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Coalition to push I-49 completion
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Supporters of completing Interstate 49 from Lafayette to New Orleans are working to pull together a nonprofit coalition with a full-time executive director to help move the proj...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Patterson man found shot to death in Opelousas (updated)
Staff Report Family members of Keith Trosclair are questioning police reports he took his own life on a roadway in Opelousas on the day before Christmas. The Opelousas Daily World reported today th...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Elf on the Shelf has become a Chistmas tradition for many families.
Elf becomes a tradition for many
If you have a small child in your home, then you’re no doubt familiar with the Elf on the Shelf — an interactive hide and seek elf who plays around the home from Thanksgiving through Christmas and ...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Daily Review publishes children’s letters to Santa
MORGAN CITY, La. — Children across the area have sent in their letters to Santa, and are anxious to see if they get what they asked for. The Daily Review’s Christmas Eve edition includes hundreds o...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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State, parish jobless rates decline
Louisiana payrolls grew by 13,000 jobs in November or 0.9 percent, the largest percentage jump from October levels of any state in the nation. The unemployment rate in St. Mary Parish dropped to 5....
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Daily Review office closed Tuesday
The offices of The Daily Review and St. Mary Journal are closed Tuesday. The offices also are closed at noon New Year’s Eve and all day on New Year’s Day. The newspapers are not published on Chris...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police search for suspect in home invasion
Franklin Police Department is investigating a home invasion which occurred this morning. Officers responded at approximately 2:29 a.m. to a residence in the 500 block of Robert Street. Upon arriv...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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New tree for Christmas
The Franklin Foundation Hospital Ladies Auxiliary recently donated a new artificial tree to the hospital. The new tree is 12 feet tall and boasts over 1,500 lights. The old tree was purchased over ...
Dec 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abigail Conrad carries gifts for a friend to Wildflower Boutique in Morgan City today as last-minute Christmas shoppers begin to fill the stores.
Merchants report above average shopping season
MORGAN CITY, La. — Tri-City area merchants are reporting a slightly above-average local holiday shopping season. “I feel that the next few days are going to be really busy because of Christmas Eve ...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne speaks at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Thursday.
Dardenne: Budget cuts to continue
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — While in Morgan City Thursday, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne gave his take on the ongoing budget cuts the state is facing, how they are affe...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Holiday closings announced
Most parish and municipal offices will be closed Monday and Tuesday for the Christmas holiday. The exception is the City of Patterson which will close at noon Monday and remain closed until Thursda...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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KATHERN ‘KATIE’ VARNADO TEXADA
KATHERN ‘KATIE’ VARNADO TEXADA NEW IBERIA – Funeral services will be conducted for Mrs. Thomas Richard Texada Sr., the former Kathern “Katie” Varnado, 83, at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 22, 2012 at...
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Appeals court overturns Gibson ineligibility ruling
Louisiana’s 1st Circuit Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling in 16th Judicial District Court regarding a local elected official’s eligibility to hold public office. The ruling was rendered May 1...
May 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement recently held training classes aboard the Mr. Charlie in Morgan City for future inspectors of drilling rigs and production platforms. Approximately 25 inspectors hailing from across the Gulf Coast region took part in the class. Among them was Kim Criddle of New Orleans, center. At the time of the class she had been employed by BSEE for five weeks and was the only female inspector on staff. Other students hailed from as far as Laredo, Texas, and as close as Houma.
Mr. Charlie hosts federal inspectors
When the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement needed a safe place to access offshore equipment in an effort to better train new oil rig inspectors, it came to the International Petroleum...
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grand reopening
A ribbon cutting was held for the grand re-opening of the Family Dollar store in Franklin on Saturday. Local officials, Chamber of Commerce members, family and customers joined Manager Tracey Olivi...
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dr. Balaji Ramachandran and a drone
Drones bring notice to coastal research
Ever since Nicholls State University was listed in release of information about licensees of unmanned aerial drones — the same technology used to kill enemy combatants in war zones in Iraq and Afg...
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Officials demand Citizens premium increase review
St. Mary Parish President Paul Naquin, Sen. Brett Allain and Rep. Joe Harrison went to Baton Rouge last week to protest a 171 percent increase in wind and hail premiums from Louisiana Citizens Prop...
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Port looks to next river dredging method
The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District board discussed progress on the Agitation Dredging Project, new efforts in the decades-long struggle to keep the shipping channels clear, and the coope...
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grand opening
Friends, family, local officials and Chamber of Commerce members joined owners Nelvin Coleman and Fran Jenkins for the opening of their new business, C&J Creations on Friday. The new all-occasion s...
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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SM schools decline to take voucher students
CENTERVILLE — The six public schools in St. Mary Parish that would be eligible to receive students under Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher program have declined to participate in the voluntary program. ...
May 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Donation to recreation center
The Franklin-Jeanerette Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority recently made a donation to the Broussard-Harris Recreation Center to help fund summer programs. From left above are Delta Sigma Theta ...
May 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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School board boosts insurance cost by $1 million
CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board voted Thursday to approve group health insurance with no additional premium cost to its employees but an additional cost of about $1 million annually...
May 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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State police investigate alleged Baldwin tasing
Louisiana State Police are reportedly investigating an alleged tasing death in Baldwin Thursday evening. Very few details are available, but reports indicate that the deceased person, Damon Abraham...
May 11, 2012 | 11 11 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rouge ride
More than 50 riders in the annual Tour du Rouge bike race stopped for the night in Morgan City on Wednesday. The event, which runs over the course of a week from Houston to New Orleans, is a fundra...
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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