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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...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch
Morgan City police to watch for seat belt use
MORGAN CITY, La. — Police are cracking down on motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts by participating in the “Click It or Ticket Campaign,” according to a news release from Police Chief Tra...
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Rebecca Taylor
4.0 Graduates -- Patterson High School
Rebecca Taylor will lead the 124 seniors in the graduating class of Patterson High School during commencement exercises at 7 p.m. Friday in the school’s gymnasium. Taylor is the daughter of Alan an...
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Alexis Nicole Kates
Berwick High School
Berwick High School is honoring nine students who earned 4.0 grade point averages throughout their high school careers. They will be among 116 seniors graduating at 7 p.m. Thursday in Geisler Stadi...
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Cayde Mosley
4.0 Graduates -- Morgan City High School
Seven seniors will lead the 2013 graduating class of Morgan City High School during commencement exercises at 7 p.m. Friday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. All seven seniors maintained a ...
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Valedictorian Abigail Jo Bergeron
Honor Graduates -- Central Catholic High School
By JEAN L. KAESS jkaess@daily-review.com Central Catholic High School’s graduating class of 37 will take part in commencement exercises at 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morgan Ci...
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Skin cancer screening offered
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne General Medical Center is offering a free skin cancer screening in May in Morgan City. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United Stat...
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St. Mary Parish Superintendent of Schools Donald Aguillard
St. Mary Parish teacher retirement numbers depend on source
Parish public school numbers indicate 24 teachers have retired to date, but the state retirement system says 43 St. Mary teachers had indicated their intention to retire as of Tuesday. “It could me...
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Morgan City Housing Authority audit to be discussed
MORGAN CITY, La. — Audit revelations of excessive “reward and recognition” compensation to office personnel at the Morgan City Housing Authority are to be discussed at a special meeting Monday. Vi...
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Junior Auxiliary of East St. Mary recently selected board members for the 2013-14 year. From left are Colleen Keller, parliamentarian; Mary Alice Fuhrer, public relations chairman; Sarah Theriot, treasurer; Laura Cloutier, vice president; Julie Domino, ex-officio; Jodi Grizzaffi, membership chairman; Rachel Hebert, projects chairman; Danielle Grow, president; and Jackie Blackman, corresponding secretary.
Junior Auxiliary of East St. Mary welcomes new board members
The Junior Auxiliary of East St. Mary recently selected board members for the 2013-14 year. Junior Auxiliary is a national non-profit organization that encourages members to render charitable servi...
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Audit finds excessive bonuses at Morgan City Housing Authority
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Morgan City Housing Authority office personnel apparently “were paid more than allowed by Civil Service,” according to a report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor released Mon...
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One seriously hurt in U.S. 90 crash
A Baton Rouge man was seriously injured in an early morning accident Sunday. Franklin Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois said personnel were dispatched after a 6:20 a.m. 911 report of an accident on U.S. 9...
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The Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City may be lifted by Tuesday. Work continued on the building Friday despite stormy weather. The building sank on Jun 14, 2012.
Lifting of sunken welcome center expected to be completed Tuesday
MORGAN CITY, La. — Work began Wednesday to lift the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center to its original height, before it sank several feet June 14, 2012, and the lifting phase is expected ...
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FFH named on ‘best places to work’ list
Franklin Foundation Hospital has been named a Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review. The 2013 list was developed through nominations and editorial research and Fran...
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Patterson Junior High Principal Suzanne Bergeron shows cracks in the walls of her school that cannot be repaired due to the material the wall is constructed from. A teacher used duct tape and a poster to cover the hole. The St. Mary Parish School Board is asking voters to approve a 15-mill property tax Oct. 19 that will support $21 million in bonds to demolish and replace Patterson Junior High School.
15-mill property tax vote set to replace Patterson school
CENTERVILLE, La. -- The St. Mary Parish School Board called an Oct. 19 election asking residents from the Calumet Cut to Southwest Boulevard in Bayou Vista to approve a 15-mill property tax to repl...
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Tour du Rouge
Cyclists participating in the fifth annual Tour du Rouge stopped for a light lunch Wednesday in Franklin on the grounds of Parc sur la Teche. More than 100 riders are travelling from Houston to New...
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Steep flood insurance cost hike fought
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Annual flood insurance premiums as high as $28,000 on a $200,000 home could become mandatory on houses built to code and two feet above existing flood plain elevations, if Congr...
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Ban on smoking on courthouse grounds proposed
A new ordinance was introduced Wednesday that if adopted would eliminate smoking anywhere outdoors on parish property at the courthouse in Franklin. The ordinance was introduced during the St. Mary...
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Traffic headed to Berwick and Morgan City area was backed up this morning on U.S. 90 eastbound after a multiple-vehicle wreck on the bridge.
5 vehicles wreck on U.S. 90 bridge slow morning traffic
BERWICK — Two wrecks, involving five vehicles, sent three men to the hospital and briefly shut down traffic on the eastbound side of the U.S. 90 bridge over the Atchafalaya River this morning, acco...
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Among those honoring former Teche Action Clinic administrator and board member Alice Drefchinski Friday as she leaves Franklin for her hometown of Moline, Ill., were State Rep. Sam Jones and Teche Action chief executive officer Dr. Gary Wiltz, at top. Below, Mayor Raymond Harris presented Drefchinski with a key to the City of Franklin. Staff members and associates of Drefchinski spoke of her career, dedication to health care in the area and her friendship.
Drefchinski honored by clinic, community
People crowded into the meeting room at Teche Action Clinic’s administrative building Friday to bid farewell to one of its earliest driving forces. Former clinic administrator and board member Alic...
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James Brown, 35, interviews Monday morning with John Ford, vice president of Business Development for Oceanwide, after the Navy veteran of eight years completed the first class of the Battlefields to Oilfields program at Young Memorial campus of South Central Louisiana Technical College.
Veterans offered oilfield training opportunity
MORGAN CITY, La. — About a year ago an “overqualified” veteran, who had gone through multiple tours of duty in Iraq, paid to attend South Central Louisiana Technical College for certification to ge...
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Parish to consider saggy pants law
A saggy pants ordinance is set to be introduced when the St. Mary Parish meets in regular session Wednesday. The agenda item submitted by at-large Councilman Steve Bierhorst would prohibit “below t...
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