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Livingston, Louisiana is located in Livingston Parish. Zip codes in Livingston, LA include 70754. The median home price in Livingston is $149,900. More Livingston information.

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Thursday May 16 | NOLA.com

Life savers, homicide investigators, more honored at Louisiana State Police ceremony

Some of the nominees for Uniformed Trooper of the Year stand on stage at the Louisiana State Police's annual awards ceremony Thursday in Baton Rouge.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The Advocate

Livingston to begin replacing bridges

For Rose Sabre, the worst part of having the bridge to her community closed came when an ambulance reached it and couldn't get to her home.

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Fri May 10, 2013

The Advocate

Hard rain causes flooding, fire and outages

Hard rain from a severe thunderstorm roared through Baton Rouge early Friday and caused headaches for morning commuters with power outages, school closures, street flooding and a building fire sparked by a direct lightning strike.

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NOLA.com

Upgraded Livingston observatory poised to help prove Einstein's gravitational wave theory

Workers install optics inside laser beam splitter chamber at the Livingston Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory as part of a $205 million upgrade.

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The Advocate

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Hard rain from a severe thunderstorm that slowly moved through the Baton Rouge area early Friday morning has caused street flooding and some power outages.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Advocate

Livingston voters to decide mosquito tax in October

The Livingston Parish Council voted 6-2 Thursday night to put a proposed property tax for mosquito abatement before voters in October.

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Fri May 03, 2013

The Advocate

Livingston tank fire continues to rage

Two oil tanks that have been on fire for more than 8 hours will have to burn for another two to three hours before firefighters can smothered the blaze with foam, authorities said Friday morning.

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Thu May 02, 2013

The Advocate

Livingston schools need more computers for 2014 assessments

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests will require students in the third through 12th grades - or more than 18,885 students in Livingston Parish - to take the assessments on computers, Instruction Supervisor Joe Murphy told the School Board.

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Wed May 01, 2013

The Advocate

Judge sets $500,000 bail in Addis - murder for hire' case

A state district judge set bail at $500,000 during arraignment proceedings Wednesday for a Livingston Parish woman accused of the "murder for hire" killing of her husband in West Baton Rouge Parish.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Thousands expected in Livingston Parish for Tickfaw 200

Those of you in the southern part of Livingston Parish may want to top your gas tanks before this weekend.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

The Advocate

Around Livingston for April 29, 2013

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development holds a meeting for the public on the proposed widening of Juban Road from Interstate 12 to Florida Boulevard and construction of three roundabouts.

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The Times-Picayune

Flash flood warning for Livingston Parish; rain redeveloping in Lafourche, Jefferson parishes

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for central Livingston Parish until 4:45 p.m. At 3:12 p.m., meteorologists detected a thunderstorm capable of producing flash flooding over that area, including the cities of Walker and Livingston.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

The Advocate

Livingston council's attorney withdraws from parish lawsuit

The Livingston Parish Council's attorney, Chris Moody, withdrew from a high-profile lawsuit Thursday, saying that doing so would improve his relationship with the council and the administration.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

The Times-Picayune

Severe thunderstorm, tornado watch issued for south Louisiana Wednesday

A tornado watch was issued Wednesday for much of southeast Louisiana, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans, according to a National Weather Service alert.

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Tue Apr 23, 2013

NOLA.com

House votes to criminalize drugs 25-I, Spice

The Louisiana House passed bills Tuesday to outlaw synthetic cannabis, known as "Spice" or K-2, as well as the synthetic hallucinigen 25-I. Here, a poster warning of the effects of the drug known as 'spice' hangs on a wall at the Naval Hospital in San Diego.

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Mon Apr 22, 2013

The Advocate

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A bill that would establish a special state funding to pay for infrastructure improvements at the proposed Juban Crossing mixed-use development in Livingston Parish passed a key test on Monday.

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