A reply has been filed in the ongoing court battle between the Ascension Parish School Board and a local parent.

Three persons from St. Amant were arrested in a Sorrento bar July 1 by parish authorities who executed a search warrant following a narcotics investigation.

The one million gallon elevated water storage tank being built by the city of Gonzales near the Cabela’s outdoor store is nearing completion and undergoing a paint job, which will include a jambalaya pot similar to the one on the city’s other towers.

SORRENTO – The Town Council completed its overhaul of the town book of ordinances with final adoption at a special meeting Tuesday.

DONALDSONVILLE – The Ascension Parish School Board will hold a special meeting Monday, July 6 to determine the final list of school improvements to be funded by about $100 million from a proposed four-year millage extension.

A ban on open burning remains in effect for Ascension Parish, but some burning and use of fireworks for the Independence Day holiday will be permitted within certain areas and guidelines, parish officials said.

Get ready for a look back, and for a sneak peek at what’s ahead. Center Stage Performing Arts Academy in Gonzales will present “Before & Beyond: A Salute to Musical Theatre” this summer in performances at Dutchtown High School and the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge.

Louisiana State Police Troop A, along with the help of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, began conducting a sobriety checkpoint at 8 p.m. tonight in Ascension Parish. The checkpoint was set up at Hwy. 42 east of Hwy. 930.

Army Pfc. Andrew J. Kaaihue has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Leiva Jr., Michael Joseph “Mikie”
A resident of Prairieville and a native of Baton Rouge, he died Sunday, June 28, 2009.

Center Stage Performing Arts Academy will take to the stage with “Before & Beyond: A Salute to Musical Theatre.” Performances will be July 9-12 and July 16-19 at Dutchtown High School, and July 30-31 and Aug. 1-2 at the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge.

The Parish President's Office, Finance Department and Grants Office will operate on an alternate schedule Monday, July 6 through Thursday, July 9 and will be closed on Friday, July 10, Ascension Parish Government said in a release.

BATON ROUGE – A Gonzales man died in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night on Airline Highway near Hwy. 73 in Ascension Parish.

PORT VINCENT – Authorities are investigating the death of a Prairieville man found this afternoon in the Amite River.

Xtreme Nutrition held a grand opening ceremony celebrating the opening of the new supplemental and nutritional store in Gonzales on Saturday, June 13.