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Port operator named
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX After months of non-public negotiations and preparations, a new terminal port operator was announced at the monthly meeting of the Morgan City Harbor & Terminal District. Inmo...
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Work release van hit by waste truck
A sheriff’s department van leaving the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center with a work crew was involved in an accident this morning. Sheriff’s officials say that at about 6 a.m. the van was str...
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Parish council to hear golf course report
Two guests are slated to address the St. Mary Parish Council when it meets in regular session Wednesday. First up are representatives of the Red Ribbon Week Committee who will request adoption of a...
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Mark Cooper talks about Operation Christmas Child during an organizational meeting held at First Baptist Church of Morgan City Thursday.
Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes touch millions of lives
By HARLAN KIRGAN MORGAN CITY — Ted Foreman was a 9-year-old boy in a Russia oprhanize when he received a shoe box from Operation Christmas Child. “I was shocked that someone would love me enough...
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The Wheel House
consecration At New Zorah Baptist Church, 604 Julia St., Morgan City, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. Holy communion served. All invited. bhs cheer/dance Berwick High School Cheerleaders’ and Top Cats’ L...
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Help for workers in Isaac aftermath
Workers and self-employed individuals in St. Mary and Iberville parishes may now apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance as a result of Hurricane Isaac, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announ...
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Kevin Voisin
Voisin announces for Morgan City mayor
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following announcement has been authorized for release by the candidate’s campaign. Publication is provided as a public service and implies no endorsement by The Daily Review or ...
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Berwick job filled
By JEAN L. KAESS Malissa Hebert has been named assistant principal at Berwick Elementary School and will assume her new duties Monday. She replaces Debbie Tompkins, the former assistant principal,...
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Egbert Sonny Pennison, 35, of St. Marie Alley, Amelia
2nd arrest made in teen sex case
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX A second arrest has been made in the case of an adult female who is accused of having sexual intercourse with a juvenile male, according to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert...
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Franklin native named COO of USA Track & Field group
An attorney with expertise in business affairs, contract negotiations, compliance issues and the nonprofit sector, Renee Chube Washington has been named chief operating officer of USA Track & Field...
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From left are William “Bill” Hidalgo Sr. and Bill Cefalu, Rotary president.
Morgan City Rotary
MORGAN CITY ROTARY CLUB members recently honored William “Bill” Hidalgo Sr. as their Citizen of the Year. From left are Hidalgo and Bill Cefalu, Rotary president.
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Morgan City Police Chief Marc Folse
Morgan City police chief retires
By JEAN L. KAESS and JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Morgan City Police Chief Marc Folse retired Friday from his post as the top cop in the city. Assistant Chief Glen Blanco will continue to lead the department...
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Gautreaux: Insurance office in danger
Sen. D.A. “Butch” Gautreaux will retire from representing District 21 after 16 years of public service. Gautreaux discussed current issues when speaking to the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce during a...
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MC flood clean-up continues
MORGAN CITY — Cleanup work from this year’s high water event is ongoing and damage wrought by the high water may last through the summer. Mayor Tim Matte told the city council Tuesday that all jumb...
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Morgan City accepts audit report
MORGAN CITY — The city received a clean audit report on its 2010 budget, one in which it bolstered its revenues and trimmed its expenditures in the face of rising costs. Gerald Thibodeaux of Kold...
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Agency of the Year
Emergency Aid Center, Inc. of Franklin is the 2011 Agency of the Year for United Way for South Louisiana. At the organization's campaign kickoff and annual awards ceremony in Houma last week, Marth...
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Local groups lose tax-exempt status
The Berwick Housing Authority Resident Council, the St. Mary Industrial Group, and the Morgan City Volunteer Fire Department are among more than 30 eastern St. Mary Parish groups that have lost the...
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La. 87 reconstruction
Work is under way on the reconstruction of La. 87 between Willow Street in Franklin and the Centerville bridge. The project along a 5-mile stretch consists of removal of the existing pavement and c...
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A-HEC of a Summer
The A-HEC of a Summer program at Franklin Foundation Hospital and Teche Action Clinic was held from June 6-20. The Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center program provides an opportunity f...
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Levee board seeks to sell bonds to operate
MORGAN CITY — The St. Mary Parish Levee District agreed to seek financing of $2.5 million for up to five years from the State of Louisiana’s Bond Commission to help it finance its operations. The d...
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MC uncovers more than $400K unused
MORGAN CITY — Subject to approval at its council meeting on Tuesday, the 2 percent pay reduction city employees have incurred for the first six months of 2011 will be lifted, effective the first pa...
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Water problems
An apparent water line break at Wilson and Main streets in the St. Mary Parish Courthouse parking lot seemed to have caused the need to open a nearby hydrant, sending a flow of water toward Bayou T...
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Parish unemployment rises; state sees growth
Unemployment remains high in St. Mary Parish, which bears the highest unemployment level among Louisiana’s coastal parishes. Figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission show St. Mary with 20,17...
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2011 Atchafalaya River crest was 10.35 feet
MORGAN CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the official crest in Morgan City during this year’s high water season was 10.35 feet, the second highest ever recorded here and just shy o...
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