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Maddie Osburn, an eighth-grader at Berwick Junior High School, practices typing her words per minute in Amy Vaccarella’s computer enrichment class in January.
Maddie Osburn, an eighth-grader at Berwick Junior High School, practices typing her words per minute in Amy Vaccarella’s computer enrichment class in January.
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St. Mary Parish students score better than state average, tie 2012 score
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The average scores of students in St. Mary Parish public schools meeting or exceeding promotional standards in fourth and eighth grades beat the state average, while students in grades three through eight scoring basic or above maintained their average of 70 percent. During spring testing, 82 percent of fourth grade students and 75 percent of ei...
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NEWS
St. Mary Parish jobless rate up
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in April, an increase of 0.2 percent over the month and over the year, according to a news release from Loui...
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Senate rejects punitive sugar measure
The U.S. Senate Farm Bill stayed sweet to Louisiana sugar farmers. The Senate Farm Bill passed Wednesday. The House has not yet passed its farm bill. Louisiana Senators Mary Landrieu, D-New Orlean...
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Hurricane outlook: 13 to 20 named storms
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven...
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FFH levies 2013 millages
Annual millage rates for maintenance of Franklin Foundation Hospital were adopted by Hospital Service District 1 commissioners Thursday. While district voters approved the renewal of a 3.47-mill pr...
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Morgan City Housing Authority bonuses nearly matched salaries
MORGAN CITY, La. — Nearly $145,000 in bonuses were paid to four workers of the Morgan City Housing Authority in the 2012 fiscal year. The director was paid more than $22,350 in bonuses and three of...
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Naquin updates council on flood insurance rate hikes
Improved levees, delta growth and drainage pumps are just a few of the factors that will be added into the equation when new flood elevation maps are configured, according to parish President Paul ...
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Morgan City man arrested in theft of saw
A Morgan City man was arrested Thursday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s deputies after he was observed taking a miter saw out of the back of a truck at a casino on Tuesday, according to Sheriff Mark H...
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Police Reports 5-24-13
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests from the past 24-hour reporting period: Bobby Lee Beard, 30, of 7257 La. 182, Apt. 10, Morgan City, was arrested Thursday at 7:21 ...
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Berwick man arrested for multiple traffic offenses
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrest: —Edwin Burke Jr., 40, of Pacific Street in Berwick, was arrested at 2:58 p.m. Wednesday on warrants for failure to appear for mult...
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Rogers receives special plaque
By GEOFF STOUTE gstoute@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — The Morgan City Bowling Association honored its members during an awards banquet Saturday, including one longtime member with a special recogn...
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Jim McClelland was inducted into the Morgan City Bowling Association’s Hall of Fame during the group’s annual awards ceremony Saturday evening.
McClelland inducted into local bowling hall of fame
By GEOFF STOUTE gstoute@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — Jim McClelland was inducted into the Morgan City Bowling Association’s Hall of Fame during the association’s annual awards banquet Saturday. M...
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A Morgan City quarterback looks to make a pass while surrounded by defenders during the Tigers’ intersquad Green and White scrimmage Thursday. Morgan City ran approximately 60 plays during Thursday’s contest.
MCHS holds Green and White scrimmage
By GEOFF STOUTE gstoute@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — The Morgan City Tigers completed their first spring under head coach Dennis Lorio Thursday with a Green and White Scrimmage. The intersquad sc...
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Brown’s Jewelers donated Red & Ruby Heart earrings and pendant by designer Nicole Barr to be auctioned off at the 11th annual That Just Takes the Cake social to benefit the American Heart Association June 7 at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City, 500 Roderick St., Morgan City. The cocktail event will feature a photo booth for guests donated by Elegant Events of the South, silent auction, steak dinner, live cake auction and ending with music and dancing until midnight. Tickets, $50 each, are on sale by contacting Gwen Luc at 985-372-8520. From left are American Heart Association Committee member Frances Dupre of M C Bank, and Brown’s Jewelers’ customer service specialists Harold Siracusa, Carmen Loupe and Nell Hopkins.
Brown’s Jewelers donated Red & Ruby Heart earrings and pendant by designer Nicole Barr to be auctioned off at the 11th annual That Just Takes the Cake social to benefit the American Heart Association June 7 at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City, 500 Roderick St., Morgan City. The cocktail event will feature a photo booth for guests donated by Elegant Events of the South, silent auction, steak dinner, live cake auction and ending with music and dancing until midnight. Tickets, $50 each, are on sale by contacting Gwen Luc at 985-372-8520. From left are American Heart Association Committee member Frances Dupre of M C Bank, and Brown’s Jewelers’ customer service specialists Harold Siracusa, Carmen Loupe and Nell Hopkins.
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Moffett-Smith plan June 22 wedding
Dale Smith of Morgan City and Jennifer Smith of Lafayette wish to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Brittany Nicole Smith, to Clayton Joseph Moffett, son of Mr. an...
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Landry-Concienne wedding set June 15
Marianna McIntyre and Ronald Landry of Berwick wish to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Ashley Nicole Landry, to Jason Giuseppe Concienne, son of Jay and Angie An...
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Francois-Scully to wed May 25
Lupe Soto of Morgan City wishes to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Lacey Lynn Scully, to Shermaine Allen Francois, son of Judie Lewis of Morgan City. The wedding w...
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OBITUARIES
Patricia Marie Francis
Patricia Marie Francis
October 4, 1954 — May 23, 2013 Patricia Marie Francis, 58, a resident of Morgan City, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at AMG Specialty Hospital in Houma. Patricia was born on Oct. 4, 1954, in M...
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Ara Mae Francois-McClue
Ara Mae Francois-McClue
Ara Mae Francois-McClue, 74, a native of Morgan City and resident of Houston, died May 17 at her residence. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at South Park Baptist Church, 283 Van Flee...
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ARA MAE FRANCOIS-McCLUE
Ara Mae Francois-McClue, 74, a native of Morgan City, and a resident of Houston, Texas, died Friday, May 17, 2013 at 10:45 p.m., at her Houston residence. Funeral service will be Saturday, May 25,...
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