For nearly six years, the Nucor Steel iron plant in St. James Parish released caustic sulfuric acid mist and highly flammable, rotten egg-smel…

Workers with GibKo Signs prepared carefully to remove the old neon marquee in front of the historic Lincoln Theater, once a social and cultura…

Fueled by frustration over flooding, development and the council's rocky relationship with the new Ascension Parish president, two groups file…

GONZALES — Murphy Painter has a strong chance of proving that Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment and two others tried to sully his rep…

GONZALES — A former Ascension Parish sheriff's detective fired earlier this year after he was accused of stalking and committing battery again…

A fierce battle this week over approving new neighborhoods in Ascension Parish illustrated the political vise that is tightening around parish…

East Baton Rouge Parish is starting to tell 1,750 households that were inundated in August 2016 that they may need to elevate their homes, sel…

GONZALES — Even in the face of an uproar from residents over flooding, the Ascension Parish Planning Commission approved plans to construct se…

Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment said he and the Parish Council have had communication breakdowns and need to "hit the reset button"…

The day before a moratorium on major new construction in Ascension Parish takes effect, the parish planning commission will reconsider two con…