Denham Springs News

Hancock County officials say a man investigators believe drowned Sunday afternoon in the Mississippi Sound has been identified.

The city of Denham Springs finds expenditures for this fiscal year, which ends June 30, are $1.6 million higher than revenue.

Fishermen out floundering about 2:45 a.m. Monday found the man in the water near Lakeshore Road, he said.

Jeremy Duhe arrived at Tiger Stadium's west parking lot early Sunday to beat the heat at Bayou Country Superfest's Fan Fest.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER Country music artist Joe Nichols signs Rachel Guillory's arm Sunday afternoon at the Fan Fest meet-and-greet outside LSU Tiger Stadium where Bayou Country Superfest was going full swing.

The council unanimously approved Jennifer Meyers as parish finance director, ending a lengthy source of contention between the council and Parish President Layton Ricks.

Cotessa Solomon, 28, Crowley, affidavit warrant for felony theft Roderick Williams, 45, Baker, felony theft of goods and a bench warrant for failure to appear for theft of goods Vanetta Jackson, 28, Baker, bench warrant for failure to appear for theft Avery Brown, 49, Baker, fugitive through Baton Rouge PD Lemoyne Cobb, 37, Baker, first-offense ... (more)

City workers began signing up for a new health insurance plan Wednesday designed to save the city about $170,000 while offering participants lower co-payments in the coming fiscal year, officials said.

Sales tax collections in Livingston Parish were higher than those of any previous April on record, the latest report shows.

"I amused myself with answers for the better part of a week, and finally settled for 'lagniappe' as the answer to the first part of the question.

The Advocate reports the city council adopted an ordinance Monday that provides for levying fines of up to $500 against owners of overgrown yards and lots.

Outdoor goods retailer Cabela's opened for business in Gonzales in late 2007 just ahead of competitor Bass Pro Shops in Denham Springs after both won protracted court battles over the incentives local governments used to lure them.

Baton Rouge police arrested two men in connection with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man on April 9, said a police spokesman.

It was announced Thursday that Winfield's Locket has been added to the lineup for the 2012 Bayou Country Superfest at LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on May 27, 2012.

SIBLEY COMPLETES BASIC: Army Pvt. Michael M. Sibley has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Sibley is the brother of Shavette Allen, of Baton Rouge, and is a 2010 graduate of Capitol High School.

The Evangeline Parish Police Jury agreed Monday to move Police Jury offices from the courthouse to the parish-owned Medicaid building in order to free up space in the courthouse for the Evangeline Parish district attorney.

Police arrested a 14-year old after they say he burglarized a home on N. 30th Wednesday morning.

A student minister at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in 2010, Spinks would experience many sleepless nights wondering how to reach the un-churched. "In places like China, Africa and India the gospel is spreading like wildfire in the face of persecution," Spinks said.

Joseph Johnson, 33, Baton Rouge, fugitive through EBRSO Elijah Lofton, 26, St. Francisville, booked for possession of marijuana and bugitive through EBR Warren Dixon, 20, Baker, booked for carnal knowledge of a juvenile , bench warrants for failure to appear for possession of marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles Jeffrey ... (more)

The City Council approved an amended tree ordinance Tuesday evening and decided to deal with weeds at its next meeting.