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The Ascension Parish Council and its president, Terri Casso, demonstrated incredible leadership at its Nov. 21 meeting.

The Ascension Parish Council and its president, Terri Casso, demonstrated incredible leadership at its Nov. 21 meeting.

/PRNewswire/ -- The goal for JT Thompkins entering the 2023 St. Croix Bassmaster Opens season was simply to qualify for the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series. But...

In the fall of 2018, officials at Prevost Memorial Hospital, which serves a poor and isolated part of western Ascension Parish, were fresh off a resounding signal of support from

A judge has lashed the Government for a “grave misuse of state power” after police used state of emergency (SOE) rules to haul a man from his bed and detained him for 20 days before releasing him without charge in 2020. The St James man has been...

BATON ROUGE - Tuesday the Sunrise Community Group hosted a meeting at Donaldsonville City Hall to address gun violence, poverty, education and drug use in the town. 

Concerned citizens and officials gathered at Donaldsonville City Hall Nov. 9 to discuss ideas on stopping violent crime.

The Sunrise Community Group organized a discussion on violence in the community during a townhall meeting at the Ascension Parish courthouse in Donaldsonville.

The Sunrise Community Group joined several local officials for a Stop the Violence march and rally in Donaldsonville on the afternoon of Feb. 27.

Michael Tortorich Ascension Parish Chief Administrative Officer John Diez addressed the Donaldsonville City Council during the April 13 meeting about the parishwide sewer proposal on the April 24 ballot. Parish leaders have been on an informational campaign, both in-person and online, over recent weeks. Ultimately, voters will decide if the parish will enter into a deal to sell eastbank sewer assets and allow National Water Infrastructure to run a regional sewer system. As pointed out by the ad...