GONZALES — Walking away from the Ascension Parish Courthouse a free man, Parish President Kenny Matassa said he was "going back to work" after a nearly two-year legal battle to clear his name.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Friday, July 13, 2018
The Livingston Parish Council approved a new mosquito abatement district for an area around Denham Springs and Watson area this year but the Council does not want to give it any money.
A new group of Tangipahoa Parish prosecutors, law enforcement officers and nurses is expected to begin meeting on Monday in an effort to improve the response to sexual assault cases in the parish.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
FRENCH SETTLEMENT – A moratorium on new development. Dredging the Amite River. Stopping Ascension Parish from building the Laurel Ridge Levee extension.
GONZALES — Olin Berthelot, the co-defendant in an election bribery case that ensnared Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa, agreed on the eve of the parish's leader's trial this week to testify for prosecutors but ended up offering testimony t…
Area teachers shared $1 million in donations from Sonic Drive-In during Teacher Appreciation Month in May.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
A Louisiana Master Gardener training class with the LSU Agricultural Center and Ascension Parish Master Gardeners is slated for this fall. The deadline to apply is July 18.
Prairieville residents recently had a few young helping hands in quenching their thirst on a hot June day.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
PORT ALLEN — The City Council on Wednesday voted to override Mayor Richard Lee's veto of the 2018-19 fiscal year budget, ending a nearly month-long squabble over the city's spending plan.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa acquitted in bribery trial: 'I believe in the legal system'
Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa was acquitted Wednesday of election bribery allegations that lingered over him and his administration for nearly two years.
Songwriters and those interested in the art gathered recently for a workshop in St. Francisville.
GONZALES — The Gonzales City Council this week approved a sales tax as well as a hotel-motel tax for the Conway Economic Development District, which incorporates the 345-acre mix-used Conway community now under construction on La. 44.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The annual Kenilworth Independence Day Parade rolled July 3 through the streets of the Baton Rouge subdivision.
House Cup Challenge
Musical snakes
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Tie-dye tees
BREC's Zoo holds weekly camp sessions during the summer.
A former Advocate sportswriter, Howard Arceneaux, 60, whose career included publishing, teaching at LSU and, more recently, community journalism died July 5 of cancer.
The Big Chill 2018 was held at the West Feliciana Parks and Recreation off U.S. 61 in St. Francisville on July 7 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Cub Scout Fishing Derby setThe 2018 Cub Scout Fishing Derby is 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Registration will be open all morning. Games, activities and fishing is available with awards in different categories and ranks. All fishing is from the bank…
Dancing for a Cause
Old and, hopefully, new traditions intersected at Mount Pleasant Road when Zachary christened its Fourth of July Jubilee with a massive celebration that started with local food and a Grammy Award-winning band and ended with fireworks that lit up t…
WALKER — Several thousand residents of Walker and the surrounding area observed a long-standing community tradition on July 4 by gathering at Sidney Hutchinson Park for games, music, food and fellowship in observance of the 242nd birthday of the U…
DENHAM SPRINGS — Vincent Fortado brings a lifetime of classical music training coupled with experience gained from study and performance on two sides of the globe to his position as the new band director at Denham Springs High School.
ST. FRANCISVILLE — After a parade of speakers extolled the virtues of the Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge, the West Feliciana Parish Council on Monday agreed to put $20,000 toward reopening the site.
Dutchtown Griffins football 2018 senior spotlight
ST. FRANCISVILLE — West Feliciana Parish Councilman Mel Percy used a parliamentary maneuver Monday designed to quash a home-rule charter repeal election for at least a year.
The Zachary City Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a proposal to allow restaurants and stores to sell alcohol earlier on Sundays.
ST. FRANCISVILLE — A Baton Rouge landscape architect presented the mayor and Board of Aldermen with proposals Tuesday for plantings and gateway signage to beautify U.S. 61 through the town.
Despite a postponement and rain, Donaldsonville celebrated the Fourth of July the following Saturday with food, music and fireworks.
Campaign announcements
Football marches closer
Sports happenings in the Felicianas
Rapid-fire Zachary summer sports updates
Signup for the Capitol High School Alumni Association’s annual flag football game is slated for 10 a.m. to noon July 14 at the school’s front entrance. Cost is $40 per player.
Fifteen high school students from Thrive Academy graduated <ay 15 from the Fast Track Gardening Program at Southern University Agriculture Land-Grand Campus.
Dr. Girard J. Melancon is the new president of the National Council for Workforce Education. Melancon is the executive director for the Office of Workforce Education at Baton Rouge Community College.
Baton Rouge Community College and Praxair are hosting a community kickoff for the Skills Pipeline workforce development program that begins in August.
The Protostripes Center at LSU Innovation Park has moved operations to a new office space boasting four times the space as the original facility.
Jenna Shante Broadway graduated this spring from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. She received a bachelor of general studies (leadership) degree.
The Baton Rouge Corvette Club is revved up for new members.
The St. George Fire Department welcomed 18 new firefighters during graduation and swearing ceremonies June 30 at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
All Downtown Business Association of Baton Rouge member companies are invited to a free, daylong conference Aug. 16 at Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd.
Forum 35 and Children’s Charter School are partnering up for a 2018-19 public education project.
The Greater Hammond Chamber celebrated a ribbon-cutting for The New Octavians on June 6 at its location, 1905 W. Thomas St., Suite K, Hammond.
Episcopal School of Baton Rouge recently hosted a weeklong Responsive Classroom training session for teachers from local schools and across the country.
Alyssa Sharbaugh, a 2018 graduate of The Dunham School, has been named a 2018 National Merit Scholar. She is one of 3,500 National Merit Scholarship winners nationwide this year.
Four Runnels High School seniors are continuing their musical studies at the college level thanks to music scholarships.