LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - The Livingston Parish School Board has doubled its bus budget to allow the transportation director to replace a fifth of the oldest segment of the district's fleet. Of the 256 school buses on the road in Livingston Parish, Transportation Director Steve Vampran says 156 are 15... more »
FRENCH SETTLEMENT, La. (AP) - State police say a 28-year-old Maurepas man died in a crash on La. Highway 22 in Livingston Parish. Trooper Russell Graham says Robert Mamolo was driving westbound Tuesday afternoon when he ran off the road and flipped his SUV. Graham says Mamolo, who was not... more »
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - The value of taxable property in Livingston Parish has risen almost 23 percent since 2008, which was the last reassessment year. Livingston Parish Assessor Jeff Taylor tells The Advocate most homes and businesses that existed three years ago haven't had their assessments changed during that period,... more »
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks says the parish's director of emergency preparedness has resigned. Ricks tells The Advocate he has begun the search for a director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness and will have a replacement for James Tullier in the job well before hurricane... more »
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian. The accident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday La. Highway 16 in Livingston Parish. Troopers say a pickup driven by 46-year-old James Cowell of Walker was traveling southbound when it struck a pedestrian lying in... more »
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in Livingston Parish that claimed the life of a Pine Grove woman. The accident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday on La. Highway 449 north of Livingston. Troopers say 64-year-old Anna R. Martin was northbound when her pickup ran... more »
MAUREPAS, La. (AP) - Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies say a 4-year-old Maurepas (MOH'-run-pah) child drowned in a swimming pool. Deputies said that Kyle Farris was found unresponsive in the family pool shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say the child apparently went outside without his parents' knowledge, climbed the ladder... more »
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - Public schools in Livingston Parish won't teach creationism this year, but some board members say they might consider adding it to the curriculum in the future. Marjorie Esman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, tells the Advocate newspaper that the school district... more »