Two teenagers found a five foot long shark while fishing in a Louisiana canal Thursday afternoon and pulled it out of the water to have proof behind their amazing fish story. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/07/blacktip-shark-found-in-louisiana-canal?fromrss=1

It's one of our country's fastest growing parishes. Officials in Ascension came together to embrace a situation that could become problematic if key issues aren't addressed soon. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/06/ascension-parish-designs-master-plan?fromrss=1

Two people were killed in crashes last night in the Troop A area. The first crash, involving a motorcycle, occurred in Livingston Parish. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/06/two-fatal-crashes-overnight-in-troop-a?fromrss=1

The Town Council annexed the 349-lot Orange Grove subdivision Tuesday. The annexation is contingent on an agreement with the community development district, the body that controls the subdivision, being accepted. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/06/sorrento-town-council-annexes-orange-grove?fromrss=1

The Ascension Parish School Board on Tuesday hired Terence Williams, formerly head coach at Leesville High School, as the new head coach and athletic director at Donaldsonville High School. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/06/donaldsonville-coach-hired?fromrss=1

The Ascension Parish School Board voted to proceed with an agreement with Ascension Water Co. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/05/board-agrees-to-contract-water-service?fromrss=1

Renaissance Development Group, developer of the proposed Orange Grove subdivision, recently notified the Ascension Parish School Board it wants the Town of Sorrento, rather than Baton Rouge Water Co., to install water mains for the property it donated for the planned Orange Grove Primary School, illustrated here. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/05/school-water-choice-due?fromrss=1

Facing an order to cut $102 million from its budget, the LSU System's Board of Supervisors will meet today to determine how to carry out a decree that, the system president predicts, will have "a drastic effect" on the statewide network. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/04/lsu-system-to-carve-out-cuts?fromrss=1

The Ascension Parish Council faces a decision on a proposed ordinance that, if enacted, would curtail the amount of revenue municipalities receive from annexed property. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/04/proposed-ordinances-face-ascension-council?fromrss=1

The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to have the town's accounting firm review several items identified as problem areas in the most recent audit. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/03/sorrento-council-approves-review-of-accounting-issues?fromrss=1

A Monday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Lemann Center in Donaldsonville. A Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at St. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/03/ascension-meetings-set-on-zoning-issues?fromrss=1

Sorrento Mayor Brenda Melancon will not face trial for the death of a motorcyclist in Ascension Parish. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/03/sorrento-mayor-avoids-trial?fromrss=1

The case of former St. Charles Parish sheriff deputy Michael Liker, who despite a criminal guilty plea turned up as a reserve officer elsewhere, offers lessons law enforcement agencies should heed. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/03/editorial-a-lesson-for-screeners?fromrss=1

Garyville resident Michael R. Liker left the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office in disgrace in 1994 after pleading guilty to a charge related to a shakedown of Asian motorists traveling on U.S. 90. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/03/past-catches-up-with-officer?fromrss=1

An Ascension Parish woman might be setting a new trend in Mardi Gras fashion. Wanda Simms of Gonzales recently unveiled her "king cake hair do," just in time for Fat Tuesday. http://www.topix.net/city/sorrento-la/2009/02/gonzales-woman-models-mardi-gras-king-cake-hair-do?fromrss=1