Denham Springs News

A 42-year-old Denham Springs man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison after admitting he defrauded Fidelity Bank of more than $1.2 million.

Advocate staff photo by Arthur Lauck Jerry Horky, left, and John LeBlanc, of Guy's Towing Service, prepare to tow the trailer involved in a wreck on Interstate 12 for towing in Livingston Parish Wednesday.

State Police said they expect to have I-12 West back open around 3:30 p.m. after an 18-wheeler wreck closed it all morning.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNONGive me a signNathan Graham with Traffic Control Products Co.

A 41-year-old Denham Springs man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to a charge that he participated in a scheme to steal $157,366 from Southern University.

The fall opening of the new Live Oak High School here could be delayed after thieves stole more than $100,000 worth of copper and tools from the construction site during the weekend, officials said.

A line of strong thunderstorms with a history of high winds and hail is moving east into the New Orleans area, according to a special weather statement issued by the Slidell office of the National Weather Service .

Here's evidence that driving east from Baton Rouge to Denham Springs and Hammond was a hassle long before our congested Interstate 12 came into being.

Developer Stephen Keller says problems that delayed his Juban Crossing project are being overcome and that stores and other businesses will begin to open their doors at the site early next year.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office say four people have been arrested for stealing storm drain grates after a deputy noticed their low-riding minivan in Denham Springs Thursday night.

Street signs changing the name of Rodeo Drive to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive should start going up next month.

For the fourth year in a row, the city spent more last year from its governmental funds than it took in, records show.

Tickets can be purchased at Live Oak High School, The Glass Slipper, Pizza Place, Padain's Specialty Meats, Live Oak Animal Hospital and Oak Point Fresh Market, school officials said.

Leroy Duncan, 62, Baker, fugitive through East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Jessica Lee, 25, Baton Rouge, bench warrant for failure to appear for theft Matthew Lewis, 31, Denham Springs, bench warrants for failure to appear for simple battery, motor vehicle inspection sticker, expired driver's license and fugitive through EBR Lee Robinson, 32, ... (more)

Natasha Popich Miller was a 10-year-old oyster fisher's daughter from Plaquemines Parish when she first learned to sew during a visit to her grandmother's house.

Up to 85,000 vehicles use Interstate 12 between Baton Rouge and Livingston every day.

Martin Luther King Drive - neighbors say the name has an influential ring to it.

Newly-elected Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks has been in office just one week, and he already stopped payment on a nearly $400,000 check signed by his predecessor, Mike Grimmer.

Krewe of Jupiter and Juno's King Jupiter IX Gerald Boyd Woods and Queen Juno IX Laura Boudreaux Pitre reigned over KOJJ's ninth annual Jubilee Saturday at the Baton Rouge River Center.

The newly seated Livingston Parish Council unanimously adopted a resolution opposing all proposed Baton Rouge loop routes through Livingston Parish.