The  Iberville Chamber of Commerce will host the East Iberville membership luncheon on April 23 at 11:30 a.m.

The luncheon will be held at Gabriel's House of Events, 3520 Bank Drive in St. Gabriel.

Dan Borne', president of the Louisiana Chemical Association, will be the guest speaker.

Lunch starts at noon.

For more information, go to www.ibervillechamber.com

Former New Roads Mayor  Tommy Nelson who was found guilty on seven counts of racketeering,  wire fraud, making false statements, and interstate commerce, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. He must report to prison on Feb. 20.

Judge Brian Jackson handed down the sentence just moments ago according to WAFB's Jim Shannon.

"It's still the wrong sentence," said Nelson's Attorney Paige Pate.  "I think we have a very strong case for appeal. I think the judge made some calculations on sentencing guidelines that were not correct. It's is clear black letter law that you cannot hold someone accountable for all these numbers the government made up."

Nelson was accused of taking bribes from undercover agents promoting a fake garbage can cleaning business.

A jury deliberated for just over an hour in June before returning the verdict. Shannon will have more details coming up at 5, 6, and 10.

Every year, the nation pauses to remember Amber Hagerman, the namesake of the national Amber Alert program.  Amber was abducted and murdered on Jan. 13, 1996. Since the origination of the national initiative, moe than 550 children have been successfully recovered as a direct result of the Amber Alert.

Louisiana has one recognized statewide Amber plan that is coordinated and administered by the Louisiana State Police. It is a statewide, collaborative effort between law enforcement and broadcasters focused on safely locating an abducted child within the critical two to three hour period following abduction.  It is an investigative tool which supplements law enforcement efforts to locate an abducted child whose life is in immediate danger.   Since the inception of the Louisiana Amber Alert Plan in October 2002, there have been only twelve activations.  In all cases, the children were successfully recovered.