Around Livingston for Feb. 6, 2012

The right lanes on the eastbound and westbound of Interstate 12 will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Feb. 12 through Feb. 16 to allow workers to install concrete barriers and deliver materials.Continue reading →

Pilot Club vies to win $25,000

Voting ends Tuesday for January’s Aprons in Action, The Home Depot Foundation’s Facebook voting program.This month, The Pilot Club is one of four nonprofit organizations that has been selected as a finalist for the … Continue reading →

Around Livingston for Jan. 9, 2012

Walker will celebrate Mardi Gras with a family-friendly parade, city officials said.The parade will start 1 p.m. Feb. 4 and feature floats, antique cars, horseback riders, marching bands, dancers and other performers.Anyone interested … Continue reading →

Around Livingston

Southside Elementary School has been named a National Title I Distinguished School.Title I is the largest federally funded program for pre-college education, providing more than $15 billion annually to schools and districts for supplemental … Continue reading →

Christmas trees to be recycled

The city of Walker, the LSU AgCenter and volunteers from the Livingston Master Gardeners and Livingston 4-H clubs have joined together to offer residents and utility customers the opportunity to recycle their Christmas trees and help beautify … Continue reading →

Around Livingston for Nov. 14, 2011

Child Advocacy Services will offer training for its Darkness to Light Stewards of Children program Friday at the North Oaks Livingston Parish Medical Complex, 17199 Spring Ranch Road, Livingston.Stewards of Children is an award-winning … Continue reading →

Around Livingston for October 3, 2011

Council begins fall art classesPumpkin-making classes hosted by the Arts Council of Livingston Parish will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.Participants will create pumpkins out of construction paper and recycled tissue paper holders. The class … Continue reading →

Around Livingston for September 5, 2011

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory will host Science Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 17 at LIGO’s Science Education Center, 19100 LIGO Lane, Livingston.The theme of Saturday’s event is “Science of Swing — Rocks.” … Continue reading →

Around Livingston for August 22, 2011

Livingston Parish Assessor Jeff Taylor and his office have been nominated for the 2011 Distinguished Assessment Jurisdiction Award.It is presented by the International Association of Assessing Officers to agencies that have instituted improvements in their … Continue reading →

Around Livingston for July 25, 2011

Police host ‘Night Out’The Livingston Parish “National Night Out” against crime will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 4 in the Livingston Square Shopping Center, 730 South Range Ave., Denham Springs.Continue reading →