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From left, Morgan City High School senior Andrew Albritton, recipient of a $12,000 API scholarship; Berwick High School senior Jenah Richard, recipient of a $12,000 API scholarship; Berwick High School senior Patrick Macklin, recipient of the $4,000 SMIG Scholarship; Morgan City High School senior Joshua Glatter, recipient of a $4,000 API scholarship; Central Catholic High School senior Zachary Aucoin, recipient of a $4,000 API scholarship; and Central Catholic High School senior Caroline Byrne, recipient of the $6,000 Ronnie Roussel Scholarship.
Atchafalaya Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute holds 57th Annual Scholarship Banquet
MORGAN CITY, La. — Six local high school seniors received $42,000 in college scholarship money Thursday night at the Atchafalaya Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute’s 57th Annual Scholarshi...
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HMS notches 6-2 victory
NEW IBERIA _ Hanson Memorial collected three runs in the top half of the fifth inning and made it hold up for a 6-2 win Thursday over Highland Baptist in non-district action. Highland took a 1-0 le...
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Classic Thompson boat, Mike Falgout, River Ridge, La.
Classic Craft Show: Fourth Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show brings classic vessels
This weekend the Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show will kick off its fourth annual event. And this year’s show promises to be bigger and better than ever, organizers Roger Stouff and Gary Blum say. Thou...
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Queen Nikki Pennison
The Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival Miss Queen 2013 is Nikki Pennison. She is the 18 year-old-daughter of Rene and Tammy Pennison of Morgan City. She is a 2012 graduate of Morgan City High School a...
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St. Mary Parish deputy arrested, fired; accused of having role in jail contraband (updated with 2nd arrest)
A St. Mary Parish sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and fired for his involvement in bringing contraband into the Centerville parish jail, Sheriff Mark Hebert said in a news release. A Patterson m...
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America's Most Wanted Suspects: 1 of 2 Mass. bomb suspects dead; suburbs shut down
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead after the killing of a university officer and a shootout with police, and a massive manhunt is underway for the ot...
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Senate panel OKs Allain bill on Citizens rate hikes
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Large rate hikes for customers of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort would require legislative approval, under a bill that received Senate Insurance Committee backing. S...
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Body found in Amelia
The body of a man, who was reported missing in Houma Sunday, was found Wednesday night in Amelia after another man found a body in a vehicle, according to a news release from St. Mary Parish Sherif...
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Buck recuperating; donations needed
“Buck,” the dog that was found severely injured three months ago on Dumesnil Road near Sorrell has gained 23 pounds and is on his way to recovery. He had been shot in his rear leg and was very weak...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu
Landrieu issues statement on gun control vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-New Orleans, said she voted for common-sense legislation that strengthens and clarifies Second Amendment rights and helps reduce gun violence in a n...
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Cote Blanch Salt Mine worker dies in accident
FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — An employee of the Cote Blanche Salt Mine in St. Mary Parish has died in an accident at the facility. Peggy Landon, a spokeswoman for North American Salt Company, says longtime...
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Cleanup of the Marine Shale Processors site near Amelia has been under way since February and is expected to be completed by June 26, according to the March monthly progress report from Environmental Resources Management.
Marine Shale Processors site in Amelia to be clean by end of June
AMELIA, La. — Work to finish cleaning up the former Marine Shale Processors site just outside of Amelia, which began in February, is ongoing with June 26 as the projected completion date of the cle...
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Assumption Parish residents seek sinkhole buyouts
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Frustrated Assumption Parish residents displaced by a massive sinkhole that has swallowed 9 acres of land near their homes asked lawmakers Tuesday to assist them in getting ...
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Jonathan Beadle
Man arrested for aggravated assault, battery in Bayou Vista
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A 25-year-old Bayou Vista man was arrested by St. Mary Parish deputies after he allegedly chased a group of people with a gun and dragged and repeatedly struck a female victim, ...
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Real-time current, tide instruments to help prevent disasters
MORGAN CITY, La. — Plans are in the works to install three more instruments in the Atchafalaya Bar Channel underneath the agitation dredging work being done that will give real time information to ...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Oday Hebert, top photo center, garnered champion pen of broilers and reserve champion pen of broilers in the rabbits division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show on Jan. 19. Secon...
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Rhonda Cheramie, of Bayou L’Ourse, holds a photograph of her daughter, Debbie, who died Feb. 16, 2012, from cystic fibrosis. Michael Morris, right, of Galveston, Texas, is running in memory of Debbie and for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Submitted Photo
Runner dedicates 600-mile trek to Morgan City woman who died from cystic fibrosis
MORGAN CITY, La. — At first glance, a man running on the side of U.S. 90 through Morgan City last week with a weathered beard and baseball cap may remind someone of the famous scene from Forest Gum...
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Borne new JDC judge
Assistant 16th Judicial District Attorney Vincent J. Borne is moving to the judge’s bench. At the end of qualifying last week Borne was unopposed in his bid for District Judge in Div. C, the positi...
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Sheriff’s office hosts Leadership St. Mary
St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Mary participants visited the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in Franklin and the shooting range last week. The group began on the fourth floor o...
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Three killed in head-on crash
HOUMA — Three people were killed in a head-on crash on LA. 182 in Terrebonne Parish at about 9 p.m. Sunday, reported Trooper Evan Harrell of Louisiana State Police, Troop C. A 1996 Isuzu Rodeo was ...
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Charenton man indicted for assault on Chitimacha tribal officers
LAFAYETTE, La. -- David Frederick, 37, Charenton, La., was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on four counts for assaulting three people, two of which were Chitimacha tribal police officers,...
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Nicholas Vaughn
Pierre Part man arrested for child molestation, aggravated rape
PIERRE PART, La. -- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the Sheriff’s Office received the first of two separate complaints alleging that two girls where...
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Sister says town alderman ‘targeted’ in election probe
Margaret Coleman, sister of Baldwin Alderman Tony Gibson, addressed Mayor Wayne Breaux and the board of alderman during their monthly meeting Thursday. Coleman told the board she wanted to know why...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal seeks release for nonviolent drug offenders
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday he'll push for sentencing changes that would let some nonviolent drug offenders out of prison early if they complete an intensive treatment pro...
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