Gonzales News

Workers on May 9, 2008, watch as a constant spray of water helps eliminate fumes at a Gonzales water-treatment plant on Black Bayou Road where a 750-gallon propane tank was accidentally punctured during a demolition job.

Women international conference breakfast: 8 a.m., Hilton Hotel, 201 Lafayette St., with Prophetess Jackie Harewood, of Baton Rouge, and the Rev.

Louisiana State Troopers, with the assistance of Gonzales Police Officers, executed a search warrant at the residence of Levi E. Dunham at 39350 W. Worthey Road in Gonzales yesterday.

A state District Court judge sentenced an Ascension Parish man to serve a mandatory life prison sentence for his role in a drug-related slaying nearly two years ago, attorneys said Tuesday.

A Baton Rouge-born Texas preacher who grew up in Korea is the newly elected leader of one of the world's largest Pentecostal denominations.

Americans everywhere will take time to honor military veterans Wednesday in observance of this national and state holiday.

Security cameras at Moea TMs Discount, 1546 N. Burnside Ave., Gonzales, photographed these two robbers in the left photo on Nov.

A state judge this week reduced, then restored, the $1 million bond on a Gonzales man accused of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body underneath a bridge.

LA HALLOWEEN SHOOTING, 1ST LD-WRITETHRU The Associated Press GONZALES, La. - Gonzales police have arrested a man they believe shot two people during a fight at a Halloween night party held at the home of former NBA player John "Hot Rod" Williams.

The city is willing to chip in $25,000 toward studying possible north-south routes connecting the Sunshine Bridge in Donaldsonville to Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish.

Local economic-development officials are asking the Terrebonne Parish Council to create an ordinance that will outline a framework for creating a new taxing district.

In this file photo, Louisiana State Police Trooper David Anderson practices for a timed event in 2004 at the Gulf Coast Police Motorcycle Skills Championship.

School Board approval of a proposed timeline is the next step for approximately $100 million in construction, renovations and upgrades in fast-growing Ascension Parish, school system officials said.

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Police searched on Tuesday for a man accused of shooting two people Saturday during a fight at a Halloween party reportedly attended by as many as 250 guests at the home of former NBA player John "Hot Rod" Williams.

A Walker man was killed in a two-vehicle crash this morning just after 6:00 am on LA 42 west of LA 44 in Ascension Parish.

Cast members of Ascension Community Theatre's The Crucible, from left, Michael Ruffin, Bryn Purvis, Bryan Songy, Michael Mason and Christine Norred rehearse a scene in which the Rev.

Orion Instruments LLC announced a $5 million investment Wednesday that will move the firm close to Cortana Mall while boosting employment from 70 to 105.

The Ascension Parish Council on Monday introduced an ordinance that would split several voting precincts and combine a few others as an advance step for expected changes from the coming 2010 census.

The marriage of Ms Tracey L Franzel, of Crowley, and Mr Brent D Lassere, of Terrytown, was solemnized October 24 on The Grand Gazebo at The Royal Playa del Carmen, Mexico.