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Zachary Newcomer's Club
The Zachary Newcomer's Club will hold a meeting Thursday, April 7, at 10:30 a.m. in the Zachary Library meeting room, located at 1900 Church St. The guest speaker will be local artist Carol Mahan. ...
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Assistant Coach Blake Pace, left, and Coach Greg Williams with the Marsh Madness Champions, kneeling, from left, are: Tanner Rouse, Roderick (RJ) Newton, Benton Wesley, Kyle Durbin, John Luke Charlet, Hunter Buxton, P.J. Cannon and Cole Jackson. Standing, from left: Pace, Anthony Fidanza, Kyle Serrett, Jordan Mitchell, Keon Brown, Gage Tygress, Trace David and Williams.
Legendz 13U captures Marsh Madness crown
The Zachary Legendz 13U baseball team won first place and captured the “Marsh Madness” crown at Cypress Mounds in a two-day tournament March 19-20. Assistant Coach Blake Pace, left, and Coach Greg ...
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ROTARY READS! The Zachary Rotary Club donates a book every year to kindergartners at Northwestern Elementary School as part of an annual literacy campaign. Members of Rotary then volunteer to read to the NES kindergartners and they get to keep a copy of the book. On Thursday, March 31, Ms. Afton Tucker’s class followed along with honorary Rotarian and Zachary Plainsman editor, Stacy Gill, during a reading of  this year's "Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True!" Ms. Tucker's kindergartners, front row, from left, are: Kyle Netterville, Kameryn Chase and Jamarius Philpot. Second row, from left: William Blanchard, Ashley Harrison, Luke Dunaway, Jayden Wright, JohnHenry Thorne and Milay Shepard. Third row, from left: Lillian Loftin, Camryn Beathley, Dereck Thomas, Lalyn Covington, Aaliyah Wells, Kade Chauvin and Macayla Williams. Back row, from left: Tessa Hay, Wren Hoffpauir, Hudson Spangler, Jacob Hardy, Wyatt Robertson and Olivia Kinchen.
Rotary reads!
Northwestern Elementary School kindergartners were treated to a reading of the book “Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True!” on Thursday, March 31, by members of the Zachary Rotary Club. The annual R...
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Graphic of Americana interior boulevard.
Americana traditional neighborhood becoming a reality in Zachary
Zachary Mayor David Amrhein met with representatives of Daigle-Americana Development Group, developers of Americana, a mixed-use traditional neighborhood community, on Tuesday who announced that th...
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District 1 community meeting scheduled for April 5
The District 1 monthly community meeting hosted by Councilman Trae Welch will be held Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Zachary Library, 1900 Church St. The Office of Community Development will...
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SET members who met Thursday, March 24, in the meeting room at the Zachary Chamber of Commerce, clockwise from bottom right, are: Chip Mills, director of economic development/Zachary; Scott Byrd, director of economic development/Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana; Jimmy Bello, parish administrator/Pointe Coupee; Matthew Wiggins, business counselor/LSU's Business and Technology Center; Rachel Pierson/BRAC; Kenyetta Nelson-Smith, assistant specialist of community and economic development/Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center; and Justin Egbee, extensions and research assistant/Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center. Unavailable for photo was Ken Dawson/police juror/West Feliciana. (PHOTO/Stacy Gill)
SET defines goals, assets in North Capital Region
The Zachary Chamber's director of economic development, Chip Mills, is hard at work with members of the Stronger Economies Together (SET) program; a program that encourages communities - primarily ...
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Alliciyia George is a sophomore at Zachary High School. She recently started her own business, Alliciyia's T-shirt shop. The 16-year-old loves the idea of being an entrepreneur and likes being creative.
ZHS student starts T-shirt business
Alliciyia George has been making T-shirts since the third grade. The 16-year-old Zachary High sophomore has always loved being creative and recently decided to start her own business, Alliciyia's T...
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Kneeling, from left, are: Easton Riche, Dylan Jackson, Tanner Hall, Owen Bertrand, Kyle Rogillio and Jack Jackson.  Standing, from left, are:  Brady Hernandez, Evan Gardner, Taylor Milton, Maverick McClure and Collier Cranford.
9U Legendz Black dominates Angels Invitational
The weekend of March 12-13, the 9U Legendz Black participated in the Angels Invitational at Oak Villa in Baton Rouge. The Legendz won both Pool Play games Saturday night, allowing only one run per ...
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Charlene Charlet Day
Zachary attorney wins Family Court seat
New to the political arena, Republican Charlene Charlet Day, 57, of Central, won the East Baton Rouge Family Court judge's race on Saturday, April 2. Day will take the seat vacated by Judge Toni Hi...
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Kneeling, from left, are: Jonah Hagstad, Gavin Graham, Caynan Byrd, Andrew Bennett and Will Perilloux. Standing, from left, are: Garrett Kozar, Phillip Faucheux, Bailey Thomas, Tyler Jackson, Jesse Gulledge and Loker Gibbens.
Legendz 10U Blue runner-up in weekend tournament
The Legendz 10U Blue team had much to celebrate after a long tournament weekend, finishing second in the Central Area Youth League Pre-Season Tournament held March 25 - 27. The team is led by head ...
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City of Zachary qualifies for recovery grant funding
The City of Zachary has received notice that it has qualified to receive $1.8 million from over $1 billion in state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds to assist in recovery activities w...
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Zachary Lions Club Cubsight team members welcomed Lion Mary Bellcase on March 2. From left: President Lambert Ratard, Francoise Ratard, Mary Bellcase, Dan Wallis and John Cobb. for more inforamtion on the Zachary Lions Club, please contact Lion Francoise Ratard at 654-6325.
Zachary Lions Club busy with community projects
Volunteers from the Zachary Lions Club are working with the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation to operate a Cubsight Program that provides free vision screening to help identify children with visual pr...
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