Greenwell Springs News

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's official budget vetoes have been announced. Jindal scratched out about $19 million worth of spending, but only $3 million worth of so-called "pet projects." Some critics are concerned about the $31 million worth of amendments from legislators that Jindal left in the budget.

City Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a convenience store in Greenwell Springs.

One person was killed and three people were injured today in a two-vehicle crash on Greenwell Springs Road near Wax Road, a State Police spokesman said.

"Miracle of Missions" Golf Tournament: 6:30 a.m., LSU Golf Course, corner of Burbank and Nicholson.

Five people were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with a string of car burglaries, one of which involved the personal vehicle of a detective with the sheriff's office.

Northwestern State University is set to award degrees to 714 graduates at today's spring commencement in Prather Coliseum.

A bill creating a toll bridge between East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes is causing a stir.

Awana Go Fish: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Waddill Wildlife Refuge, 4142 N. Flannery Road, a free fishing derby sponsored by Dutchtown Baptist Church.

A reserve deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography.

State police say 30-year-old Daniel K. Edelen, of Baker, was killed when a car crossed over the centerline of Greenwell Springs-Port Hudson Road and hit his motorcycle head-on. Troopers identified the driver of the westbound car as 19-year-old Quang Nguyen.

Sarah Baldwin, 17, of Pride, handles a Boer goat her family purchased from KC Farms in Greenwell Springs.

"I like seeing animals taken care of and treated with love and respect. When I found my dog, Flintstone, he was malnourished and he weighed barely 15 pounds.

An off-duty fireman left home to put out a fire at a home on Sugarpine Road just off Wax Road in Greenwell Springs Monday morning.

She just turned 50, but she doesn't look a day over 25. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..." sing members of the Adult Fashion Doll Collectors of Baton Rouge.

The third annual Louisiana Horse Expo starts Friday and continues through Sunday at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe.

State Sen. Sharon Broome, D-Baton Rouge, has scheduled a series of community meetings in her legislative district.

State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome will hold a community meeting at 6 p.m. in the Greenwell Springs Library.

East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 24-year-old man Friday night in the slaying of another man Thursday, a spokesman for Sheriff Talmadge Bunch said.

The annual Louisiana Horse Expo will be held March 13-15 at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe.