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DENHAM SPRINGS — The city’s animal shelter, a facility that sustained extensive damage during the August 2016 flood that inundated much of Livingston Parish, will be receiving a new building that will enhance the facility’s operations and provide …
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June 30 marked the end of the Rotary of Gonzales year and ushered in the 52nd year of the club.
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Beginning Aug. 1, properly licensed Louisiana and nonresident hunters may take outlaw quadrupeds (feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos), nutria and beaver at night on private property the entire year with the landowner’s permission, a news release said.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on July 28 announced that Denham Springs resident Thomas Boutwell is the winner of the 2020 Baton Rouge St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, a news release said.
The Livingston Future 5 were announced July 28 at the Livingston Young Professionals annual meeting, a news release said.
Dr. Jherie Ducombs, a cardiologist at North Oaks Health System in Hammond, was elected to the American Heart Association Southeast board of directors, a news release said.
Pelican State Credit Union is one of five credit unions in Louisiana with the ability to offer Small Business Administration loans to help businesses keep their doors open and continue to compensate their employees during the coronavirus pandemic,…
Deacon Mathew Dunn, of French Settlement, was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Baton Rouge on Aug. 1 at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge. Bishop Michael G. Duca celebrated the ordination Mass.
HAMMOND — Hot August Night, an event that showcased the city’s Downtown Development District and attracted approximately 10,000 visitors to the area each year, has been expanded to Hot August Month this year, yet another change brought on by the c…
Neighbors Federal Credit Union contributed $68,340.30 to 15 participating schools during the 2019-2020 school year. The funds came from NFCU’s Mascot Checking Program, a news release said.
The hunting rules and regulations for the 2020-21 season are available on the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website, https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/seasons-and-regulations.
St. Francis Primary Care and St. Francis Pediatrics have been designated as a Rural Health Clinic by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, a news release said.
In the July 22 edition of The Plainsman, reporter Leila Pitchford shared her coronavirus stay-at-home activities, which includes an in-depth online quilt course, and asked readers to send in theirs.
On July 29, a resident of New Orleans West Bank was researching the Pontchartrain's Northshore.
When you do not have enough money to cover your family’s basic living expenses and pay all your creditors, you face difficult financial decisions.
HAMMOND — Southeastern Louisiana University has received a newly endowed scholarship from the Hammond-Ponchatoula Sunrisers Rotary Club, a news release said.
The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on July 23-30:
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Court cases filed in Ascension Parish on July 5-10:
The volunteers of the West Feliciana Animal Humane Society collaborate with the parish government to handle dog and cat adoptions at West Feliciana Parish's James L. "Bo" Bryant Animal Shelter.
The following people were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison or issued a summons by the Zachary Police Department on July 24-30:
Authorities in West Baton Rouge arrested a 43-year-old they say hit a woman with a vehicle last summer, leaving her in a coma for several months until she died this fall.
The Tangipahoa Federation of Teachers is pushing to keep students away from campuses amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the group saying Tuesday it doesn't believe the local school district’s measures are sufficient to stop the spread of the disease.
The annual Arc of East Ascension's Dancing For A Cause fundraiser event is going virtual, and needs dancers.
Willie M. Robinson, a local real estate Broker and co-owner of Ascension Realty of Louisiana LLC and co-founder of The Blue Foundation, has announced his candidacy for the Gonzales Council Division C seat.
The Leadership Ascension program is accepting applications for its upcoming program.
The 2020 Run for the Badge 5K will be held globally as a virtual event to keep participants safe and healthy and offer more opportunities to create awareness and support for the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum, according to a news release.
Christine Guidry Law, a Copper Mill Elementary School teacher actively involved in the preservation of Native American and Acadian history, has been named the 2020 Louisiana History Teacher of the Year.
West Feliciana rodeo standout Owen Brouillette and Team Louisiana had noteworthy performances at the 72nd annual National High School Rodeo Association finals held July 17-23 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Brouillette placed fifth in his first round of com…
An Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office deputy died Saturday morning after a weeks-long battle with the coronavirus.
DONALDSONVILLE — Contractor Glenn L. Price, a leading challenger to incumbent Donaldsonville Mayor Leroy Sullivan, is awaiting a jury trial on a two-year-old felony theft charge in West Baton Rouge Parish and, if elected this fall, might even take…
Lines of people, many without masks, queued up at a bustling Livingston Parish barbecue restaurant Monday, just days after the state revoked the eatery’s food permit for violating rules requiring customers and employees to wear masks and follow th…
SORRENTO — With cars, trucks and 18-wheelers passing behind them, state and local officials on Monday marked the completion of a $5.6 million highway roundabout at a busy intersection in Ascension Parish that is a major route to the growing indust…
Mauro Rojas had been looking forward to a few family trips he planned to take this year and had been working at chemical plants to save up money for starting an aquarium business to support his young family.
A Hammond man was killed in a Sunday morning crash near Ponchatoula after his car veered off a highway and struck several trees, authorities said.
The city of Gonzales took two giant steps in recent weeks toward having a performing arts and conference center: buying a 5-acre site in early July and then applying for an $8.5 million construction loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rur…
An Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office deputy died Saturday morning after a weeks-long battle with with the coronavirus.
A former Livingston Parish SWAT leader and teacher accused of numerous sex crimes, including rape and child pornography, will go to trial in mid-2021.
GONZALES — After an Ascension Parish Council member left an expletive-laden voice mail with a parish employee Thursday night, the council chairwoman says she will seek a public censure of him.
A Hammond contractor is arguing with the city government over payment after he accidentally demolished the wrong house.
Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi urged people to take coronavirus safeguards seriously after he confirmed Thursday he has been hospitalized by the virus.
A man whose body was discovered Tuesday by Livingston Parish Sheriff's deputies died from a gunshot wound, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A Tangipahoa Parish equipment shop worker was found shot to death inside his workplace Wednesday morning, but police don't yet have have a suspect or motive in the homicide.
Carroll P. Bourgeois, who for 32 years was the face of Addis and who, as its longtime mayor, oversaw the west bank town’s transformation from a sleepy village to a growing Baton Rouge suburb, died Wednesday after a yearslong battle with cancer. He…
Deluged with complaints from parents eager to send their kids to school full time this fall, the Zachary Community School Board agreed Tuesday to consider bringing younger students back for a traditional, five-day school week sooner than originall…
A Livingston man died in a two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning on La. 30 in Ascension Parish, State Police Troop A reported.
It's not too late to donate school supplies or money to Volunteer Ascension's School Tools Drive, which supplies paper, pencils, crayons and other needed items to school children around Ascension Parish.
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DENHAM SPRINGS — Despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic that has affected many small business throughout the state and nation, the Antique Village, a collection of shops and restaurants in the city’s Downtown Historic Distric…