Donaldsonville News

Arthur Pfister, aka Professor Arturo, grew up steeped in the love of a close New Orleans family.

The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority on Monday reserved about $200 million from the 2009 state budget surplus to acquire land for 100-year levee projects in New Orleans.

A Donaldsonville man convicted of the January armed robbery of Coco's Treasure Chest was sentenced to serve 66 years in prison, 23rd Judicial District Attorney Ricky Babin said Wednesday.

State officials and project engineers laid out for public view Tuesday data regarding the planned dredging of the upper reaches of Bayou Lafourche.

With their colorful signs hawking homemade boudin, cracklings and andouille, the mom and pop stores that dot the Louisiana Cajun country left a lifelong mark on celebrated chef Donald Link.

A man is dead after what Ascension Parish Sheriff's Detectives are calling a "family feud." It happened around 2:30 this afternoon inside a house in Donaldsonville, just down the street from the Ascension Parish prison.

There's a battle brewing on Bayou Lafourche. In one corner is the state that wants to dredge the waterway.

A 22-year-old Baker man was indicted on murder and weapons charges Wednesday in the shooting death of a Donaldsonville man in June 2008.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States, and preparations are in the works for this year's event.

A A A' The U.S. military has released a Shiite militant accused of being involved in one of the most brazen attacks of the war that killed five American soldiers in 2007, the Iraqi government said Tuesday.

Two Donaldsonville residents died early Saturday when their car hit a tree off La.

The Ascension Parish School Board on Tuesday hired Terence Williams, formerly head coach at Leesville High School, as the new head coach and athletic director at Donaldsonville High School.

Business owners who rely on state funding for curb appeal are breathing sighs of relief, but they're not out of the woods just yet.

A man and woman from Donaldsonville were killed when the car that they were in hit a tree in Assumption Parish along LA 1, according to State Police.

An Alexandria man accused of robbing the Family Dollar Store in Paincourtville on Thursday fought with the store manager and a woman customer before he was arrested at the end of a chase, Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said.

It's time to enjoy the flavor of our state's first and foremost seafood delicacy - Louisiana mudbugs.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania returns to her alma mater Saturday to deliver a commencement address at Nicholls State University.

Two men are dead after an on-the-job accident in Assumption Parish. Sheriff Mike Waguespack says the men worked for a tree cutting company and were crushed under a small bulldozer known as Bobcat.

Two men are dead after an on-the-job accident in Assumption Parish. Sheriff Mike Waguespack says the men worked for a tree cutting company and were crushed under a small bulldozer known as Bobcat.

"If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion." - Avram Noam Chomsky Springtime weather in south Louisiana.