Zachary News

Curby Lege, 19, Zachary, booked for incest, three counts possession of stolen things, three counts of damage to property and theft of a motor vehicle Gary Sloate, 54, Zachary, booked in for indecent behavior with a juvenile, 950 counts of illegal use of counterfeit trademark, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, 31 counts of sound ... (more)

The Greensburg man accused of killing five people and injuring another two Wednesday while driving drunk in East Feliciana Parish had a blood-alcohol content almost twice the legal limit, authorities said Friday.

Advocate file photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER Maureen Rucci, Dwight Hudson and Pete Rucci, with Tax Busters, from left, wave to passers-by on College Drive, encouraging them to vote 'no' on a CATS tax on the ballot in Baton Rouge, Baker and Zachary on April 21.

Former Zachary High School student and now Indiana University graduate and Rice University masters student, Philip Hembree, will be joined by David Perkins, Hart School of Music masters student, and LSU's Professor of Trumpet, Brian Shaw, for a summer trumpet concert on Saturday, June 2, at Plains Presbyterian Church, 22929 Old Scenic Hwy.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis SpradlingState Sen. Bodi White, right, R-Central, talks to Rep.

The Zachary Beautification commitee in charge of updating the four new welcome signs at the entrances into the City of Zachary, are front row, from left: Helen Bruner, Mary Landry, Linda Holley and Sherald Daigle.

The West Feliciana Drug and Alcohol Awareness Council will hold its fifth annual Summer Fun Day for children from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the West Feliciana Sports Park at Hardwood.

Donald Pope, 22, Zachary, booked in for bench warrant for failure to appear for driver must be licensed, expired license plate, speeding and driving under suspension Erica Cockerham, 23, St.

Alexis Genola, of Zachary, displays her 2nd place medal at the Southeast Area Cookery held Thursday, May 3, with 4-H Extension Agent, Abby Greenbaum, of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Superintendent Warren Drake presents Dr. Michelle Clayton with a special award May 24.

Final autopsy results show the 2-month-old infant found dead April 10 in a puddle of water on East Mount Pleasant Road in Zachary died from blunt force trauma to the head, East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDCub Scout Pack 19 members Landon Lavergne, 8, left, and Randall Mitchell, 8, help place flags Saturday adjacent to Port Hudson National Cemetery's 12,000 headstones in honor of Memorial Day.

A 48-year-old Zachary man was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2010 stabbing death of another man on the side of U.S. 61 in Zachary.

Legislation dealing with the authority of the Capital Area Transit System is headed to Gov.

The Zachary Community School District led the state with the highest percentage of fourth- and eighth-graders scoring on grade level in the recent high-stakes LEAP tests, a staff member told the School Board on Thursday.

St. Francisville and Zachary firefighters work to battle blaze in downtown St. Francisville this morning, May 24.

Charles Severance, left, with Dr. Paul Coreil, LSU AgCenter vice chancellor for extension.

A 23-year-old Zachary man was indicted Wednesday in the March 3 shooting death of a former Southern University football player.

DEQ presented the City of Zachary with $9.3 million in sewer improvement funds as part of the DEQ's wastewater improvement program.

Zachary native Jerry Boudreaux, former ZHS Principal, has received the Louisiana Retired Teachers Association's 2012 Name of Fame Award.