Denham Springs News

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's official budget vetoes have been announced. Jindal scratched out about $19 million worth of spending, but only $3 million worth of so-called "pet projects." Some critics are concerned about the $31 million worth of amendments from legislators that Jindal left in the budget.

It's a lesson in giving back. One meant to teach the "me" generation to think about the community.

Tickets are on sale now to win the 2009 Miracle Mansion, benefiting Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital.

People who live on the outskirts of Denham Springs; along Perkins, Dunn, Arnold, or Linder roads; are urged by the Ward 2 Water Company to limit water usage.

RUSTON -- Louisiana Tech head coach Wade Simoneaux is conducting sign-ups for his youth non-residential Top Dawg Baseball Camp scheduled to begin on June 29-July 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.

The assistant manager of the Office of Motor Vehicles in Denham Springs has been arrested on malfeasance charges, for illegally taking money from customers in exchange for renewing their driver's license, Louisiana State Police said.

A Denham Springs-area man who escaped from the Livingston Parish Detention Center about 3:30 p.m. today was captured about 7 p.m., deputies said.

A 44-year-old Denham Springs woman is accused of listing pets as people who needed federal disaster food stamps after Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav.

Residents of a Denham Springs apartment complex could only watch as their homes went up in smoke Friday.

A Senate committee on killed a proposal to fund online crime investigations by charging an extra 10 cents on every monthly Internet service bill in Louisiana.

Learn how best to ensure neighbors, church members, schoolmates and others are counted in the 2010 census during a meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Old City Hall Welcome Center and Museum, 115 Mattie St., Denham Springs.

"Miracle of Missions" Golf Tournament: 6:30 a.m., LSU Golf Course, corner of Burbank and Nicholson.

At first blush, a monthly 15-cent fee to ferret out Internet creeps who prey on children and gullible adults sounds like a reasonable expense.

Roddy Road, a major Ascension Parish thoroughfare, will be closed at the Shadow Creek and Bert Allen bridges for up to 90 days beginning Wednesday.

Chief of Police Freddy Drennan released the following information: June 5th, 2009: Anthony J. Cooper, age 17 of 733 Walnut Street, Slidell, LA Was issued a summons for Theft under $300.00 by shoplifting merchandise from JC Penny's Michael J. Adams Jr., age 35 of 9 Oak Tree Drive, Slidell, LA Was arrested on an outstanding attachment for failure to ...

Police in Denham Springs, Louisiana are hoping that security camera footage will lead them to the woman who beat an elderly shopper while attempting to steal her purse over the weekend.

Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies say they found drugs, a gun, and money at an apartment on Magnolia Beach Road in Denham Springs.

A 15-cent monthly surcharge should be levied on Internet access across Louisiana to fight online criminal activity, the House voted 81-9 Thursday, over the opposition of Gov.

Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 3 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, booking records show.

Baton Rouge area lawmakers are scrambling to find about $25 million to extend the widening of Interstate 12 to Juban Road.