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A decision on whether to spend $840,000 to buy a 9-acre parcel to house a future animal shelter was pulled from Thursday's Ascension Parish Council agenda -- and then, the entire meeting was called off.
ASCENSION PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) – What’s on the ballot for Ascension Parish? Ascension Parish residents can vote on their next sheriff, parish president, and council members. Election day for the Louisiana primary is Oct. 14, and early voting runs from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 30 through Oct. 7 (except Sunday, Oct. 1). Across Louisiana, voters […]
Several speakers addressed the Ascension Parish Council for nearly an hour concerning the future of Prevost Memorial Hospital in Donaldsonville before the Sept. 7 meeting ended due to a lack of quorum.
Three members of the Ascension Parish Council were unopposed, while Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment drew two challengers as the qualifying period for the Oct. 14 election closed in the afternoon Aug. 10.
A group pushing for a new hospital in Donaldsonville attended the Ascension Parish Council meeting held Aug. 3 at the courthouse.