Gonzales News

Roy Keller , director of the Louisiana Technology Transfer Office in LSU's Louisiana Business and Technology Center, has been presented the Champion of Small Business Innovation Award by the Small Business Technology Council.

A Houston man died early Saturday morning after a vehicle struck him on LA 30 near Ashland Road in Gonzales.

In mid-December, the outgoing Ascension Parish Council gave the parish Planning and Zoning Commission the boot with nary a reason why.

Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez presented Mike Breaux with a parish certificate of recognition.

GONZALES, La. -- Former LSU running back Charles Edward Scott has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual battery of an 18-year-old woman last year.

Civil and criminal lawyer Matthew Pryor has the experience, community involvement and respect for the U.S. Constitution to be a judge in the 23rd Judicial District, he said in declaring his candidacy for the office.

Ascension Parish prosecutors have brought a charge of sexual battery against former LSU running back Charles Edward Scott, court records say.

The Ascension Parish Council ratified on Tuesday a slate of candidates to fill the parish Planning and Zoning Commission amid continuing criticism.

On March 12, 1912, the Girl Scout Movement began with just a handful of girls. Fast forward 100 years and 50 million Girl Scout alumnae later, Girl Scouts across the country are celebrating their Movement's centennial, with events ranging from tree plantings to star-studded galas.

No one, not even the most sunny-side-up Pollyanna, could look back on the BP oil spill and think it... GONZALES, La.

A Gonzales police officer who tried to stop a speeding driver was led on a nearly three-mile chase before realizing the people he was chasing were his own comrades including the chief.

Advocate file photo by Brenden Neville Organizers of the annual Baton Rouge Balloon Festival say they plan to find a new location for the event, since it is losing its home on the grounds of the the Pennington Biomedical Center.

Louisiana State Police representatives, from left, Sgt. John Cannon, Trooper Chase Huval, Col.

Former St. Gabriel Mayor George L. Grace Sr. denied receiving $7,500 in cash from a Baton Rouge businessman before adding that his memory was uncertain on that point, an FBI agent testified Wednesday in Grace's racketeering trial.

A line of strong thunderstorms with a history of high winds and hail is moving east into the New Orleans area, according to a special weather statement issued by the Slidell office of the National Weather Service .

The former president of Eatel and the former superintendent of Ascension Parish schools were the top ranked applicants recommended for a seat on the parish Planning and Zoning Commission.

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City police officers said Tuesday they are searching for a purported contractor accused of defrauding a Gonzales church of more than $17,000 in labor and materials.

Prosecution witnesses testified Monday in Baton Rouge that former St. Gabriel Mayor George L. Grace Sr.

Jessie LeBlanc's legal experience and service as a 23rd Judicial District court administrator and hearing officer make her qualified to be a state district judge, she said.