Livingston Parish

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sales tax collections in Livingston Parish were higher than those of any previous April on record. The director of the sales tax program says the April collections were also the second-highest for any month in the history of the parish. ...

The boys are facing aggravated battery, illegal use of a weapon, and property damage charges for shooting at passing cars along highway 190. Using a .22 caliber rifle and the cars as target practice, the 12 and 13 year old boys managed to hit a vehicle shattering glass and slightly injuring the passenger and driver...

Eight Livingston Parish residents have been arrested on charges of felony theft connected to the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A Denham Springs woman told Livingston Parish Sheriff's investigators she feared for her life, when she shot and killed a 70-year-old man who walked onto her front porch--tripping a burglar alarm.