Last night, Ascension’s Council Finance Committee approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of Gonzales to relocate a city water line alongside Roddy Road.  The IGA calls for the parish to perform the task necessary to accommodate widening of Roddy, a key piece of ongoing traffic improvement efforts by the parish.  In return for […]

During the September 28 meeting of Gonzales City Council, a non-agenda discussion was initiated by Councilwoman Terri Lambert who pushed to bar a Hispanic Heritage group from using city property for two years. Lambert declared that, since alcohol was consumed during a September 20 event at Jambalaya Park, Hispanic Heritage Festival of Gonzales was required by […]

On the job for 21 months, Gonzales City Councilwoman Terri Lambert is urging her colleagues to give themselves a 60% raise along with a $750 annual uniform allowance provided to city employees.  Making the pitch at the end of Monday’s regularly scheduled council meeting, Lambert argued: “I just wanted to support an increase of City […]

  While it was not the most confusing preliminary plat discussion we’ve ever seen, Wednesday night’s consideration of The Farm’s 68 lots on 23.73 acres in Council District 11 certainly had its moments.  With the third time being the charm, a 4-3 vote approved the plat after two motions had failed and a five-minute recess […]

Liberty Fence’s James Saizan has been charged via Bill of Information with violating Louisiana Revised Statute 37:2163, Engaging in Business of Contracting without Authority. “Between the dates of August 5, 2024 and March 31, 2025, in the Parish of Ascension, JAMES L. SAIZAN engaged in or continued in this state in the business of contracting, […]

A unanimous Gonzales City Council voted to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Ascension Parish whereby the latter will relocate the city’s main water line to accommodate widening of Roddy Road earlier this week.  In return, the city will provide water and wastewater treatment for the parish’s Animal Control Center once built.  Ascension’s CAO Ricky […]

A unanimous Gonzales Zoning Commission recommended approval of a request to rezone certain property on W Orice Roth Road during its Monday meeting.  The request by D Daniels Construction is the same one deferred by the City Council on July 13, referring the application back to the Zoning Commission that had failed to take any action on July […]

Ascension Parish Government (APG) today announced the conclusion of its cooperative agreement with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and LAlumina, marking the site’s official transition into full, long-term closure under LDEQ oversight effective July 1, 2026. Ascension Parish Government voluntarily entered the interim agreement to deliver immediate relief to nearby residents while the […]