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Bill Cefalu, Morgan City utilities director, is interviewed Wednesday morning during a power outage.
Power outages not directly related to storms
MORGAN CITY, La. — The power outages in Morgan City and Amelia Wednesday morning were not directly related to the storms that swept through the area. Morgan City Utilities Director Bill Cefalu said...
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Schools suffered minor damage
MORGAN CITY, La. — Area schools suffered relatively minor damage during Wednesday’s power outages and thunderstorms. In several cases, students prepared for a tornado. Elaine Cureton, M.E. Norman E...
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A tree collapsed and fell into a residence on Lake Palourde Road in Amelia during Wednesday’s storm. From left, Adam Fangue, a Patterson volunteer firefighter, and family members, Larry Hartley and Jayvian Hartley, work to repair Hope and Billy Hartley’s damaged property.
Amelia may have been hardest hit
Toppled trees, downed power lines, damaged roofs, overturned recreational vehicles and howling winds described as sounding like a train, were not the results of tornadoes Wednesday afternoon, accor...
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Holiday closures
State, parish and local municipal offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. The Harold J. “Babe” Landry Landfill in Berwick will close at noon Monday. Due to the holiday, Morgan ...
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Two camper trailers at Lake End Parkway were flipped over, one on top of a vehicle, on Wednesday in Morgan City following a storm.
Morgan City area double-punched -- Power outage followed by severe storm
MORGAN CITY, La. — Wednesday’s storm brought strong winds and lots of rain causing moderate property damage, but no injuries were reported in Morgan City, according to Morgan City Mayor Frank “Boo”...
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Morgan City to offer summer day camp, swim lessons
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — The recreation department will hold a summer day camp for children throughout the summer and will also offer swimming lessons throug...
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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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An overturned trailer in Lake End Parkway Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch.
POWER OUTAGE -- Storm, possible twister follows outage
MORGAN CITY, La. — A power outage struck the Morgan City area at about 10:40 a.m. and lasted until about 12:20 p.m. after a fault in an Entergy power line caused the feed to Cleco’s Bayou Ramos sub...
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City joins effort to keep flood insurance rates down
Parish President Paul Naquin recently visited Washington, D.C. in an attempt to prevent increases in flood insurance rates for residents and businesses in St. Mary Parish. Naquin addressed Frankli...
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Justin Edward Patterson
Morgan City man arrested in fatal shooting (updated)
MORGAN CITY — Police have arrested a suspect for second degree murder in the shooting death of a 23-year-old Morgan City man, Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch stated in a news release. Justin...
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Hero’s Duathalon
The Franklin Fire Department held its second Hero’s Duathalon/Fun Run Saturday. Participants enjoyed family fun, food and beverages as well as a post-race party and an awards ceremony. Proceeds fro...
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St. Martin jury convicts in 1984 rape case
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Martinville – Relying almost solely on the memories of an ordeal that occurred when the victim was only 10 years old back in 1984, St. Martin Parish Assistant District Attorney Pamela Lemoines ...
Jindal-backed retirement change delayed by a year
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers have delayed the start date of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s signature retirement achievement from last year, a law that would shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k...
College tuition hike bill scrapped for session
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May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
BATON ROUGE, La. — Attempts to raise tuition at Louisiana’s public colleges appear dead for the session, despite concerns about repeated rounds of budget cuts to schools. Rep. Walt Leger, the numb...
La. online privacy bill dies
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — A proposal to ban employers and schools from demanding access to personal online accounts has been scrapped. The House had approved the measure. But Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge...
Test results up overall; voucher schools flat
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state Education Department analysis of the latest standardized test results for public school students in grades three through eight shows the state continues to make increment...
Louisiana news briefs
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9 horses die in Lafayette barn fire LAFAYETTE — Lafayette firefighters say nine horses died in a barn fire. When firefighters arrived just after 4 a.m. Wednesday, fire department spokesman Alton T...
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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An overturned trailer in Lake End Parkway Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch.
POWER OUTAGE -- Storm, possible twister follows outage
MORGAN CITY, La. — A power outage struck the Morgan City area at about 10:40 a.m. and lasted until about 12:20 p.m. after a fault in an Entergy power line caused the feed to Cleco’s Bayou Ramos sub...
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City joins effort to keep flood insurance rates down
Parish President Paul Naquin recently visited Washington, D.C. in an attempt to prevent increases in flood insurance rates for residents and businesses in St. Mary Parish. Naquin addressed Frankli...
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Justin Edward Patterson
Morgan City man arrested in fatal shooting (updated)
MORGAN CITY — Police have arrested a suspect for second degree murder in the shooting death of a 23-year-old Morgan City man, Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch stated in a news release. Justin...
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Hero’s Duathalon
The Franklin Fire Department held its second Hero’s Duathalon/Fun Run Saturday. Participants enjoyed family fun, food and beverages as well as a post-race party and an awards ceremony. Proceeds fro...
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Siblings Jewel, 5, and Liyah, 3, were adopted in 2010 by Brooke Blanco, right, of Morgan City. Blanco holds Jewel while Blanco’s former partner Stephanie Fremin, left, holds Liyah.
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...
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Deaths Elsewhere
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Former mayor HENDERSON – Services will be Friday for former mayor Earl “To-Bit” Patin. He died May 21 at age 74. He was mayor from 1996 to 22045 and was a village councilman for eight years prior ...
BEULAH MAE GIBSON
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Beulah Mae Gibson, 87, a native and a resident of Franklin, died Wednesday, May 15, at 9:04 a.m., at Franklin Nursing Care. Visitation will be Friday, May 24 at St. Jules Catholic Church in Frankli...
Deaths Elsewhere
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Mud-logging exec LAFAYETTE – Services for mud-logging company founder William Scott will be Friday. He died May 20 at age 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II’s European theater, recommen...
Lilly Vining Fabre
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Lilly Vining Fabre, 90, passed away peacefully at the Sunshine Haven Hospice, surrounded by her daughters Saturday, May 18, 2013. Lilly was born in Bayou Melon in Saint Martin ...
Levy ‘Buddy’ Roy
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
June 15, 1926 — May 20, 2013 A Mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Patterson for Mr. Levy “Buddy” Roy, 86, a native of Cottonpo...
Ethel L. Comeaux Lemaster
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
August 31, 1920 — May 19, 2013 Ethel L. Comeaux Lemaster, 92, a resident of Morgan City, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Teche Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Ethel wa...
Berwick man arrested for multiple traffic offenses
by Zachary Fitzgerald
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Police Reports 5-23-13
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests from the past 24-hour reporting period: Ruthie Liz Renee Barnes, 61, of 1017 St. Jude Ave., New Iberia, was arrested Wednesday at ...
Suspect sought in attempted armed robbery in Bayou Vista
by Zachary Fitzgerald
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
BAYOU VISTA, La. — The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in an attempted armed robbery that was reported around 7 a.m. Tuesday at Chabill’s Tire Service in Bayou Vista, Sher...
Police Reports 5-22-13
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the arrest of Carl Cage, 47, 121 Hekeb Lane, Verdunville, Tuesday at 5:32 p.m. on charges of possession of synthetic cannabinoids and abuse of toxic vap...
Drug arrests made after residence searched
by Zachary Fitzgerald
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
BAYOU VISTA, La. — Three men were arrested Monday in Bayou Vista on multiple drug charges after St. Mary Parish sheriff’s detectives conducted a search warrant at a Delmar Road residence finding va...
Police Reports 5-21-13
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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. Friday on charges of possession of schedule III (Klono...
Raises possible for sheriffs, some parish presidents
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
By JOHN MAGINNIS and JEREMY ALFORD LaPolitics.com The pay raise proposals winding through the Legislature for clerks of court, assessors and judges could potentially increase the salaries of sherif...
Fire was big threat to towns
by Jim Bradshaw
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Remembering Mary Alice
by Jim Bradshaw
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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 and Louisiana
by Jim Bradshaw
May 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Analysis: Tax over, other battles emerge
by Associated Press
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The death of Guillaume Barjeau
by Jim Bradshaw
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The Advertiser, Lafayette, La., on online sales tax would level playing field:
by Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, on Congress should make sure flood insurance is affordable:
by Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on state’s children facing crunch:
by Associated Press
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on an end run on textbooks:
by Associated Press
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The Courier, Houma, La., on voters making a sound decision on taxes:
by Associated Press
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The News-Star, Monroe, La. on school systems deserving a vote:
by Associated Press
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Pay raises on probable path to victory
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Time running out on single sales tax collection system in La.
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Lawsuits against state government mounting
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Allain continues moves to protect artificial reef fund
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Analysis: Jindal offers no guidance for tax repeal
by Associated Press
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Tax effort guarded public from budget problems
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Moniz: LNG exports on hold until he reviews data
by Associated Press
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the En...
Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for new restaurant in Patterson
by Preston Gill
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Rockin’ Rooster held its grand opening Saturday and was welcomed into the Patterson community by Mayor Rodney Grogan who pointed out that getting restaurants and other businesses like this will hel...
Business briefs
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Cleco sends crews to help in Okla. PINEVILLE — Cleco Corp. is sending a 34-member crew to Oklahoma City to help Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company restore power to customers after a tornado destroye...
Hayes promoted to banking officer
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May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW IBERIA – Teche Federal Bank Board of Directors announced the promotion of Kelli Hayes to banking officer. Hayes is the branch sales and service manager of Teche’s Bayou Vista branch located at ...
In Lafayette, a rosy economic view
by Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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 jobless rate rises for fourth month
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May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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...



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