Gonzales News Archives

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.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Alex Thibodeaux, 22, 953 School Road, Opelousas, arrested by Louisiana State Police, charged with driving while intoxicated, first offense and disobeying railroad signal.

Town Council members discussed on Tuesday a proposed set of commercial sewer usage rates.

The first local location of Hungry Howiea s is at the corner of La. 44 and Airline Highway in Gonzales.

A state district court judge is slated to sentence a Gonzales man Dec. 15 after a unanimous six-person jury found him guilty earlier this week of sexual battery against a 14-year-old girl, Ascension Parish prosecutors said Thursday.

A Gonzales man accused of second-degree murder in the July beating death of his live-in girlfriend pleaded innocent Wednesday, 18th Judicial District Attorney Ricky Ward said.

Yesterday evening, a single vehicle crash killed one person and injured another.

A 42-year-old Gonzales woman was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana State Police said.

A vehicle crash on Interstate 55, took the life of a Gonzales woman just after 11:30 a.m. this afternoon.

A 33-year-old Ama man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a St. James Parish jury convicted him of second-degree murder.

The legal review period for Ascension Parish property owners to look over the 2009 tax rolls ends Tuesday, the parish assessor said.

Hunters in Louisiana get a tax break today through the weekend. It's the inaugural Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday.

People in Ascension are trying to hurricane-proof their parish, at least protect themselves from another possible Hurricane Gustav.

Night of One Acts WHAT: Ascension Community Theatre's performances of five one-act plays.

A driver suspected of immigration violations was held Monday in the Ascension Parish Jail on negligent homicide and other charges after a hit-and-run crash Sunday on Airline Highway killed one person and injured three others, Louisiana State Police said.