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Allain, Jones react to plan
Local legislators reacted to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s updated proposed tax plan that would include a substantial increase in the state’s sales tax, $1.4 billion in new taxes on services and eliminating ...
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Country songwriting contest entries due Friday
Aspiring songwriters, performers and groups who would like to participate in the 19th local Texaco Country Showdown may enter through noon Friday. KQKI 95.3 FM in Bayou Vista teamed up with the Pat...
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Water tower rehab continues in city
Rehabilitation of the water tower near Foster Street is moving along. Water plan operator Bernard Daniels told the Franklin City Council that interior coating is 75 percent complete but due to humi...
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Ordinances introduced raising city council pay
Two ordinances were introduced Tuesday that would raise pay for council members and the mayor pro tempore. Councilman Dale Rogers introduced the ordinances which will lay over until the council’s A...
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Trash receptacles installed
You might have noticed that something has changed in Franklin. New trash receptacles have been placed on Main Street. This project was a collaborative effort among the City of Franklin Main Street...
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A fire in Patterson cliamed the lives of two people early this morning.
Fire kills 2 in Patterson
PATTERSON, La. -- A retired educator in St. Mary Parish perished along with another person in an early morning fire that destroyed both her home and a day care center in Patterson. Barbara Hall and...
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Retired teacher returns to work only to have retirement pay threatened
A retired and re-employed West St. Mary High School teacher was paid full-time wages retroactively to his first day of employment after originally being hired to work only quarter-time. According t...
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CNNpolitics.com editor Bryan Monroe speaks at Southern University Monday.
CNN editor says news media needs to shift coverage of minorities
By ALBERT BURFORD LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — Bryan Monroe, editor of CNNPolitics.com, advocated in a speech Monday at Southern University, a news media coverage shift to increase fairer...
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St. Mary Parish jobless rate down
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s civilian labor force grew in January to the largest it’s been since 2005, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Monday by the federal Bureau of Labor Stat...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s firing range to close for maintenance
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office shooting range will close temporarily to the public Monday for scheduled maintenance. The range will close for several weeks during the completion of berm work ...
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Walnut Canal flood control barge to close for repairs
The flood control barge on the Walnut Canal will be temporarily closed for repairs Thursday. The barge can be opened and closed with notification. Call 985-714-2184. The repairs are expected to be...
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Traffic is back up on U.S. 90 over the La. 182 exit in Morgan City Tuesday morning.
Cluster of wrecks occur this morning in Morgan City (updated)
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — Police responded to four separate crashes this morning involving a total of 12 vehicles that resulted in several people being taken ...
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Sheriff’s office classes
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office recently hosted continuing education classes for law officers on how to identify methamphetamine laboratories. Meth labs pose a unique hazard to law enforcement...
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Missing victim Tony Rodriguez Jr.
Missing Thibodaux man found dead says Assumption Parish sheriff
BELLE ROSE, La. — The body of the missing Thibodaux man believed shot in the head during a Belle Rose robbery was recovered by fishermen around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The body of Tony Rodriguez Jr., 23,...
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Christmas past
School kids are getting the chance to see a Victorian Christmas as it might have been at Grevemberg House Museum in Franklin. This Saturday, the house will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for tours ...
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Council on Aging
Despite having lost all state and federal funding, the St. Mary Parish Council on Aging continues to provide valuable services to the elderly across the parish. First photo, Executive Director Beve...
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Chad Allen Anderson (Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office)
Homeless man arrested in Walmart bombing incident at Houma
HOUMA, La. A man was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the bombing incident at Walmart Sunday afternoon, Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. At about 4 p.m., the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Of...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert spoke Monday at the St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Sheriff Mark Hebert -- Bad checks are big problem in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. — People issuing worthless checks is a big problem in St. Mary Parish, said St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert. Hebert was the guest speaker at the St. Mary Industrial Group’s mon...
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Food drive Wednesday
St. Mary Parish Emergency Aid, an agency of United Way of South Louisiana, is participating in KLFY TV 10’s annual FoodNet Food for Families drive Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Drop off locations...
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Kenny Alfred of Bayou Vista walks into the room at the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voter’s Office in Morgan City to vote Friday for Saturday’s election.
1,521 vote early in St. Mary Parish for Saturday election
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com A total of 1,521 St. Mary Parish voters cast their ballots early for the Dec. 8 run-off election compared to the 4,135 voters who voted early for ...
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Police Reports 12-3-12
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests from the past weekend: Tarao Walker, 26, of 309 Mallard St., Morgan City, was arrested Thursday at 3:51 p.m. on a charge of simple...
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ST. MARY PARISH’S MOST WANTED -- Most recent addition to list is man suspected of using stolen credit cards
MORGAN CITY, La. -- St. Mary Parish’s Most Wanted list includes suspects who have been at large for months and a suspect who has been wanted for about two weeks. The list is solicited from the she...
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LIghting up the festivities
The City of Franklin held its annual Christmas parade and lamp-lighting ceremony Thursday in downtown Franklin. Golf carts rolled down Main Street along with the Franklin Senior High School marchin...
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Fire killed a Patterson man early Thursday morning.
Fire kills Patterson man, electric blanket suspected
PATTERSON, La. — A fire that apparently was started by an electric blanket killed a 78-year-old Patterson man at his residence early today, according to Patterson Fire Chief Sherel Martin. The Patt...
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