Gonzales News

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.

United Community Bank of Gonzales, which has about $129 million in deposits, is the subject of a merger bid by a larger bank based in Raceland.

Louisiana Baptists connect with about 1,600 autonomous churches 'of like faith and order,' to use a dated term that simply means 'we believe the Bible and agree with Baptist theology.' Five of those are celebrating significant anniversaries this season of late summer/early fall, and a full 411 are noting 100 years or more of Christian worship and ...

Ascension Parish officials are weighing projects planned for the coming year. The 2010 proposal calls for more than a ten percent cut.

A $1.67 million state highway project to resurface and improve drainage along La.

In Ascension School Superintendent Donald Songy's mind, Saturday's property tax extension, if it passes, is just the beginning of what likely will be a 20-year plan to anticipate the growing population of the parish, and the corresponding growth in Ascension Public schools' student population.

In the wake of an influx of new students after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Ascension Parish voters strongly backed a major bond issue for new schools.

A man suspected in a Vidalia, La. murder may be on the run in south Louisiana. Authorities believe Michael Kelly Stevens, 41, may be headed toward the Gonzales or St.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division filed a complaint against a Gonzales-based company that operates Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits restaurants for failing to pay 56 current and former general managers $153,843 in minimum back wages and overtime.

BBC News reports that an inquest has been informed Alec Maclachlan died of "a gunshot wound to the head." As we were noting last night, Maclachlan was one of five British citizens kidnapped in Baghdad May 29, 2007.

Folks looking for a hunting or fishing camp in Louisiana or a luxury home on 80 acres might find something to their liking tonight.

A Gonzales man was convicted of second-degree murder in the slaying of a victim who did not pay up for $80 in drugs loaned to him during a weekend of drug-using nearly two years ago.