Ten inmates at the Iberville Parish Jail have been charged with three counts each of second degree battery in the attack on three incoming inmates, Warden Pete Edwards confirmed Monday.

An Iberville Parish Grand Jury has indicted a Maringouin man accused in the rape last spring  of 12-year-old child, District Attorney Richard J. “Ricky” Ward Jr. reported last week.

The Iberville Parish School System is joining with local judges, the district attorney and sheriff to crack down on truancy problems, Supervisor William Bujol said.

Law and Order Magazine has named the St. Gabriel Police Department as a third place winner in its 2008 International Police Vehicle Design Contest, the magazine announced Monday from Deerfield, Illinois.

The National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) has honored Peacock Communications and the East Baton Rouge School System with a national award for the school system’s external newsletter. Plaquemine native Ellie Hebert, president of Peacock Communications, said Rodney Gascon of Plaquemine, the company’s graphic designer, created the award-winning design of the newsletter. She described Gascon’s work as “masterful.”