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PC meets tonight
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council meet in regular session at 6 p.m. today on the fifth floor of the courthouse in Franklin. Items on the agenda include: —A guest appearance by Diane Wiltz seek...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rotary scholarships
Jada Davis and Kaitlin Randle are this year’s recipients of Franklin Rotary Club scholarships. Both of the Franklin Senior High School graduates accepted the $2,000 checks during a recent club lunc...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tour du Teche veteran racer Brad Rex, left, helps Go Coast: Louisiana host Tom Gregory settle into a racing kayak for a paddle on Bayou Teche at New Iberia. Gregory’s visit is depicted in “The Hot Side of Cajun Country” airing on LPB2 this month and next.
LPB to feature Tour Du Teche
Tour du Teche, an annual three-day ultramarathon for kayaks and canoes, helped to introduce an Emmy-winning TV series to lush and lovely Bayou Teche. “Iberia Parish – The Hot Side of Cajun Country”...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Amelia Belle Casino. Staff Photo
La. casinos win $35.8M less in April than in March
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million. State police figures show most also won less than they did a year ag...
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Housing authority audit details aren’t released
MORGAN CITY, La. — A document naming administrative office workers given tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses, of which more than $93,000 exceeded what is allowed under civil service regulations...
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One man was injured after his vehicle flipped on Iberia Street near Barrow at 2:50 p.m., Monday. Raymond McGoff, 55, of Franklin was transported by Acadian Ambulance to Franklin Foundation Hospital after he was extracted from the vehicle by first responders from the Franklin fire Department. The extent of his injuries was not reported. The accident is still under investigation by Franklin police.
One injured in Iberia St. wreck
First responders from the Franklin Fire Department were dispatched at 2:52 p.m. Monday to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Iberia and Barrow Streets on the report of a flipped vehicl...
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Oklahoma twister death toll lowered (updated)
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At l...
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Cancer survivors open the Relay for Life ceremony late Saturday afternoon with a Survivors Lap in front of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Many are holding hands in support of each other as the crowd honors these survivors for the battles they have fought. Each year globally, 12.7 million people learn they have cancer, and 7.6 million people die from the disease, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hundreds participate in Relay for Life in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — Hundreds of people turned out to battle cancer Saturday afternoon and into the wee hours of Sunday morning in the East St. Mary Relay for Life held in front of the Morgan City Mu...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Peter Matthew Spinella Jr.
Sexual assault investigation leads to 11 drug charges
MORGAN CITY, La. — A 60-year-old Morgan City man was arrested Friday by Morgan City police on 11 different drug charges after detectives executed a search warrant at a residence stemming from an in...
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Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch
Morgan City police to watch for seat belt use
MORGAN CITY, La. — Police are cracking down on motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts by participating in the “Click It or Ticket Campaign,” according to a news release from Police Chief Tra...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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4.0 Graduates -- Patterson High School
Rebecca Taylor will lead the 124 seniors in the graduating class of Patterson High School during commencement exercises at 7 p.m. Friday in the school’s gymnasium. Taylor is the daughter of Alan an...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alexis Nicole Kates
Berwick High School
Berwick High School is honoring nine students who earned 4.0 grade point averages throughout their high school careers. They will be among 116 seniors graduating at 7 p.m. Thursday in Geisler Stadi...
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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 ...
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Man found dead, woman injured at Bayou Vista inn
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A man was found dead Saturday morning at a hotel in Bayou Vista after he allegedly shot a woman, leaving her injured, and then shot and killed himself, according the St. Mary Pa...
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‘Feed the Hungry’ drive
During Holy Week, Hanson Memorial High School students participated in a “Feed the Hungry” canned food drive. The Corporal Works of Mercy are actions Catholics perform to extend God’s compassion an...
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March 2013 Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted -- New additions include man wanted for armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping
MORGAN CITY, La. -- New suspects added to March’s Most Wanted list for St. Mary Parish include a man wanted for principal to armed robbery and principal to aggravated kidnapping, and a man wanted f...
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FFH property tax is up for renewal
A special election will be called on May 4 to give voters a chance to renew Franklin Foundation Hospital’s 3.47-mill property tax. The tax, which would generate an estimated $590,000 a year, is ded...
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Repairs to the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretative Center in Morgan City are expected to be complete by July but the parking lot must be completed before it can be opened.
Cajun Coast welcome center to be lifted in about a month
MORGAN CITY — The process of getting the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City ready to be raised is a little more than halfway done, according to the contractor for the projec...
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Tree plantings in refuge
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District, LSU-Ag Center, St. Mary Parish Black Bear Conflict Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ...
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Parish residents should brace for flood insurrance impact
With Congress deciding the National Flood Insurance Program must pay for itself, certain St. Mary Parish residents can brace for increases in premiums. “People certainly are going to feel this impa...
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Speakers at the black bear meeting held at Patterson City Hall Monday were, from left, Steve Bierhorst, parish councilman and city public works director; Michael Drewry and Fred Kimmel, state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries representatives; Catherine Siracusa, parish black bear conflict officer; Maria Davidson, large carnivore program manager for Wildlife and Fisheries; and Roddy Matherne, representative of Progressive Waste Solutions.
Patterson residents, experts discuss roaming, hungry black bears
PATTERSON, La. — Patterson residents are getting fed up with Louisiana black bears on their property, so they gathered at a town hall meeting Monday to find out from experts what can be done. Black...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Relay for Life team slots still available
Local Relay for Life organizers held a meeting recently for the upcoming American Cancer Society’s annual event. Among the teams are the Fire District 11 Fire Department and Franklin Foundation Hos...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Overflow attendance moves Teche hearing
So many local residents turned out Friday evening for a hearing on the nomination of Bayou Teche into the state Scenic Rivers System there was no room for them all. The hearing was slated at the We...
Mar 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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