''The Gonzales Weekly Citizen'' is a

weekly newspaper A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...

published every Thursday in

Gonzales, Louisiana Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968. S ...

by GateHouse Media. ''The Gonzales Weekly Citizen'' has served as the official journal for several entities, including

Ascension Parish Ascension Parish (french: Paroisse de l'Ascension, es, Parroquia de Ascensión) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was created ...

government, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, the City of Gonzales and the Town of

Sorrento, Louisiana Sorrento is a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,227 at the 2000 census. By the 2010 census it had grown 14.2%, to 1,401 inhabitants. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography So ...

. ''The Gonzales Weekly Citizen'' is a member of the Louisiana Press Association. The circulation is estimated to be 1,600. The newspaper has received several Louisiana Press Association awards. The newspaper also has received recognition for its assistance with the parish's volunteer organization.

History

''The Gonzales Weekly Citizen'' covers local news throughout

and the surrounding area. ''The Ascension Citizen'' was founded by Mark Anderson in 1996 as a competitor of the other Ascension Parish newspapers, ''The Gonzales Weekly'' and ''The Donaldsonville Chief'', and within its first few years circulation surpassed 10,000. It became the ''Gonzales Weekly Citizen'' in 2007 when ''The Gonzales Weekly'' (founded in 1920) merged with ''The Ascension Citizen'' (founded in 1996).

References

External links

The Gonzales Weekly Citizen Web siteGatehouse MediaWeekly Citizen Facebook page
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