Livingston homeowners look to remove blight from abandoned properties

LIVINGSTON PARISH - Residents in some Livingston Parish neighborhoods are looking for ways to spruce up blighted properties without reprecussions.In the Robinwood subdivision, residents say overgrown grass and plants is a problem that has grown through the past five years."The fence is falling down," Johnawane Tarver, a 15-year resident of the neighborhood said regarding a nearby home. "Nothing is mowed."That specific home is part of a bankrupcy proceeding. The neighborhood offered to clean up t