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Louisiana campaigns continue -- Landry and Boustany showdown
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — While the national political focus shifted Wednesday from election debates to governing, the campaign season hasn’t wrapped up in Louisiana, with ...
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Small Farm session set
St. Mary Parish’s Natural Resource Consvervation Service office has two upcoming events to assist local farmers and conservationists. On Nov. 30, the Acadiana Small Farm Conference will be held fro...
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Railroad track repairs on NW Boulevard set
Northwest Boulevard in Franklin will be closed for railroad track repairs beginning 6:30 a.m., Thursday Nov. 15, and should be reopened by 3 p.m. that same day.
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar events for East St. Mary Parish
Giant Yard Sale Fundraiser at New Life Tabernacle, 811 Roderick St., Morgan City, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 10. Proceeds help build a church in Juarez, Mexico. For info call 985-384-3261 or vi...
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Sweet wins football contest
Frances Sweet of Berwick is the winner of the Daily Review Football Contest. Sweet wins $40. There was a three-way tie for first with the entries missing three games. Sweet overcame the tie by p...
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St. Mary Parish voters tracked state vote on amendments
MORGAN CITY, La.-- Louisiana and St. Mary Parish voters voted “yes” on all but one constitutional amendment according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Pa...
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St. Mary Parish backed Landry for 3rd District seat
MORGAN CITY, La. -- St. Mary Parish voted with the state on the majority of races, except in the 3rd Congressional District. While the top vote-getter in the district was Charles Boustany Jr. with ...
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69% of St. Mary Parish voters voted in presidential election

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Dupont, Theriot in runoff for judicial seat
MORGAN CITY, La. -- William Dupont and Mitch Theriot emerged from a field of four in the first circuit court of appeal election and will go head-to-head in the Dec. 8 runoff election. Dupont won in...
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Morgan City council seats filled, winners comment
MORGAN CITY, La.-- Three Morgan City council members were re-elected and a new member was elected Tuesday. They join Barry Dufrene, District 2, who was elected unopposed to the council. In Distric...
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St. Mary Parish voters OK school board term limit (updated)
CENTERVILLE, La. — Just under 77 percent of St. Mary voters backed term limits for school board members, which will limit them to three consecutive four-year terms beginning with elections after J...
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Dupont, Theriot in runoff for judicial seat (updated)
With all 54 precincts counted, William Dupont claimed the lead with 8,530 votes -- 41.75 percent -- in the election for the Division B seat on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, but faces a Dec. 8 ru...
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Cameron, Renwick are top news in Berwick
The Town of Berwick has a lot to be thankful for as 2011 comes to a close. High water in the spring never invaded the town, and hurricanes never breached the Gulf Coast. Renwick Subdivision has onl...
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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...
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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...
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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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