Prairieville News Archives

It's a pain at the pump for Cheryl Robicheaux, who lives in New Orleans. As she filled up at a downtown gas station, she told the I-Team, "I don't think it's fair." She's upset she forks over between $50 and $75 every time she fills up.

A former employee of the Louisiana Department of Revenue faces nine felony charges including identity theft and unauthorized use of credit card information.

A former employee of the Louisiana Department of Revenue has been charged with identity theft for allegedly using a taxpayer's credit card number to make unathorized purchases.

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.

An Ascension Parish jury has convicted a Pearl River man of robbing a pharmacy last year of more than $15,900 in prescription drugs while armed with a pistol-style BB gun, prosecutors said Friday.

Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 55-year-old Prairieville man on a bigamy count.

By Herb Edson I don't think I have written any articles about flea markets. So, it's about time that I do, because they can be very interesting.

Every school in Ascension Parish could soon be wired for security cameras. That's if taxpayers vote this Saturday to extend a 20-year tax.

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.

Bronco Fabrication and Manufacturing, part of the Excel Group industrial construction business, will expand to a 52,000-square-foot building on La.

Prairieville Fire Chief Mark Stewart just returned from a 5-day trip halfway around the world.

The Ascension Parish school system will break ground on its newest venture, the $9.79 million Sorrento Primary School, 6108 La.

Bernard Parish judge Wayne Cresap, a well-known attorney from St. Bernard Parish, and a lawyer from Prairieville have pleaded guilty in federal court to a conspiracy charge arising from a scheme in which the two lawyers paid the judge to release their clients from jail without having to post bond.