The Gonzales Garden Club has recognized the yard of Jeffrey and Jaimee Aldridge, 1232 Eva St., as its residential August garden of the month.
Among the 31 Louisiana 4-H members who participated in the Citizenship Washington Focus in Washington, D.C., this summer were four from Ascension Parish: Abby Lobell, Karlie Lobell, Stacey Kloosterman and Alex Sullivan.
The East Ascension High School Spartans will play their homecoming football game against the Raiders of Northwest High School at 7 p.m. Sept. 20.
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Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre named Tony Burton, of Prairieville, as honorary sheriff for August.
Dr. Stephanie Coleman, an Ascension Parish native, has joined the staff of Baton Rouge General Physicians in Prairieville as a family medicine physician.
A school garden workshop for teachers and volunteers was Sept. 6 at the Ascension Parish LSU AgCenter Office.
Court cases filed in Ascension Parish on Sept. 3-6:
St. Amant High School sports medicine director Scott Arceneaux got special recognition as honorary team captain during the Gators' Sept. 6 home game against Carver Collegiate Academy of New Orleans.
The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish jail Sept. 5-12:
With the "Aliens on the Beach" student section theme and dress for the night, the St. Amant Gators delivered on the field with a 41-20 home victory against East Jefferson.
The Ascension Parish Composite Squadron of the Louisiana Wing Civil Air Patrol recently promoted Kara Black, Gabriel Carter and Christian Gallo to the rank of cadet.
For American Airlines veteran flight attendant Renee Arceneaux, Sept. 11 is an emotional day. She has a personal connection with many of the airline crew who died during the terrorists attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.
Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa has proclaimed Sept. 17 through Sept. 23 as Constitution Week in Ascension Parish.
The Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation has awarded a $23,776 grant to Girls on the Run South Louisiana, a youth development program designed to enhance girls’ social, emotional and physical skills and behaviors to successfully navigate life experiences.
GONZALES — Looking to bring a bond election for new construction projects to voters, possibly in May, the Ascension Parish School Board is working to finalize a list of projects that includes building an $84 million high school in Prairieville, th…
GALVEZ — Ascension Parish workers and homeowner Kevin Delaune were hard at work recently on the Bert Delaune ditch north of Gonzales.
PLAQUEMINE — A retired appellate judge appointed to hear a longstanding oil field legacy lawsuit involving the Spanish Lake swamp breathed new life into the landowners' damage claims this week when he granted them new hearings that keep Shell Oil …
GONZALES — Interim Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre and Murphy Painter, a candidate for parish president, hold strong fundraising leads over their opponents in the campaigns to be the next sheriff and parish president.
Ascension Parish will soon be looking for seven volunteers to take on a new role in animal services for the community.
MANDEVILLE — Keep Louisiana Beautiful will hold its annual state conference and Everyday Hero Awards Banquet on Sept. 25-26 in Baton Rouge and encourages all those interested in working toward a greener, cleaner, more beautiful Louisiana to attend…
Donaldsonville High School defense and run games are too much for Port Allen
GONZALES — A Prairieville man faces a mandatory life sentence after an Ascension Parish jury convicted him of an April 2017 slaying with a nonunanimous verdict that would have been barred had the crime been committed after Jan. 1.
Construction is expected to start Monday on a nearly $10 million project to replace three aged bridges that cross bayous under Airline Highway in Ascension and East Baton Rouge parishes.
A state administrative law judge upheld the revocation of a St. Amant day care's license that had been prompted by a child being left inside a hot van after a field trip in mid-June.
Secretary of State to speak at Ascension GOP Roundtable
Dutchtown High School Griffins' offense blasts to 41-7 football victory
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., toured the medical assistant certification center at St. Amant High School and visited with AP civics students Aug. 29. He was joined by Ascension Parish Superintendent David Alexander and St. Amant High School Princ…
The 2019 Class of the East Ascension Hall and Wall of Fame will be inducted Sept. 20 during pregame ceremonies of the school's homecoming game.
Moses Black said he is running to be the next sheriff of Ascension Parish in hopes of reforming the agency to ensure safety through new technology and enhanced, modern police training.
Court cases filed in Ascension Parish on Aug. 26-30:
A 25th-year anniversary gala for the River Road African American Museum will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at The Water Campus, 1110 S. River Road, Baton Rouge.
Ascension Public Schools has taken action to protect students from dangerous weather by installing seven lightning-detection units at its high school practice and game facilities, and equipping key middle and high school staff members with a sophi…
The Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association has chosen the Ascension Parish school system's speech language department as its public school program of the year.
The East Ascension Spartans had a come from behind victory against Zachary High Friday before a packed house at Spartan Stadium.
The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish jail Aug. 29-Sept. 5:
My name is Russell Bradford, and I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
GONZALES — A 31-year-old nonprofit based in Ascension Parish that provides more than a $1 million annually to feed children in need had its state funding stopped for about four months this year due to a late annual audit, a state official has con…
GONZALES - New security cameras are being installed in Jambalaya Park after vandals struck the park multiple times, first damaging the men's restroom over three nights in mid-August, then tearing electrical equipment out of the Gonzales park's amp…
Mosaic Co. is idling its Louisiana phosphate operations, including a once troubled complex near Convent, for the next three months to cut production and reduce an oversupply of agricultural fertilizer in the North American market.
BURNSIDE — The four candidates running to be the next Ascension Parish president sharpened their attacks Saturday evening on the management and transparency of parish government but largely steered clear of criticizing one another in their second …
DONALDSONVILLE — Ascension Parish officials want to see more information before they accept the Army Corps of Engineers' recent statements that a $255 million waterway clearing project in East Baton Rouge Parish would have a minimal impact on down…
Officials with Wanhua Chemical have told St. James Parish officials that the construction costs for their $1.25 billion plastics facility planned for Convent had risen by 60% over initial estimates, putting the project in serious doubt, a top pari…
DONALDSONVILLE — More than three years removed from the August 2016 flood, Ascension Parish has taken an important step to limit the potential for future flooding connected with new development. In so doing, it sought to balance the concerns of an…
DUTCHTOWN — Twenty-eight Dutchtown High School students complaining of nausea, dizziness and headaches were taken to the hospital Thursday and the school was evacuated for a time due to fumes from a leaky lawnmower gas tank, Ascension school offic…
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