Convent News

Mark Anderson is converting a former FEMA trailer park in Convent, La., into the Sugar Hill RV Resort.

A state district judge sentenced a St. Charles Parish man convicted of second-degree murder to serve life in prison, prosecutors said Thursday.

There are no stop lights and approximately 500 people in the tiny community of Convent, located on the east bank of the Mississippi in St.

ST. JAMES, La. - State leaders are negotiating an incentive package to lure a $2 billion steel supply mill that would eventually mean over a thousand new jobs.

A Lutcher man accused of fatally shooting his father two years ago has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge that could bring a sentence of up to 40 years in prison, prosecutors said.

Nucor Corp.'s possible plan to build a pig iron plant in southeastern Louisiana remains largely on hold because of the recession, the steelmaker's chief executive said Thursday.

Where potato chips, shaving cream and wallboard should have been, St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's narcotics detectives said they found something else.

Convent, Louisiana wide receiver Jarvis Landry had no pressure on him during his brief trip to Knoxville for Tennessee's one day camp for skill players.

CONVENT, LA, June 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Fernand J. Rome, Owner of Rome Greenhouse, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of plant cultivation.

Louisiana officials should be encouraged by steel maker Nucor Corp.'s decision to begin buying land in St.