Wednesday, October 17, 2018
The Ascension Parish public school system is adjusting its operations to cope with the closing of Sunshine Bridge, starting the day later for schools on the west bank of the river in Donaldsonville and working with parents, teachers and staff on b…
Koby Thacker held up the Boucherie cracklin-cooking title trophy Sunday at the Boucherie Festival hosted by the Sorrento Lions Club and Boucherie Festival Association.
Chamber reschedules golf tourney
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
The St. Amant High School FFA continued its fall tradition of holding Boo at the Barn on Saturday.
East Ascension blanks Broadmoor; Catholic up next
The Dutchtown Invitational Marching Festival will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, on Griffin Field at Dutchtown High School, 13165 La. 73, Geismar.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Ascension Parish School Board member Lorraine Wimberly of Gonzales gave a presentation on bullying prevention during the Sept. 11 meeting of Young Men of Character at Pecan Grove Primary School in Gonzales.
Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual Career Fair for students and alumni was Sept. 20.
NEW ORLEANS — The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts announced its call for entries for the 2019 Art Contest, marking the foundation’s 10th anniversary of the statewide program. Open to all Louisiana high school juniors and seniors, the 2019 A…
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is accepting applications through Nov. 16 for its Christmas Crusade for Children program, which provides toys for children in needy families.
Rachel Stewart and Kinslei Scroggs of Ascension Parish 4-H have been chosen for the 4-H State Citizenship Board.
A Take Back the Night domestic violence awareness program will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Jambalaya Park, 1015 E. Cornerview St., Gonzales.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
The Depot Gallery of the River Region Art Association will hold a camp during Thanksgiving week for ages 6-15. Classes will be from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 19-21 and Nov. 23 at the Depot Gallery, 320 East Ascension St., Suite C, in Gonzales.
A mattress sale fundraiser for East Ascension High School will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, in the school gym, 612 E. Worthey Road, Gonzales.
Lowery Middle School students Yucarie Tovar Alvarez, Y'Kius Banks, A'mia Brown, Miguel Brown, Jaylen Carter, Luvly Clark, Keshayla Hill, Kaaleb Myles and John Winchester have been chosen to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification …
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Retired FBI agent Kimberly Christy was the featured speaker at the Sept. 11 meeting of the Young Men of Character at G.W. Carver Primary School in Gonzales.
Ascension Parish has opened a new early voting site for the Nov. 6 election at the Oak Grove Community Center, 37433 La. 42, in Prairieville.
Louisiana Casual Living held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 3 to celebrate the opening of its store at 3005 W. Cabela’s Parkway, Gonzales.
The 2018-19 officers of the Junior Beta Club at Oak Grove Primary School in Prairieville are Allie Teekel, president; Hayden Herring, vice president; Raynah Hardy, treasurer; Callie Townsend, secretary; and Raegan Garnier, reporter.
Training begins Nov. 8 for people interested in serving as court-appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children.
The Naval Junior ROTC color guard at Dutchtown High School placed first in the Battle for the Ball regional competition in Slidell on Sept. 29.
With the help of scholarships provided by the Louisiana Space Consortium, two teachers from Ascension Parish Public Schools recently participated in the 2018 LiftOff Cohort sponsored by NASA's Texas Space Consortium.
High school students in Ascension Parish public schools are learning computer coding and programming with a new after-school class called Operation Spark.
The Gonzales Area Foundation is sponsoring Live Well Ascension, with free screenings for breast, colorectal, oral, prostate and skin cancers, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at St. Elizabeth Medical Plaza 1, 2647 S. St. Elizabeth Blvd., …
When St. Amant High School had an away football game Oct. 5 against Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, the band brought home-field spirit to the sidelines.
The Brady James Chifici Foundation is hosting a fundraiser for Maddox Heil, 3, of Gonzales, who has been home under hospice care since Aug. 30 after three heart surgeries at Boston Children's Hospital.
The Ascension Parish Library is hosting several programs:
A fall festival will be held Oct. 20 in Gonzales to raise money for the benefit of Macy Guidry, of Prairieville, a 9-year-old undergoing treatment at Children's Hospital in New Orleans for embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, a malignant soft tissue tumor,…
Court cases filed in Ascension Parish between Sept. 24-28:
The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish jail on Oct. 4-11:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
As west bank residents grapple with the reality of a months-long closure of the Sunshine Bridge after a barge accident on the Mississippi River, concerns about access to timely medical care in an emergency have come to the fore.
Louisiana fire officials are urging people to be aware of fire hazards and exercise caution after three Baton Rouge region residents lost their lives in house fires within two days.
GONZALES — Ascension Parish government is "well within its authority" to pay the legal defense fees of Parish President Kenny Matassa following his acquittal of an election bribery charge in July, a new legal opinion says.
PLAQUEMINE — State highway officials have expanded the operating schedule of the Plaquemine ferry and adjusted traffic lights in St. James Parish because of heavy traffic volumes after the closure of the damaged Sunshine Bridge.
Monday, October 15, 2018
GONZALES — City police officers are looking for a Geismar man accused in Friday night fight at a daiquiri shop on La. 30 that left another man hospitalized.
GONZALES — Louisiana highway officials said Monday that the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River won't reopen any time soon after it was damaged in by a crane barge last week, and also said they couldn't reopen the nearby White Castle ferry,…
Sunday, October 14, 2018
A Prairieville man was booked Saturday night on seventh-offense DWI, Louisiana State Police reported Sunday evening.
While the Sunshine Bridge remains indefinitely closed after a barge-mounted crane crashed into the bridge Friday, the Plaquemine ferry is extending its hours to aid with the commute.
Friday, October 12, 2018
CONVENT — John D. Celestine Jr. was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the 2014 slaying of his fiancee's 12-year-old daughter after admitting he killed the girl.
DONALDSONVILLE — Louisiana highway officials closed a major route over the Mississippi River on Friday, and said it would remain shuttered indefinitely, after a barge-mounted crane crashed into the span and severely damaged a load-bearing beam.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
A Donaldsonville man was sentenced to more than 6½ years in prison Thursday for his part in an Ascension Parish-based drug trafficking network that law enforcement authorities said distributed heroin in the Baton Rouge area.
Four of 11 Ascension Parish School Board members, long-standing members and relative newcomers among them, face opposition in the Nov. 6 election.
Two men bought nearly $3,000 in alcohol from a Dutchtown liquor store using stolen credit cards and now investigators are trying to find them, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Daniel Erspamer, chief executive officer of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, will be the featured speaker at the October Ascension GOP Roundtable, sponsored by Ascension Republican Women.
The Tri-Parish Chapter of the Southern University Alumni Federation will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the council chambers of Donaldsonville City Hall, 609 Railroad Ave.
Boucherie Fest plans