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Bank Day
St. Mary Community Action Agency and Head Start’s Pennies for Pre-schoolers program is in its third year and has received support from parents and local banks. Students from Cinderella Head Start h...
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Patterson Mayor Rodney Grogan
Patterson property taxes unchanged
PATTERSON, La. — The City Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that will keep the city’s property tax rates unchanged. The general alimony tax of 8.2 mills and 12.41 mills to pay for the ...
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Hunter Harrington, a senior at Morgan City High School, presents his senior project to spectators Tuesday morning in the school’s multipurpose building. Harrington’s project, called “Quantum Trapping,” harnesses energy through cold temperatures causing levitation. Harrington hopes to configure a formula to create floating cars. From left, are Harrington, choir teacher Beth Dupre, Adrian Sons and Jasmine Burns.
Senior projects showcased at Morgan City High School
MORGAN CITY, La. — Morgan City High School seniors showed off projects they have been working on the entire semester to the public Tuesday at Morgan City High School’s Senior Project Showcase. The ...
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CASA seeks volunteers
Court Appointed Special Advocate of the 16th Judicial District Court is in need of volunteers to help foster children in St. Mary Parish. CASA will hold a volunteer training orientation May 24 to ...
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Auditions for ‘Godspell’ Sunday at the Teche
Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts will present the musical “Godspell” this summer. Auditions are Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the Teche Theater on Main Street in Franklin. Cast needs include males an...
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Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6-10 is being recognized as Teacher Appreciation Week in western St. Mary Parish with a proclamation signed by mayors Wayne Breaux of Baldwin and Raymond Harris of Franklin. The mayors are pict...
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Port of West St. Mary studies bringing natural gas to tenants
With increasing need for natural gas among some Port of West St. Mary tenants, commissioners authorized a study Tuesday on how best to proceed with providing that service. Executive Director David ...
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Stephen Hulbert, left, president of Nicholls State University, sits next to Roy Bergeron of Bergeron Electronics in Morgan City, Monday afternoon at the St. Mary Industrial Group meeting, which featured Allayne “Laynie” Barrilleaux, Nicholls State University vice president of academic affairs.
Nicholls offering several online degree programs
MORGAN CITY, La. -- As of January, students can take several different degree programs entirely online at Nicholls State University said Allayne “Laynie” Barrilleaux, vice president for academic af...
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Berwick band director plans final concert, invites former students
Walter Shepherd, band director at Berwick High School for 33 years, plans to conduct his final concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the high school. Shepherd invites all his former students to participate...
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Area high school graduation, honor banquet dates announced
The dates for honor banquets and graduations at area high schools have been announced. Berwick High School’s senior honor awards will be presented at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the school. Graduation w...
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FFH millage renewed Saturday
Hospital Service District 1’s millage renewal was approved by western St. Mary Parish voters Saturday. The proposition was approved by almost 86 percent of voters. There were 746 for and 126 again...
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School Board to hear ‘wish lists’
All three St. Mary Parish School Board maintenance districts will meet this week to hear school “wish lists” in advance of upcoming budget negotiations. Wish lists for maintenance or capital projec...
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Fire District 11 gets $132,958 grant
St. Mary Parish Fire Protection District 11 has been notified of the award of a $132,958 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fire Chief Clarence Clark tol...
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Fundraiser for Relay
Franklin Foundation Hospital raffled off two “carrot stockings” in support of the local American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. At top is winner Mayanne Polidore, and below is winner Skyler L...
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St. Mary Parish area legislators pre-filed 16 bills
Area legislators pre-filed 16 bills to be considered in the annual regular session which began today and runs for two months. Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, offered six bills including SB6 that expa...
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Easter cheer for the elderly
J.A. Hernandez Elementary School Renaissance Club members delivered Easter baskets of goodies to the residents of Franklin Health Care Center. The goodies included toiletry items to support the nee...
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Farm Bureau Queen Rebecca Simoneaux and Sugar Festival Queen Mary Claire Simoneaux practice log rolling Sunday. Later in the day, they, along with other visiting queens to the Cypress Sawmill Festival, participated in the passé partout, two-person saw, contest.
Cypress Sawmill Festival -- Crowd estimated at 30,000 for 3-day event held to support museum
PATTERSON, La. — The 30,000 or so visitors to the three-day 23rd annual Cypress Sawmill Festival at Kemper Williams Park got to see lots of entertainment, eat lots of food and got an up close look ...
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Scouts educational trip
Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack 242 based in Calumet recently visited the Greenwood Alligator Farm in Gibson. The boys learned about the habitat and harvesting procedures of the reptiles and ha...
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Darryl James Perry Jr.
Bomb, drugs found in Bayou Vista residence, man arrested
BAYOU VISTA, La. A Bayou Vista man was arrested after narcotics detectives conducted an investigation and found a bomb at a residence, according to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert. Darryl James...
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Community Awards
The Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM held its Honor and Integrity Night on Tuesday to present awards to local outstanding citizens. Recipients of the Honor and Integrity awards were, from top, Nadia Speller,...
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Poster offering reward in the Glenn Lemoine death.
2nd autopsy indicates homicide in Patterson man’s death -- Glenn Lemoine died after leaving casino
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The results of a second autopsy indicate that Glenn Lemoine’s manner of death was a homicide and cause of death was violence of undetermined means, according to the pathologist ...
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Justin Bourgeois
$22K worth of marijuana intercepted in the mail, Patterson man arrested
PATTERSON, La. -- A Patterson man was arrested Tuesday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics division detectives after detectives and a postal inspector intercepted a package in the mail th...
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Cayce Street fire
Franklin Fire Department personnel responded to a residential fire at 1035 Cayce Street Tuesday at about 4 p.m. Upon arrival firefighters found heavy smoke and fire in about half of the home. They ...
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Michael Bertaut, a health care economist, speaks at the monthly St. Mary Industrial Group meeting Monday at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
New regulations in federal health care law to affect businesses, employees
MORGAN CITY, La. — Recent changes and regulations in the Affordable Care Act will soon start to change which businesses have to offer health insurance to their employees, said Michael Bertaut, heal...
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