of the denial of awards for victims of the 2016 flood, Gov. John Bel Edwards told the Restore Louisiana Task Force.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The southern portion of Livingston Parish felt some effect of an early morning tornado and other areas endured flooding when a powerful low-pressure system barreled through the state early Saturday.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Friends, family members and well-wishers came together to welcome home fallen Lance Cpl. Taylor J. Conrad, one of four U.S. Marines who died in a helicopter crash 15 miles outside of El Centro, Calif., on April 3.

A procession runs through Range Avenue in Denham Springs in honor of Lance Cpl. Taylor Conrad, who was one of four U.S. Marines that died in a helicopter crash outside of El Centro, California, on April 3.

BATON ROUGE – The record federal fund allocation Louisiana will receive for flood management will likely open the gates to completion of the Comite River Diversion Canal, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday.

DENHAM SPRINGS – A total of 17 students were honored on April 11 at the annual Chamber of Commerce State of Education | Scholarship program.

BATON ROUGE - A better than expected fiscal forecast the state Revenue Estimating Committee released Thursday could spare cuts to higher education and ease funding reductions in other area, Gov. Edwards said.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The city has made strides in flood recovery and created a group that is at the forefront of long-term projects to improve Denham Springs.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is trying to identify a suspect in the theft of a utility trailer from a Denham Springs home, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman said.

LIVINGSTON – Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said the plan is in motion to put a half-cent sales tax on the Nov. 6 ballot to fund a school resource officer for each parish school.

LIVINGSTON – Introduction of an ordinance to allow creation of a mosquito abatement board for Watson and an area north of Denham Springs passed Thursday night on an 8-1 vote by the Livingston Parish Council.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Denham Springs/Ward II City Court has a new prosecutor.

LIVINGSTON – A retired Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office canine – credited with more than 20 physical apprehensions – died Tuesday, according to Sheriff Jason Ard.

LIVINGSTON – Slow recovery for homeowners in the wake of the 2016 floods may lead to another extension on the reduced property assessments in Livingston Parish.

DENHAM SPRINGS – A section of La. 64 will have lane closures for three days so crews can make approach-lane slab repairs, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Curve Appeal Boutique opened recently and knows the shoppers it is targeting.    

LIVINGSTON – The two Livingston Parish Council members who could not get support from fellow councilmen to keep the mosquito abatement board intact will take another approach at tonight’s meeting.

LIVINGSTON – Investigation is underway on the cause of a three-vehicle crash that killed a Livingston woman Wednesday afternoon.

DENHAM SPRINGS – School resource officers are trained law enforcement officers. Officer Susan Edwards said she hopes they are seen as more than that.

LIVINGSTON — Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard plans to recommend a half-cent sales tax as a plan to fund the costs of staffing resource officers in all 46 schools in the parish.

WALKER – It may have taken a little bit longer than originally planned, but Big Bad Ben’s Car Wash No. 2 is open for business.

SATSUMA – An $11 million check from the Federal Emergency Management Agency may be in the hands of the Livingston Parish school system in the next month, according to the school superintendent.

DENHAM SPRINGS — Carpe diem is an old latin phrase which translates to ‘seize the day.’ In order to seize the day, one must take advantage of every opportunity - which is the exact way Stuart and Rene Salassi take charge on a daily basis.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The CEO called it a celebration, a learning experience and a chance to continue building relationships with its customers. 

DENHAM SPRINGS – Change often leads to better things, the first guest at the newly opened CC’s Coffee House said Tuesday morning.

WALKER -- Northshore Technical Community College (NTCC) has resolved its budget problems with its Walker campus, the Walker City Council was told Monday night.

WALKER – By the time the drills finished, the media was reporting it – a woman shot three people before taking her own life at Youtube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif.