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Sheriff: Website helps keep Halloween safer
Trick or Treat in will be observed from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said this Halloween it is “crucial that you know which houses your children should avoid when trick-...
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Todd Art Gallery grand opening
Friends, family, Chamber of Commerce members and local officials joined Francis Todd Thursday for the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Francis Todd Art Gallery, located at 210½ Willow St. in...
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Techeland Arts Council event
Techeland Arts Council sponsored its second fundraiser Friday in advance of next year’s performance of an all-new “No Hitchin.” The event was held at the Lamp Post in Franklin and featured a barber...
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Parish third-grade readers are beating poverty’s impact
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A study of third-graders reading proficiency and economic disadvantage in Louisiana schools shows that several St. Mary Parish schools in high-poverty areas have a high percenta...
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8% cast early votes in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. -- After the first week of early in-person voting, approximately 8 percent of the registered voters in St. Mary Parish have already cast their ballots. The St. Mary Parish Registr...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
October fest At Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 113 Federal Ave., Morgan City, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. All children welcomed for free food, games and treats. For info call Arla Nicholas, 985-38...
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Trick-or-treat is Wednesday in St. Mary Parish
Trick-or-treat hours for eastern St. Mary Parish ghouls and goblins will be observed Wednesday. Children will take to the streets to collect candy from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Bayou Vista Elementary School was one of the many schools from across the parish to take part in the Parade of Schools down Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City, kicking off Saturday’s festivities.
Drug-free campaign ends with a day of fun in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The culmination of Red Ribbon Week occurred Saturday in Morgan City as Zoo to Boo and the Parade of Schools wrapped up 10 days of drug-free awareness activities across St. Mary P...
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Health Fair
The Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church held a health fair at Franklin Senior High School on Oct. 20. The health fair, sponsored by Teche Action Clinic, offered free screenings for things like ast...
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WSM Homecoming Royalty
Members of the West St. Mary High School‘s Homecoming Court are from left Second Maid Nadia Spiller, Queen Alexis Cross and First Maid Adajee Young. The court was presented Friday at Wolfpack Stadi...
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Kathy Sherman of Morgan City, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, was surprised with a check for more than $1,000 by the staff of Morgan City Health Care Center Thursday night. Sherman thought she was going to hear a speech by her niece about breast cancer awareness, but arrived to a room full of family and friends who offer her support. The money was raised at Morgan City Health Care Center’s fall festival Oct. 20.
Help for a Morgan City cancer patient
MORGAN CITY, La. — She was surprised to say the least. Kathy Sherman, 54, has gone through some difficult times recently, but she did not expect what happened Thursday evening at Morgan City Healt...
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St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish’s “Most Wanted” list for October includes accused armed robbers, thieves, neglectors of children, trespassers and assaulters. The Daily Review’s “Most Wanted” began in September wit...
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Bureau is accepting award nominations
The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau is accepting nominations for the 2011 Employee of the Year award. The award is open to all front line employees in the hospitality industry who have ren...
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B&G acquires more than 20 Houston restaurants
From Staff Reports B&G Food Enterprises, headquartered in Morgan City, announced Tuesday the largest acquisition in the 30 year history of the company with the addition of 24 restaurants in the Hou...
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Toys for Tots
A load of toys and $820 in cash were delivered by Franklin Republican Women to the St. Mary Marine Corps League for its Toys for Tots drive. The donations were collected during the club’s Christmas...
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St. Mary jobless rate falls below 8 percent
St. Mary’s jobless rate for November was down from both a month before and a year ago. From October to November the rate declined half a percent, from 8.3 percent to 7.8 percent, placing the rate m...
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Frontage road accident
A car collided with a sugar cane hauler late Tuesday morning on the U. S. 90 service road east of the Willow Street overpass. At about 10:45 a.m., Franklin Police say, the driver of the truck was m...
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Rockin' around ...
Patterson High School held its first Christmas Fest Sunday after the city’s annual Christmas parade. Games, contests and activity booths were open to anyone wanting to take part in the fun. Here, 6...
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Cubsight
The Louisiana Lions Cubsight Program recently offered free vision screenings to young students in grades pre-K and kindergarten at Holy Cross Elementary School in Morgan City. The test provides ins...
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Man arrested for attempted murder of 2
A Morgan City man was arrested for the attempted second-degree murder of his stepdaughter and her boyfriend. Bobby Ray Flores, 63, of Arkansas Street was arrested at 12:40 a.m. Sunday. At approxima...
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Franklin's "Top Cops"
Four Franklin Police Department officers were recognized as “Top Cops” Thursday during Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s “Light of Hope” ceremony. Franklin Police had the most officers recognized of ...
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School board remap headed for hearing
CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board reviewed and tentatively accepted a fourth redistricting plan Thursday. This version of the plan, according to demographer Mike Heffner, melds the be...
Dec 16, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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MADD "Top Cops"
St. Mary Parish Mothers Against Drunk Driving held its “Light of Hope” ceremony at the Teche Theater in Franklin Thursday. “Top Cop” awards were handed out to Louisiana State Police troopers with t...
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Former rec liaison pleads to $76K theft
Former Town of Berwick recreation liaison Rhonda Burtner pleaded guilty Dec. 8 to the theft of just over $76,000 from sports leagues in Berwick. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office received a comp...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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