Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seeking to halt a Biden-era rule that removed a longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion drug mifepristone. The motion asks the court to issue a stay or injunction pending appeal as the legal challenge moves […]

The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program is helping eligible seniors in Louisiana enjoy fresh, locally grown produce and honey from approved farmers’ markets and roadside stands. If you or a loved one is age 60 or older and meet income requirements, you may qualify to receive $30 in food benefits to spend on healthy, nutritious […]

REMINDER: If you like it, lock it! Sheriff Bobby Webre and detectives with the APSO Property Crime’s Unit want to remind all of our residents to lock your car. It is not uncommon to see an uptick in vehicle burglaries during the holidays, especially as you stock up on gifts. You can always report suspicious […]

During the week of April 6 – April 10, 2026, the following defendants pled guilty to various charges and were sentenced in the 23rd Judicial District Court, parishes of Ascension Parish: Raymond Musso, 18236 Little Prairie Rd. Prairieville, LA, age 65, pled guilty to Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance and was sentenced […]

The Louisiana Freedom Caucus today issued a strong condemnation of threats of physical violence on social media directed at members of the Legislature following the recent House Natural Resources Committee hearing on HB7. House Bill 7 would repeal current law which authorizes the use of expropriation by pipeline companies that transport carbon dioxide for geologic storage.  […]

As Memorial Day approaches, we’d like to remind residents that a Flag Retirement Box is available at City Hall. Worn or damaged U.S. flags can be respectfully retired by placing them in the box during regular business hours. Let’s honor our flag and those who served by retiring flags with dignity.  

Concentric Educational Solutions today announced the release of a new national white paper, Redefining the Attendance Paradigm – A Systemic Analysis of Chronic Absenteeism, Economic Impacts, and Human-Centered Interventions, authored by Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., Chief of Research at Concentric Educational Solutions. Leveraging over 17,000 ethnographic home visits and deep national data analysis, Redefining the Attendance Paradigm uses provocative […]

Cancer has a way of dividing your life into before and after. I learned that when a routine procedure led doctors to discover something far more serious. What was supposed to be a straightforward surgery revealed a suspicious lump. A biopsy confirmed the unthinkable: stage 4 cancer. By the time it was found, the disease […]

Dear Editor, Independent pharmacies are a lifeline for many Louisiana families, especially in the rural parts of our state. But lately, these pharmacies are being pushed to the edge by abusive practices from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). These middlemen decide reimbursement rates and control who gets included in pharmacy networks, and they’ve made it almost […]