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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

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Ascension Parish Library is asking children and teens in grades three through 12 to vote for their favorite books in the Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award and Louisiana Teen Readers Choice Award contests.

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The Gonzales Garden club recently named it residential and commercial yard of the month awards.

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Gators edged out by Bears 31-28 in battle of the undefeated

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All seats on the five-member Gonzales City Council are up for grabs on Nov. 8, with a challenger or more for every incumbent, even though all the candidates, save one, are Democrats. The outlier is a Libertarian.

The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish jail Oct. 13-20:

DONALDSONVILLE The Ascension Parish School Board's strategic planning committee recommended that the board replace two architects with other firms recommended by board member Shawn Sevario to work on new 2016 bond projects in the district.

GONZALES A Baton Rouge man who had faced 251 counts of child pornography possession and up to 20 years in prison for each count if convicted has been given a five-year prison sentence after a recent guilty plea.

GONZALES A state district judge found a Prairieville man guilty Tuesday of abducting his estranged wife and driving her against her will to Lake Charles last year but acquitted him of kidnapping the woman's then 2-year-old grandson, prosecutors said.

GALVEZ A bridge on an important north-south highway in Ascension Parish was closed immediately after "structural deficiencies" were found by parish government inspectors, officials said Tuesday.

GONZALES The finances of the city of Gonzales compare favorably with those of like-sized cities, a certified public accountant told council members Monday, following his report of a clean audit with no negative findings for the city's prior

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GONZALES A fourth man wanted in nearly three dozen burglaries in Ascension Parish surrendered Monday evening to sheriff's deputies, the parish sheriff said.

It's the day boys and ghouls wait for all year. Baton Rouge area parishes have announced trick-or-treat hours for Monday, Oct. 31.

The process of lining up architects for new schools and other projects approved by Ascension Parish voters in April has been delayed twice in recent weeks by a school board member's bucking the previously agreed-upon selection process as he tries

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ST. AMANTWindow panes dusted with dirt up to a sharp line of demarcation, two-tone porch screens with a clear line separating the two shades, bits of dark grit on the white columns of a front porch, and sheds and AC units turned on their sides.

Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office reports that Ray Goodrich IV, 34, who was reported missing 12 days ago, was found deceased in his vehicle Friday morning at an undisclosed location in Baton Rouge.

GONZALES First-term Ascension Parish Councilman Aaron Lawler says he's been hearing from constituents about the need for global positioning satellite devices in parish vehicles and is pushing to expand their use.

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Federal prosecutors dropped fraud and conspiracy charges against embattled Sorrento Town Councilman Randy Anny late Thursday shortly after his wife told a federal judge her husband knew nothing of her scheme to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund

Update: 7:15 a.m.: AT&T wireless service was fully restored Friday morning to customers in Ascension Parish who lost it Thursday afternoon after a fiber cable was accidentally cut, a company spokesman said.

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A man accused in a string of Ascension Parish burglaries turned himself into sheriff's deputies and officers of the State Police Fugitive Task Force Thursday morning, Ascension Sheriff's Chief Deputy Bobby Webre said.

Ready for the boucherie bash?

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While the St. Amant High School football team may have won the game on the field, organizers of a weeklong list of fundraisers said both schools came away as winners.

GONZALES - The Ascension Parish School Board's insurance committee is recommending that the school district add properties to its flood insurance coverage, following the catastrophic floods of August.

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GONZALES - Candidates for mayor in Gonzales and Donaldsonville found more to agree on than disagree Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Ascension hospitality industry.

Ascension Christian High School has announced its 2016 homecoming court.

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Paige Joseph was crowned queen and Ross Ponville was named king of the Ascension Catholic High School's homecoming.

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Grace Graugnard was recently crowned Dutchtown High School's homecoming queen.

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East Ascension High School's marching band took home the Festival Grand Champion award Saturday at the Dutchtown High School Marching Festival.

Registration is under way for the Ascension Parish west side youth basketball.

Donaldsonville-area girls can register for a Girl Scout troop at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Donaldsonville branch of the Ascension Parish Library, 500 Mississippi St., Donaldsonville.

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