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Co-defendant in 2010 double homicide pleads, sentenced
One of the two people accused of a double homicide in Franklin in 2009 pleaded guilty in 16th Judicial District Court this morning. Randy Anthony Joseph, 20, of Talbot Street, and Jamichael Lashawn...
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Missing man found in north Alabama
The Arizona man reported missing from Morgan City Tuesday was found in Decatur, Ala., Wednesday alive and well. Robert Poole, 83, drove himself there and stopped on a dead end road where police fou...
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Patterson youth wins talent awards in L.A.
Patterson resident Isaac White recently excelled at the International Presentation of Performers, or iPOP, Convention, held in January in Los Angeles. The 14-year-old brought home four trophies and...
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Intersection
The Lemoine Co. is placing limestone at the intersection of Thorguson Road and Utah Street before it comes back and resurfaces the roadway. Parish Director of Public Works George Mikhael said there...
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Clarification
In Wednesday's article on the City of Franklin's audit report, it should be clarified that the city was not late making scheduled bond payments, as noted in the article. The city was late for sever...
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City’s audit given clean opinion, no serious findings
Though frequent changes in personnel in the City of Franklin’s finance department last fiscal year caused a few problems, the city’s audit came back with few discrepancies. Barbara Watts, CPA, Darn...
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Bourgeois selected to head state medical examiners
The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners recently elected a longtime Morgan City family physician as its new president. Melvin G. Bourgeois was elected to a two-year term as president during ...
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Bank CSR enters guilty plea
A former customer service representative for Teche Federal Bank in New Iberia pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of embezzling bank funds, according to United States Attorney Stephanie A. F...
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City council will meet in first session of 2012
Franklin City Council members meet tonight in their first regular session of 2012. Guests include Judith Allain, chairman of Techeland Arts Council, and Barbara Watts, CPA, of Kolder, Champagne, Sl...
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Corps of Engineers preparing for flood season
VICKSBURG, Miss — After the monumental flood of 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division carefully inspected and completed damage assessments reports for all levees, chan...
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Tests required for some prospective public school students
Nonpublic and home school students in grades four and eight who may be planning to attend public school must register to take the LEAP test. In order to enroll in fifth or ninth grade, a student mu...
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Butcher of Brashear
Friday morning a giant statue of a butcher was placed on top of Cannata’s Supermarket in Morgan City. Hans Geist of Houma designed the statue and also did all of the other artwork at this store as ...
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