Council votes to file 'friendly lawsuit'

The Livingston Parish Council voted 5-4 Thursday night to file a "friendly lawsuit" to settle a dispute over who has the authority to sign checks in the Ricks administration. Councilman Marshall Harris proposed the suit to get a finite answer on whether an "interim" finance director has the right to sign checks for the administration. Parish President Layton Ricks and DA Scott Perrilloux both denied any wrongdoing by the administration in drafting multiple checks during this period between the inaugural and introduction of a full-time permanent finance director for the parish.

Eden Church Road improvements are a go

Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks signed documents authorizing the start of engineering work on Eden Church Road near Denham Springs Thursday night. Ricks brokered a compromise between two local firms, Alvin Fairburn & Associates and Quality Engineering to complete the project. Shown below, Derek Murphy of Quality Engineering Services and Alvin Fairburn, Jr. of AFA jointly address the council to announce their collaboration on Eden Church Road.

Celebration at North Oaks

Melanie Zaffutto, Communications Director at North Oaks, and Board of Commissioners Vice-President AJ Bodker at Thursday's opening of the hospital's new Clinic Building.