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Patterson City Council plans meeting today
The Patterson City Council will meet at 7 p.m. today at City Hall in the council meeting room. An introduction of an ordinance to limit access behind Patterson Junior High and an intergovernmental ...
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State Treasurer John Kennedy
Louisiana officials keep tabs on education by subbing
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Two hours into his stint as a substitute teacher at Magnolia Woods Elementary School in Baton Rouge, state Treasurer John Kennedy banished one third-grader to the corner and guid...
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Timothy Coleman
Terrebonne Parish sheriff announces missing person, Timothy Coleman
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person complaint, Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. On Saturday, a woman reported that her boyfriend, Timothy Coleman, was missing, st...
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Lauren Blanco, a fourth-year pre-kindergarten teacher at Berwick Elementary, finishes constructing her “every day counts” attendance board inside her classroom Sunday morning.
St. Mary Parish students return to classes for 2nd half of school year
CENTERVILLE, La. — Students returned to school today, one day earlier than the school calendar originally planned, as they made up the first of three missed days from Hurricane Isaac. Due to the hu...
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Corps: Morganza levee to cost $12.9 billion
HOUMA (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says a federal levee designed to protect Terrebonne Parish and parts of Lafourche Parish from storm flooding will cost $12.9 billion. State and local offici...
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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards to star on TV show
NEW ORLEANS — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards will star on a new cable TV show with the woman he married after his release from federal prison on a corruption conviction. In a Facebook exchange...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
GOLDEN AGE 49ERS Meeting 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Morgan City Recreation Center. MLK PROGRAM Patterson Community Center holding a Martin Luther King program at Good Hope Baptist Church, Patter...
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Berwick council to meet Tuesday
BERWICK, La. -- Town leaders are to meet Tuesday with a light agenda before them. Items to be discussed include adoption of an ordinance amending garbage rates and payments to LA Contracting and Mi...
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Road work begins on Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Motorists are advised to stay off of Victor II Boulevard this week due to road work. Sections of Victor II Boulevard began to be closed Monday morning and will continue througho...
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Barges bump U.S. 90 bridge Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A towing vessel with three loaded crude oil barges ran into the U.S. 90 bridge Saturday morning causing the bridge to be shut down for a couple hours. The incident occurred arou...
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Flu claiming steady stream of sufferers here
MORGAN CITY, La. — Influenza cases continue to flourish in Louisiana and the local sentinel flu physician for the CDC says he’s seeing a steady stream of the illness. Dr. Robert Blereau, who report...
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The Morgan City Fire Department recently acquired a new $218,000 fire truck, which pumps 1,250 gallons per minute. Morgan City Fire Chief Morris Price said, “This replacement truck has been a long time coming. Everything went as planned to receive the truck for the beginning of 2013 as the city’s tax funds combined with our department savings completed the project.” An improvement on the new fire truck is the “roll up” rescue doors instead of swing doors which provide more storage of vital equipment. Standing with the Morgan City Fire Department aid team are Morgan City Mayor-elect Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi, Morgan City Mayor Tim Matte, Price and Councilman Louis Tamporello.
Morgan City receives new fire truck
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Morgan City Fire Department received a new fire truck from Ferrara Fire Apparatus in Holden, said Morgan City Fire Chief Morris Price. Price picked up the truck Dec. 27, he s...
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Flooding concerns taken to St. Martinville
ST. MARTINVILLE — A contingent of Stephensville residents road-tripped to the St. Martin Parish Council meeting Tuesday to urge the construction of a flood protection project for Bayou Estates and ...
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State, parish school dropout rates both decline
Recently published data from the Louisiana State Department of Education indicates significant decreases in the state’s dropout rate among students in grades 7-12 and grades 9-12. Meanwhile, St. Ma...
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Dr. Edward Valeau met with Mayor Rodney Grogan, city councilwoman and Patterson State Bank manager Sandra Turner, Patterson city employees and city residents Monday on First Street for the official groundbreaking for the Wheelbarrow Farmers’ Market. Valeau, a native of Patterson and now a resident of California, is making the upcoming farmers' market possible. Valeau’s father was a farmer who provided his son a wheelbarrow every day so he could go door to door selling fresh produce. The main goal of the farmers' market is to offer fresh, healthy produce to the local community.
Patterson farmers' market, garden put in motion
PATTERSON — The first official steps toward a farmers’ market and community garden in the city were taken Tuesday night. Ground already has been broken on the Wheelbarrow Farmers’ Market at 1103 Fi...
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Touch of Venus
Jadon Hawkins of Bayou Vista, above, looked through one of many telescopes to see the transit of Venus at the St. George Observatory in Schriever. Hawkins, who went to the observatory with his gran...
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Fire Dist. 11 gets new pumper truck
St. Mary Parish Fire Protection District 11 has taken delivery of its newest pumper truck. The district, which covers Sorrell, Four Corners, Glencoe, Websterville and Louisa received the Ferrara Fi...
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Adults can register for summer arts program
Registration for the fine arts portion of the Bayou Beaux Arts and Dance Program will end at 5 p.m. June 18 and is open to all St. Mary Parish residents who are at least 13-years-old. That means a...
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Jones relates the ‘good’ and the ‘evil’ of session
State Rep. Sam Jones (Dist. 50) said he would “tell you a few good things that we did, then I’ll tell you a few of the evil things that went on” during a report on the Louisiana legislative session...
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Fire blazes through apartment unit roof
Heavy damage was suffered by an apartment unit after an early morning fire Sunday. Franklin Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois said fire fighters were dispatched at 6:54 a.m. to Plantation Teche Apartments...
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Another successful planting day
The St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District and the USDA-NRCS held its annual coastal planting day last Friday near East Cote Blanche Bay. The multi-year vegetation program is in full swing a...
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Aloisio
Pioneering Patterson civic leader Aloisio died Monday
Patterson has lost one of its most accomplished citizens, a grandchild of Italian migrants who defied expectations, started her own businesses, was elected to public office, and saved a man’s life....
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Patterson Council meets tonight
The Patterson City Council meeting Tuesday will be preceded by a public hearing on three ordinances governing financial matters. Those ordinances, which are expected to be approved during the regul...
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Berwick water line
The Town of Berwick work crews will be relocating a water line at the intersection of Jones and Snead streets in Berwick. Due to the work, residents in Country Club will experience low water pressu...
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