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Gonzales, Louisiana is located in Ascension Parish. Zip codes in Gonzales, LA include 70707, and 70737. The median home price in Gonzales is $189,000. More Gonzales information.

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Yesterday | The Advocate

Otis Daniels

Baton Rouge police arrested a 37-year-old man Thursday accused of sexually assaulting a young girl on April 1. Police booked Otis Daniels, 2888 Dougherty Drive, Baton Rouge, into Parish Prison on one count of simple rape, prison records show.

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Friday | The Advocate

Gonzales councilman's new term off to bumpy start

Tim Vessel's first several months as a Gonzales councilman have gotten off to a start the mayor describes as "a black eye on the city." Vessel unseated longtime incumbent Joe Waguespack, who spent 28 years on the Gonzales City Council, in November's election, but Vessel ran into problems with city ordinances even before being sworn into office.

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Wed May 22, 2013

The Advocate

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Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man on Wednesday accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body in an open field, the Sheriff's Office reported.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Advocate

Ascension considers getting into gas and water business

Ascension Parish government officials, already trying to pull together the early pieces of a parishwide sewer system, also have been investigating the possibility of getting into the natural gas and water business.

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WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Couple arrested on drug charges

A Gonzales couple was arrested Friday on a long list of drug-related charges. Kenneth "Killer" Wagner, 23, and Povial Ward, 22, were taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at their home on S. Sammy St.

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Wed May 15, 2013

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Gonzales pump station expansion nearly complete

Expansion of a key pump station that drains a large swath of East Ascension is getting the final touches and will be ready when hurricane season starts June 1. Parish officials tell The Advocate the $13.3 million expansion is adding a sixth pump and the bay for a future seventh pump to the massive Marvin J. Braud Pumping Station in the McElroy ... (more)

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Advocate

Ascension seniors get wet and wild

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- East Ascension High School seniors leap en masse into the Ascension Hospital pond across from campus during the annual pond jump in Gonzales on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The Advocate

Sorrento's survival in question

Ascension, one of the fastest-growing parishes in the state, is continuing a 20-year population boom fueled by good schools and industrial expansion.

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The Advocate

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Expansion of a key pump station that drains a large swath of East Ascension is getting the final touches and will be ready when hurricane season starts June 1, Ascension Parish officials said.

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Sat May 11, 2013

The Advocate

State's school voucher funding questioned

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON --State Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, is one of several legislators and other officials who say the key issue in the voucher debate is how Gov.

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KLFY-TV Lafayette

Huge housing development proposed in Gonzales

The Gonzales Planning and Zoning Commission has been asked to rezone more than 340 acres along Louisiana Highway 44 and Interstate 10 that could become a major development.

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Washington Examiner

Huge housing development proposed in Gonzales

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Advocate

Around Ascension for May 10, 2013

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- David Mitchell, Darlene Denstorff, and Bret McCormick, from left, at The Advocate's River Parishes Bureau in Gonzales on Thursday, Jan.

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WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Trio accused of operating meth lab, selling drugs from apartment

Charles Hopp, 32, Brittany Carlson, 23, and Vanessa Via, 25, all face multiple drug charges.

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KLFY-TV Lafayette

Gonzales man claims Easy 5 jackpot prize

A classic car enthusiast, Godchaux said he lost two vintage cars due to flooding from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

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Wed May 08, 2013

The Advocate

Judge rules triple-slaying trial will be held in Ascension

The state district judge presiding over the trials of five men implicated in the home-invasion killings of a Gonzales-area couple and their adult son ordered on Wednesday that jury selection for the first of the trials trial take place in Lafayette Parish.

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The Advocate

Ascension seniors get wet and wild

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- East Ascension High School seniors leap en masse into the Ascension Hospital pond across from campus during the annual pond jump in Gonzales on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

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The Advocate

Smiley: The sound of Mom

Bernadette Mills says the pedals moving on an old treadle sewing machine is the sound she associates with her mom: Says Karen, "The server informed him that you were a frequent diner and ate everything on the menu - but not on the same day.

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Mon May 06, 2013

The Advocate

Large tract in Gonzales eyed for rezoning, major development

The Gonzales Planning and Zoning Commission is considering a request to rezone a 340-plus-acre parcel of land along La.

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The Advocate

Gonzales school bus involved in minor crash

A school bus carrying nearly two dozen students from G.W. Carver Primary School in Gonzales was involved in an accident Monday afternoon, but no injuries were reported.

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