A Donaldsonville man convicted more than six years ago in a slaying authorities claimed was a drug-related hit was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after an appellate court threw
A Donaldsonville man accused of fatally shooting his 1-year-old child and the child s mother on Sunday will be held without bail while he awaits trial, a state judge ruled Friday.
Early voting for the Nov. 18 election begins Saturday and ends Nov. 11, daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. except on Sunday and on Friday, Nov. 10, which is
In 1993, now retired Judge Alvin Turner Jr. defeated then-Donaldsonville Mayor B.J. Francis in a special election to become the first Black jurist for 23rd Judicial District Court.
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.