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Local news for Gonzales, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

24 min ago | The Advocate

Police in standoff with Gonzales man

Police converged on a house in Gonzales Thursday afternoon after a man reportedly shot and killed his wife outside the residence and then retreated inside.

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4 hrs ago | KATC-TV Lafayette

Police standoff ends in apparent suicide

A man armed with a rifle apparently committed suicide Thursday, ending a police standoff that lasted hours after he shot and killed his estranged wife.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

WBRZ

SWAT team, armored vehicle in position at Gonzales standoff

Some four hours after a man reportedly shot and killed his estranged wife about noon outside a Gonzales residence and then retreated inside, a Louisiana State Police special weapons and tactics team using an ...

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Related Topix: Sorrento, LA

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

One dead, standoff underway behind Gonzales Post Office

Gonzales police and Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies have converged on a home on Neal Street where a woman has been shot and killed.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Trip honors fallen soldiers

Marc Phillips, left, a U.S. Special Forces veteran, and Kirk Alkire, a retired U.S. Army first sergeant, photograph a memorial Tuesday in Gonzales honoring soldiers from Ascension Parish who died serving in ...

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Fire destroys family's dream home in Ascension Parish

One family's dream home is no more, after a possible lighting strike ignited a massive fire.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Sorrento, LA

Mon Jul 14, 2008

4 WWL-TV

Six Donaldsonville men arrested after drive-by slaying

DONALDSONVILLE, La. -- Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested six men in the slaying of a 23-year-old Donaldsonville man.

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Related Topix: Donaldsonville, LA, New Orleans, LA

Daily World

Police Beat

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office logged the following incidents Thursday: Five reports of theft, in the 1300 block of La.

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Related Topix: Arnaudville, LA, Melville, LA, Washington, LA, Lawtell, LA

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Daily Report

Monday

Perspectives on educational leadership will be the subject of a panel discussion this week co-hosted by Redesigning Lessons, Re-envisioning Principals, an alternative certification program for principals meant ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane Bertha

Sun Jul 06, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Service planned for missing banker

A memorial service is planned for a Gonzales banker who disappeared while on a diving trip in The Bahamas.

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Related Topix: World News, The Bahamas, Central America, US Coast Guard, US News

Fri Jul 04, 2008

2theadvocate.com

Some area lawmakers agree with veto

Area lawmakers who opposed raising their pay praised Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto of the volatile increase on Monday.

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Related Topix: Houma, LA, Houma Metro, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Lawmakers react to Jindal's legislative pay raise veto

Here is how several Louisiana lawmakers reacted to news that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has vetoed legislative pay raises: House Speaker Jim Tucker, Republican, Terrytown : "I respect Governor Jindal's ...

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Louisiana State Police

Fatal Crash Involving a Tractor on LA 23 in West Jefferson

On Friday, June 27th, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Louisiana State Police, Troop B investigated a serious injury crash on LA 23 northbound, in front of Meadowcrest Hospital.

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Related Topix: Robert, LA, Houma, LA, Louisiana

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Daily Report

Thursday

Paul Callais, the president and CEO of Gonzales-based United Community Bank, is missing after he reportedly fell overboard from a yacht near The Bahamas.

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Thu Jun 26, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Gonzales bank president missing near Bahamas

The president of a Gonzales bank is missing after reportedly falling overboard from a yacht in the Caribbean.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Sheriff seeks aid finding fugitive

Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley asks the public's help in locating a fugitive implicated in a bank fraud investigation.

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro

Thu Jun 19, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Radio host calls pro-Jindal ad - outright lie'

Statewide talk show host Moon Griffon returned the money and refused to run a commercial that he says is an "outright lie" in its praise of Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro

Sun Jun 15, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Tumey's Travels

Tumey's Travels June 13, 2008 - "Church of the Ascension" It's one of the oldest and most stately churches in the Baton Rouge Diocese, but there's something about Donaldsonville's Church of the Ascension that ...

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Related Topix: Donaldsonville, LA, Plaquemine, LA, Lutcher, LA

Fri Jun 13, 2008

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Suspect, 20, arrested in Ascension shooting

Deputies arrested a Gonzales man following a shooting in the Lake Park subdivision off La.

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Wed Jun 11, 2008

Home Textiles Today

Crown Crafts prospers on Springs acquisition

Gonzales, La. Calling the past 12 months "a very rewarding year," Crown Crafts today reported fiscal 2008 full year net earnings of $4.4 million, up 12.8% from $3.9 million in the prior year.

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Related Topix: Household Products

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Gonzales, Louisiana is located in Ascension Parish and is part of the Baton Rouge Metro Area. Zip codes in Gonzales, LA include 70737, and 70707.

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