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Public meetings set
St. Mary Parish Levee District The St. Mary Parish Levee District will hold a special meeting of the board of commissioners at noon Thursday at the Port of Morgan City meeting room. The agenda incl...
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Two vehicles flipped
Franklin Fire Department personnel responded to calls of two flipped vehicles Tuesday and today. At left, a vehicle flipped on La. 87 at the Sterling Bridge approach around 8 a.m. The driver, April...
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Main Street panel plans meeting
Main Street panel plans meeting MORGAN CITY — The Main Street Committee meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the planning and zoning conference room at 509 Second St. in Morgan City. New bus...
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Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin
Sen. Allain seeks talks on red snapper regulations
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The argument over the red snapper fishery continues to intensify. Everyone from a Louisiana senator and restaurants to both state and federal level agencies charged with conserv...
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Hospital board to meet
MORGAN CITY — The Hospital Service District 2 Board of Commissioners will meet Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. to discuss regular monthly business. Included on the agenda are a review of a monthly operation...
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Voter rolls to close Wednesday
Books will close for voter registration Wednesday for the May 4 proposition election. On the ballot is a single proposition affecting the west end of the parish — a 3.47 mill property tax renewal s...
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Woman remains stable after shooting in Bayou Vista
BAYOU VISTA -- The 26-year-old woman who was shot Saturday in Bayou Vista was in stable condition as of this morning, according to a St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s office press release. She was taken to...
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Raising funds and having fun
Raintree Elementary hosted a Relay Recess Thursday to raise funds for the local Relay for Life. During Relay Recess, the students were taught about the importance of sun safety, healthy eating and ...
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Dr. Mistie Charlemagne
Doctor Mistie Charlemagne joins Teche Regional staff
MORGAN CITY, La. — Mistie Charlemagne, M.D., an internal medicine physician, has joined the Teche Regional Medical Center Medical Staff announced Butch Frazier, chief executive officer. “We are ple...
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Dr. Dean Valdez, left, Teche Regional Medical Center’s 2012-13 Physician of the Year, is with Butch Frazier, Teche Regional Medical Center’s CEO.
Dr. Valdez honored at Teche Regional
MORGAN CITY, La. — Dr. Dean Valdez is Teche Regional Medical Center’s 2012-13 Physician of the Year. Butch Frazier, Teche Regional Medical Center’s CEO, recently presented Valdez, cardiologist, wi...
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Workers with Winston Services tear down an abandoned icehouse along Front Street in Morgan City on Thursday. Demolition began Wednesday, and the company is contracted to finish demolition within 30 days.
Morgan City’s old icehouse to be demolished
MORGAN CITY, La. — The city began work Wednesday to tear down an old icehouse on the river side of the seawall along Front Street, which is the first step to “revitalize” an area along the seawall,...
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1 dead, 1 wounded in Bayou Vista shooting
KLFY is reporting that St. Mary Parish Sheriff's officials say one male is dead and a female was transported to a hospital in New Orleans with unknown injuries Saturday. The Lafayette television s...
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Longman enters second term
Jarrod Longman, left, took the oath office Friday to begin his second term as St. Mary Parish assessor. Longman was elected unopposed to his second term during 2011 fall elections. The term runs fr...
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2012’s top stories
The Daily Review news staff selected 10 top stories for the year. Following the staff-selected stories are top-viewed stories from the stmarynow.com website. Morgan City summer power outage The Jo...
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Safe Routes - Chinaberry Street
Crowell becomes permanent home of City Hall
Franklin embarked on projects this year with both grant funds and local monies. Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris said 2012 “was a year we made plans and adjustments. I knew that I wanted to find a per...
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December 2012 Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish’s Most Wanted -- Man who fled from court is on list
St. Mary Parish’s December most wanted edition includes a 20-year-old man wanted by Morgan City police for escaping from the city courthouse Dec. 6 in the middle of his trial for a probation violat...
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Willow Street train fatality
A Franklin man died Thursday after being hit by a Union Pacific train at the Willow Street railroad crossing near Anderson Street, according to Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire. Christopher Ned...
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Laura Hawkins, right, a Bayou Vista Cato assistant manager, marks down the woman’s junior side of the store Wednesday as customer Ginger Luc, left, browses through the 20 to 50 percent off after-Christmas sales items.
Prospect of bargains lures shoppers back to stores
MORGAN CITY, La. — Local stores did not see a large number of after-Christmas returns, according to some store owners and managers. “We haven’t experienced a great deal of returns,” said Scott Glen...
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Library Christmas program
Raintree Elementary pre-K classes visited the West End Branch Library for a Christmas program with storytelling, Cajun folklore and crafts. The three classes are pictured in front of the Cajun Chri...
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Morgan City officer fires weapon in Christmas morning incident
MORGAN CITY, La. — A Morgan City police officer fired his weapon in response to an incident Christmas morning involving a suspect wanted by Patterson police, according to a Morgan City police news ...
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Assumption Church, Sheriff’s Office teamwork
The Church of the Assumption in Franklin and the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office helped bring Christmas joy to approximately 200 children across the parish with toys donated by church members and ...
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Calumet Baptist Church members performed a manger scene within their Christmas production “A Gathering at the Manger” Saturday in Patterson. From top left, Lori Hebert, an angel, hands a microphone to Isabella Hebert. Chantel Brunet played the Virgin Mary, Ryder Daigle was baby Jesus, and Joshua Brunet played Joseph. Little angels were played by Nesa Buck, Kylee Wilson, Kaitilyn Morgan, Madison Kriegel, Benjamin Jackson, Braydon Jackson, Alysse Jackson, Kayla Brunet and Mikey Woodman.
Church leaders discuss Christmas
MORGAN CITY, La. — The reasons many Christians celebrate Christmas sometimes get lost in the secular festiviti, es associated with the season, so local church leaders shared their perspectives on w...
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Spirit of giving
Franklin Senior High School Future Farmers of America and 4-H Club members recently donated “Christmas for Kids” presents to St. Mary Parish Emergency Aid, A United Way of South Louisiana Agency. F...
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From left, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, wearing a blue cap; Jerry Hoffpauir, executive director for the Port of Morgan City; Louis Ratcliff, Berwick mayor; and Mike Lowe, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, head to a Coast Guard vessel during Dardenne’s tour.
Lt. Gov. Dardenne tours port, river
MORGAN CITY, La. — Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne was in Morgan City Thursday to tour the area from the water, learn about the waterway projects going on and see the businesses that drive the area’s economy...
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