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Festival board meeting
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The board of directors for the Shrimp & Petroleum Festival will meet tonight to decide what to do about approaching Tropical Storm Isaac. “We have made no decisions at this po...
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Joe Sanford Jr. and Chloe Felterman were crowned 2012 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival king and queen Saturday.
Shrimp & Petroleum Festival royalty
Joe Sanford Jr. and Chloe Felterman were crowned 2012 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival king and queen Saturday. The coronation ball was held at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Sanford,...
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Supplies fly off store shelves
By ROBERT R. JONES III Retailers are reporting supplies such as water, food and batteries are still available, but expected to be in short supply as Isaac gets closer to the Tri-City area. One item...
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Water and Sewer District 4 rates to increase
Customers of Water and Sewer Commission 4 will see rate increases Oct. 1. The board of commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 15 to increase rates for water and sewer services. The commission’s audit...
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Recognition of service
Third Ward Court Marshal David J. McCoy Jr. presented a plaque in recognition of the service of David Bruno last Thursday at the Baldwin board of aldermen meeting. Bruno served in law enforcement i...
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COA served 27,000 meals in Franklin; funding lost
St. Mary Council on Aging served 27,610 meals in Franklin last year. Director Beverly Domengeaux told the city council Tuesday that the cost of those meals was $132,000 in 2011. The agency cleaned ...
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Stark: ‘Wall with D.C. leadership’
Jim Stark, a Lake Charles member of the Libertarian Party, said he believes in constitutionally-limited government. Speaking at a St. Mary Chamber of Commerce, Franklin Republic Women and AT&T brea...
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Barrilleaux: ‘No conflicts of interest’
Bryan Barrilleaux, a Lake Charles Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, says his platform is based on good citizenship. He told attendants at a breakfast forum for 3rd Congressio...
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Inpatient revenue hands Foundation July loss
Franklin Foundation Hospital experienced a $235,069 loss in the month of July, according to reports from Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey. Bailey delivered the hospital’s finance report Thursday ...
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Mitchell Theriot
Theriot announces for appeal court judge
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Three people were injured in a wreck on U.S. 90 in Patterson on Wednesday.
3 injured in U.S. 90 wreck
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The collision of two vehicles which occurred about noon Wednesday in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 90 in Patterson required all three people involved to be transported by ambula...
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Morgan City’s damaged electric transformer was inspected Wednesday.
Transformer inspected
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Representatives of two insurance carriers inspected the electric transformer that caught fire June 26, leaving the city without electricity for a day. “The two companies each ...
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Cool It
Bernhard Mechanical of Lafayette is installing 14 new air conditioning units at Morgan City Junior High School, including 12, 3.5-ton units and two 4-ton units. The project is not affecting the sch...
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Celebrating us
The Fourth of July is a day to reflect on the principles our nation was founded on, and what our milatary men and women fought and still fight for: All the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of this rep...
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Independence Day
It’s Independence Day in America, and the July 4 celebration is being observed across the United States. On Eastwood Drive, resident Paul Comeaux and his granddaughter, Madeline, again lined the st...
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SWIFTSHIPS SHIPBUILDERS PRESIDENT Calvin Leleux explains how an area of the company’s property succumbed to the bulging waters this spring, flooding the yard with approximately 5 feet of water. The blowout occurred near the bulkhead away from the main waterway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the bulkhead, and Leleux said the Corps has some responsibility for the damage because they didn’t build the bulkhead to 12 feet of mean sea level like he said he asked for. Instead they built it to 10 feet, and he said the water reached approximately 11.5 feet.
Business owners recount flood experiences
SMI Companies Equipment Manager Juan Torres patiently waited. Berry Brothers General Contractors Superintendent Troy Lombardo is thankful. Swiftships Shipbuilders President Calvin Leleux wondered ...
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Patterson Council works on finances
PATTERSON — The City Council held a special meeting on Thursday concerning finances. Representatives from Government Consultants of Louisiana provided information about their investment advising s...
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Businesses seek post-flood assistance
By GEOFFREY STOUTE Their businesses may be water-free now that the Atchafalaya River and its tributaries have slithered back into their banks following near record high waters this spring, but loca...
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Jones: I-49 work is progressing
State Rep. Sam Jones continues to push for the completion of Interstate 49 while serving District 50 in the legislature. Jones addressed the local business community at the St. Mary Parish Chamber ...
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Harrison
Harrison: State budget pared down
State Rep. Joe Harrison wears many hats when serving District 51 in Baton Rouge. He serves on the appropriations committee, joint legislative committee on the budget and was recently named chairma...
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Gautreaux
Gautreaux: Insurance office in danger
Sen. D.A. “Butch” Gautreaux will retire from representing District 21 after 16 years of public service. Gautreaux discussed current issues when speaking to the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce during a...
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MC flood clean-up continues
MORGAN CITY — Cleanup work from this year’s high water event is ongoing and damage wrought by the high water may last through the summer. Mayor Tim Matte told the city council Tuesday that all jumb...
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Morgan City accepts audit report
MORGAN CITY — The city received a clean audit report on its 2010 budget, one in which it bolstered its revenues and trimmed its expenditures in the face of rising costs. Gerald Thibodeaux of Kold...
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Agency of the Year
Emergency Aid Center, Inc. of Franklin is the 2011 Agency of the Year for United Way for South Louisiana. At the organization's campaign kickoff and annual awards ceremony in Houma last week, Marth...
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