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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
LIVINGSTON-TANGIPAHOA
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WATSON — A quirky, two-mile bottleneck on La. 16 in Livingston Parish that has bedeviled motorists for years is history.
A $7.7 million project to widen the state highway from two lanes to four between Denham Springs and Watson is open to traffic after 11 months of construction and years of pushing by local leaders to fund it, state and local officials said Monday.
TICKFAW — Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested three Hammond men in a Sunday morning home invasion during which a homeowner was shot and wounded. Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested two more people in a counterfeiting scheme, bringing the total arrested in the case to five, deputies said. WALKER — The town’s administration looks a lot like the former East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office after Bobby Font took over as mayor and Fred Raiford became his chief of staff Monday. Parish President Mike Grimmer, other elected officials and community leaders plan to attend a groundbreaking Tuesday for the 2009 Children’s Miracle Mansion at Greystone Golf and Country Club, 9214 Greystone Drive, Denham Springs. Livingston Parish government dipped into its reserves for almost $1.2 million to meet 2008 spending needs, parish records show. The withdrawals more than halved the parish’s general fund reserves, according to the parish’s financial records. Federal authorities in Baton Rouge filed a counterfeiting complaint against a Denham Springs man on New Year’s eve, a day after Livingston Parish deputies arrested him at a burger joint. SATSUMA — Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies booked three teenagers Wednesday morning in connection with a drive-by shooting, Chief of Operations Perry Rushing reported. HAMMOND — Even though he’s looking back on his career as director at the Hammond Regional Arts Center, Joey France is reluctant to blow his own horn. For Denham Springs-area artist Bonnie Williams, there’s a good story behind just about anything. Beth King hopes a new engineering technology program at Southeastern Louisiana University will help her land a job designing either cars or automobile parts. The Literacy and Technology Center, 9261 Florida Blvd., Walker, will offer non-credit courses this spring. Sheriff Willie Graves was the guest speaker at the Dec. 3 meeting of the Livingston Parish Republican Women. FIREWORKS SALE: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. RESOLUTION RUN: 9 a.m. at Spoga, 210 W. Thomas St., Hammond. Music starts at 8. Livingston Parish Council on Aging and Tangipahoa Voluntary Council on Aging: Meal site menus. (For meal site locations, please call (225) 664-9343 in Livingston Parish or (985) 748-7486 in Tangipahoa Parish.) HAMMOND — Hammond will welcome the Harlem Ambassadors exhibition basketball team Jan. 18 at the Southeastern Louisiana University Center. Action, ball tricks and comedy routines make the event a crowd pleaser. Heidi Wales, daughter of Richard and Kathy Wales of Walker, recently danced the roles of Dew Drop Fairy, Snowflake and Spanish Dancer in the Hammond Ballet Company’s Christmas production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” ballet. Danielle Acker was looking for a way to get her bachelor’s degree in nursing while balancing a full-time job and the family life of a mother of two. Livingston and Tangipahoa Parish: Holiday. The Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s educational access channel, has won regional Emmy Awards for the fourth consecutive year. It was an honor in itself for the Southeastern Louisiana University Guitar Quartet to be invited to perform at the University of Southern California. DENHAM SPRINGS — Livingston Parish deputies arrested three people attempting to pass fake $20 bills, Sheriff’s Chief of Operations Perry Rushing said Tuesday. DENHAM SPRINGS — The City Council approved the mayor’s choice of Annie Fugler on Tuesday to serve as an interim member of the council. |
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