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La. casinos win $35.8M less in April than in March
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million. State police figures show most also won less than they did a year ag...
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Housing authority audit details aren’t released
MORGAN CITY, La. — A document naming administrative office workers given tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses, of which more than $93,000 exceeded what is allowed under civil service regulations...
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One man was injured after his vehicle flipped on Iberia Street near Barrow at 2:50 p.m., Monday. Raymond McGoff, 55, of Franklin was transported by Acadian Ambulance to Franklin Foundation Hospital after he was extracted from the vehicle by first responders from the Franklin fire Department. The extent of his injuries was not reported. The accident is still under investigation by Franklin police.
One injured in Iberia St. wreck
First responders from the Franklin Fire Department were dispatched at 2:52 p.m. Monday to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Iberia and Barrow Streets on the report of a flipped vehicl...
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Oklahoma twister death toll lowered (updated)
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At l...
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Cancer survivors open the Relay for Life ceremony late Saturday afternoon with a Survivors Lap in front of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Many are holding hands in support of each other as the crowd honors these survivors for the battles they have fought. Each year globally, 12.7 million people learn they have cancer, and 7.6 million people die from the disease, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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...
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Peter Matthew Spinella Jr.
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...
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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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Alligators sun Thursday afternoon alongside the canal of Lake End Park in Morgan City. May is the peak of alligator mating season, resulting in alligators moving in search of mates.
Gators roam Morgan City -- Morgan City police say calls about alligators keep coming
MORGAN CITY, La. — 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 dif...
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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...
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In the distance at center, a barge prepares to pass under the U.S. 90 bridge in Morgan City Tuesday morning. A gauge at right on the Atchafalaya River shows the river level at about 4.5 feet.
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 ...
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Louisiana news briefs
by Associated Press
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Ex-BP executive’s charge dismissed NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congres...
Senate Committee stalls Medicaid expansion
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May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
BATON ROUGE (AP) — State senators rejected a proposal on Monday for Louisiana to offer government-subsidized health insurance to the working poor through the federal health overhaul law known as th...
New Iberia woman gets 26 months in $12 million IRS scam
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LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
Martin will put $20 million into Chopin plan upgrade, expansion
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CHOPIN – Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin, III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd. Partnership announced Monday that the company will invest $20 million to modernize...
Trio of personal care attendants face Medicaid fraud charges
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ZACHARY – Three Zachary women are charged with Medicaid fraud, each accused of filing false claims. All three were arrested May 15 by the State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with a...
Louisiana news briefs
by Associated Press
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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...
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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Alligators sun Thursday afternoon alongside the canal of Lake End Park in Morgan City. May is the peak of alligator mating season, resulting in alligators moving in search of mates.
Gators roam Morgan City -- Morgan City police say calls about alligators keep coming
MORGAN CITY, La. — 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 dif...
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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...
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In the distance at center, a barge prepares to pass under the U.S. 90 bridge in Morgan City Tuesday morning. A gauge at right on the Atchafalaya River shows the river level at about 4.5 feet.
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 ...
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The family of the late Chitimacha tribal police Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Riggenbach was recognized by the Marine Corps League St. Mary Detachment 600 at its annual banquet Tuesday night in Patterson. From left are daughters Andrea Balridge and Mary Thompson, widow Bonnie Riggenbach, and son William Riggenbach.
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...
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Lilly Vining Fabre
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 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 | 0 0 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 | 0 0 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...
Deaths Elsewhere
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Long-time vet METAIRIE – Services for long-time vet Dr. Thomas Melius, Jr. will be Thursday. He died May 19 at age 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was former veterinarian for Aud...
Levy “Buddy” Roy
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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...
Ross Anthony Grimball
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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...
Drug arrests made after residence searched
by Zachary Fitzgerald
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 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...
Man arrested for possession of a firearm in the presence of controlled drug
by Zachary Fitzgerald
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Police Reports 5-20-13
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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 chief denies officers took bribes at club
by Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Police Reports 5-17-13
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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...
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...
Jindal’s tax reversal was a surprise to legislation’s sponsor
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
The Advertiser, Lafayette, La., on online sales tax would level playing field:
by Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 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
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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:
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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
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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...
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
by Associated Press
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...
Plans to export U.S. natural gas stir debate
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Governments may push workers to health exchange
by Associated Press
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Business briefs
by Associated Press
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Cool weather delays shrimp season
by Associated Press
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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