MORGAN CITY, La. -- There are hundreds of children statewide needing a family and are available for adoption.
There are no adoption fees and legal expenses of the adoption are covered. But more im...
Hundreds participate in Relay for Life in Morgan City MORGAN CITY, La. — Hundreds of people turned out to battle cancer Saturday afternoon and into the wee hours of Sunday morning in the East St. Mary Relay for Life held in front of the Morgan City Mu...
Sexual assault investigation leads to 11 drug charges MORGAN CITY, La. — A 60-year-old Morgan City man was arrested Friday by Morgan City police on 11 different drug charges after detectives executed a search warrant at a residence stemming from an in...
Morgan City police to watch for seat belt use MORGAN CITY, La. — Police are cracking down on motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts by participating in the “Click It or Ticket Campaign,” according to a news release from Police Chief Tra...
4.0 Graduates -- Patterson High School Rebecca Taylor will lead the 124 seniors in the graduating class of Patterson High School during commencement exercises at 7 p.m. Friday in the school’s gymnasium.
Taylor is the daughter of Alan an...
Berwick High School Berwick High School is honoring nine students who earned 4.0 grade point averages throughout their high school careers.
They will be among 116 seniors graduating at 7 p.m. Thursday in Geisler Stadi...
4.0 Graduates -- Morgan City High School Seven seniors will lead the 2013 graduating class of Morgan City High School during commencement exercises at 7 p.m. Friday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
All seven seniors maintained a ...
Wanted: Parents to foster or adopt MORGAN CITY, La. -- There are hundreds of children statewide needing a family and are available for adoption.
There are no adoption fees and legal expenses of the adoption are covered. But more im...
Fire Department Duathlon is Saturday A second Hero’s Duathlon/Fun Run is set Saturday in Franklin.
Sponsored by the Franklin Volunteer Fire Department the run welcomes first-time and experienced participants.
There will also be family...
Atchafalaya River to crest at 6 feet MORGAN CITY, La. —Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week.
That forecast could increase ...
Fallen officer honored PATTERSON, La. — “I know he is up there with the Good Lord but I sure wish he was down here with us,” E.C. “Gene” Bosworth said Tuesday night of slain Chitimacha tribal policemen Sgt. Frederick “Ri...
Red Ribbon arts, crafts show Nov. 9 The Red Ribbon Committee is currently making plans for the annual Fall Bazaar to be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Patterson Civic Center from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Patrons can expect to choose from...
Judge delays
ex-BP engineer’s trial
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company’s r...
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company’s proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a productio...
NEW ORLEANS, La. — A federal judge’s ruling Friday hasn’t resolved a family’s bitter struggle for control of Brennan’s, one of New Orleans’ best-known restaurants.
U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ...
BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad.
According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
MORGAN CITY — Alligators continue to be spotted in people’s yards and neighborhoods in Morgan City, a problem police have been dealing with for about a month, which could be due to several differen...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A man arrested in a 51-year-old killing is being held in the Calcasieu Parish jail without bond.
Authorities arrested 73-year-old William Felix Vail Friday for the October ...
Fire Department Duathlon is Saturday A second Hero’s Duathlon/Fun Run is set Saturday in Franklin.
Sponsored by the Franklin Volunteer Fire Department the run welcomes first-time and experienced participants.
There will also be family...
Atchafalaya River to crest at 6 feet MORGAN CITY, La. —Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week.
That forecast could increase ...
Fallen officer honored PATTERSON, La. — “I know he is up there with the Good Lord but I sure wish he was down here with us,” E.C. “Gene” Bosworth said Tuesday night of slain Chitimacha tribal policemen Sgt. Frederick “Ri...
Red Ribbon arts, crafts show Nov. 9 The Red Ribbon Committee is currently making plans for the annual Fall Bazaar to be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Patterson Civic Center from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Patrons can expect to choose from...
Audit finds excessive bonuses at Morgan City Housing Authority MORGAN CITY, La. -- Morgan City Housing Authority office personnel apparently “were paid more than allowed by Civil Service,” according to a report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor released Mon...
Funeral services are incomplete at this time for Levy “Buddy” Roy, 86, of Patterson, who died today at Teche Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary Inc., 1111...
February 4, 1993 — May 19, 2013
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church for Ross Anthony Grimball, 20, a native and lifelong res...
Aug. 9, 1921 ~ May 16, 2013
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 11 a.m., at Beau Pre Cemetery in Jeanerette for Mr. Emile Joseph “E. J,” Doucet, 91, a St. Mary Parish native and...
Mr. Harry James Roberts, 57, a resident of Jeanerette and native of Opelousas, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at New Iberia Manor North.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leola Prejean Roberts of Jean...
March 5, 1919 ~ May 18, 2013
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 2 p.m., at Ibert’s Mortuary for Elizabeth “Liz” Bigler Carr, 94, a native and lifelong resident of Franklin, w...
Nursing homes owner
ALEXANDRIA – Services for former Louisiana Nursing Home Association president Finley C. Matthews, Jr. are Monday. He died May 15 at age 78.
He was owner/operator of Naomi Height...
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD
zfitzgerald@daily-review.com
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests:
—Drew Baugher, 23, of Rizzo Street in Patterson, was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Fr...
Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported the following arrests from the past weekend:
Bailey Robertson Peters, 31, of St. John Street, Franklin, was arrested Friday at 11:41 a.m., and charged ...
CARENCRO, La. (AP) — A police chief disputes claims that his officers were paid to look away during illegal drug sales and prostitution at a strip club.
Carencro Police Chief Carlos Stout told The ...
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrest this morning:
Jerrell A. Jones, 21, of 628 Red Cypress Road, Patterson, was arrested Thursday at 5:49 p.m. on charges of simple bat...
A 42-year-old Ricohoc man was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for domestic abuse battery, according to Sheriff Mark Hebert.
Mikel J. Ashley, of Calumet Cut Lane in Ricohoc, was arrested at 8:47 a.m...
A 27-year-old Bayou Vista woman was arrested Tuesday by a St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s deputy for obstruction of justice after she claimed she struck a man with her fist at a park, but video surveilla...
Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
By MELINDA DESLATTE
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE — Tax discussions may be largely dead for the legislative session, but lawmakers have found a list of other issues over which to bicker for the next...
In October 1788, César Archinard, Edward Murphy, and François Brunet were sent to the Bayou Chicot community by Nicolas Forstall, commandant of the Poste des Opelousas, to investigate the sudden de...
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s announcement Monday that he is shelving his tax swap plan came as a surprise to the sponsor of the legislation, Rep. Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayet...
May 13
The Advertiser, Lafayette, La., on online sales tax would level playing field:
It is time for states to begin collecting sales tax on Internet purchases. This is a po-tential source of reven...
May 11
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, on Congress should make sure flood insurance is affordable:
Hurricane Isaac spared 86-year-old Addie Riley’s home in Bohemia last fall. But new federal flood ins...
May 12
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on state’s children facing crunch:
Continuing challenges with the state budget mean that funding for basic social services is deeply strained, and that realit...
May 5
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on an end run on textbooks:
Without knowing the background, there is no apparent reason to object to a bill in the Legislature that would give local school dis...
May 6
The Courier, Houma, La., on voters making a sound decision on taxes:
It was a day for deciding the fates of taxes.
In Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes alone, there were five separate tax iss...
May 3
The News-Star, Monroe, La. on school systems deserving a vote:
Rural school systems in northeastern Louisiana are suffering financially.
In some communities, the dollars assigned to public sc...
By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPOLITICS.com
Proposed salary bumps for assessors, clerks and judges are all positioned to move forward in the remaining three weeks of the regular session. Toge...
By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
With the U.S. Senate approving legislation earlier this week to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, attention turns to the ...
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE — Considering all the lawsuits that have been filed and those that are anticipated, the court system is putting Gov. Bobby Jindal and h...
By JOHN MAGINNIS
and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
A committee hearing that was scheduled Monday for a bill to place the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state constitution was temporarily de...
An AP News Analysis
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has punted the tax debate to lawmakers with no guiding principles for the multibillion-dollar budget implications involved in his bid t...
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD
LaPolitics.com
BATON ROUGE — With Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax repeal package and those like it apparently immobile and parked for the session, lawmakers are slowly tu...
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — It never gets old when companies announce they'll locate or expand in or around Lafayette.
But Gregg Gothreaux, Lafayette Economic Development Authority president and chief ex...
Louisiana's unemployment rate rose in April for the fourth straight month, as fewer people reported having work.
While the labor force was basically flat, according to the federal Bureau of Labor S...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas over...
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama’s health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmak...
Coastal governors call for more offshore drilling
HOUSTON — Six coastal governors have called on Washington to open up more waters to offshore drilling and to make permitting a quicker, more effic...
By TODD MASSON
The Times-Picayune
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This has been the second-coldest spring in the last century, and as a result, brown shrimp have grown more slowly than the U.S. economy. That pu...
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