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Smash-up
Early this morning the driver of a red GMC Sierra SLE truck was traveling eastbound on La. 182 at a high rate of speed when he ran off the road and struck three vehicles — a white Ford F-150XL truc...
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School board reports higher LEAP scores
St. Mary fourth and eighth-grade students posted achievement gains between spring and summer LEAP and EOC test administrations. Passing the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program and End-of-Cours...
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Vitter, Landry applaud derelict barge removal
U.S. Sen. David Vitter and Rep. Jeff Landry applauded the news that Hercules 61 Rig is being removed from the Charenton Canal in St. Mary Parish. The rig was purchased in a bankruptcy court auction...
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CAA sets commodity re-registration dates
St. Mary Community Action Agency will begin to re-register persons who are currently receiving commodities (food boxes) and would like to continue receiving them. According to Almetra J. Franklin, ...
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100 Shannon St., Patterson, was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening.
PVFD answers three calls Tuesday
A mobile home was destroyed in a Tuesday evening fire, which the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department chief said was caused by a five year old boy playing with a lighter. Chief Sherel Martin said th...
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This year's That Just Takes the Cake committee members included, from left, Frances Dupre, Gwen Luc, Julie Domino, Jackie Cortez and Cherie Hidalgo Laiche.
'Takes the Cake' raises $20,000
“That Just Takes the Cake,” an annual fundraiser for the American Heart Association, raised almost $20,000 this year. Held in July at the Morgan City Petroleum Club, this year’s event —the ninth in...
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First boil notice issued for Patterson
***UPDATE*** Mayor Rodney Grogan issued a statement at 12:37 p.m. Tuesday that the boil-water notice for Patterson has been lifted. Testing of water samples revealed no contaminants and adequate di...
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Shady Lane
The Siracusa spray park will soon have two shaded sitting areas. Children under the age of 5 must have an adult 18 or older with them. These areas will be a welcoming site to those adults.
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Houma woman arrested in ID fraud case here
A Houma woman is alleged to have sold more than 400 state identification cards in St. Mary Parish. Holly G. Calva, 40, was arrested Friday by Louisiana State Police with the assistance of Homeland ...
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Board Walk
Morgan City workers are continuing to repair the flood-damaged areas of the wharf. Work on the northeastern corner took approximately three weeks to complete.
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Preparations ongoing to open Bayou Chene
Final preparations are under way and plans are to open Bayou Chene on a limited basis Tuesday. St. Mary Parish Levee District Executive Director Allen Kelly said this morning that surveys are bein...
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Longtime civic leader Domino passes away
Frank Joseph Domino Sr., a longtime civic leader and car dealership owner, died Saturday at Maison Jardin Senior Living Community. He was 91. Domino, a Morgan City native and resident, had a length...
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