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Patterson man accused of stealing phone then seeking reward for its return
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A Patterson man was arrested by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s deputies this morning after he stole an iPhone at a store in Bayou Vista and then called the owner of the phone demandi...
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Patterson man arrested for felony carnal knowledge
St Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reports the following: —Dwayne Jackson, 32, f Alexander Street in Franklin, was arrested Tuesday on warrants for possession of Schedule II drugs, possession of Sc...
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Those responsible for the production of The Berwick Beacon, a quarterly newsletter by the Town of Berwick, are, from left, town bookkeeper Karen Sehon, councilman Damon Robison, former councilwoman Jacki Ackel, and Mayor Louis Ratcliff.
Berwick starts online community newsletter
BERWICK, La. -- The Town of Berwick’s community newsletter, The Berwick Beacon, is now online. The publication was created several years ago by former Mayor Emmett Hardaway and accomplished his goa...
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MIles Liner
Run-walk to raise money for Liner scholarships
The first Run for Miles 5K run/walk will be held Saturday in Berwick by The Miles Liner Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit formed with a dual purpose. First and foremost is “to keep (Liner’...
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Photo program offered here
MORGAN CITY — A pair of arts education and experience events is being offered by a local church-affiliated group. Both will be free to children. Children interested in photography are invited to at...
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Robert Gray
Robert Gray, 61, of Patterson, died Wednesday at Patterson Healthcare. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time. Visit www.jones-funeral-home.com to leave ...
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Golf course subsidy defended
While the Atchafalaya at Idlewild golf course continues to run in the red financially, the chairman of the commission overseeing the course says its benefits to the parish are numerous. Rudy Sparks...
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Meralda Warren, VP6MW, of Pitcairn Island, South Pacific
BEARS to host art from Pitcairn at fest
“CQ, CQ, CQ. This is VP6MW.” This is how the ham radio contact would start every summer for many years. A group of seven or eight ham radio operators throughout the United States would anxiously aw...
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What’s behind pending flood insurance premium increases?
Pending National Flood Insurance Program premium increases will affect nearly 18,000 policies state-wide as soon as subsidies of their premium begin to be phased out. Specific residential and busin...
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Louisiana Hospital Association backs Medicaid expansion
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration announced Tuesday that it won’t seek to replicate a private insurance Medicaid expansion model like Arkansas, despite requests from Louisiana l...
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Bayou Vista job is on St. Mary Parish School Board’s agenda
CENTERVILLE, La. -- A request to add an assistant principal at Bayou Vista Elementary School is among action on Thursday’s agenda for the St. Mary Parish School Board monthly meeting. Also schedule...
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Offices added to downtown district
MORGAN CITY, La. — The planning and zoning commission recommended the City Council approve H&B Young Foundation’s request to amend the district and land use regulations for the city’s General Plaz...
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Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach
Slain officer is 4th to die in line of duty in St. Mary Parish since 1950s
Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach, 52, was the fourth officer in St. Mary Parish to be killed in the line of duty since the mid-1950s. Riggenbach, a Chitimacha tribal police officer, and 78-y...
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Vigil set Wednesday in Charenton area
There will be a Candelight Vigil for the victims of the shooting in Charenton last weekend. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the Charenton Community Outreach are inviting the entire St. Mary Parish ...
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Sinclair Callais
Callais is Holy Cross Elementary student of the year
Sinclair Callais has been named Holy Cross Elementary School’s student of the year. The Students of the Year Awards program recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated excellent academic ...
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A news conference was held at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse in Franklin this morning on the Saturday shooting incident in Charenton, which left two dead and two wounded. From left are St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, the Rev. Lloyd Benoit of Assumption Catholic Church, Patterson Police Chief Patrick LaSalle, Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackel, unidentified, State Police Tfc. Stephen Hammons of Troop I, Chitimacha Police Chief Blaise Smith, Berwick Police Chief James Richard, Chitimacha Assistant Police Chief Ellen Hebert, Morgan City Assistant Chief Glenn Blanco and Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire.
Chitimacha tribal officer killed; suspect arrested for killing officer, 78-year-old man
CHARENTON, La. — A Chitimacha tribal police officer and a 78-year-old man were killed in a shooting spree Saturday morning that also left two St. Mary Parish sheriff’s deputies wounded near Cypress...
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Chitimacha Police Chief Blaise Smith holds a photograph of slain Chitimacha police Sgt. Rick Riggenbach at a news conference held Monday in Franklin at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse.
Slain Chitimacha officer was a 15-year law enforcement veteran
FRANKLIN, La. — Two officers were wounded and a third killed after responding to Saturday’s arson in Charenton. All three lived in the Morgan City area. A civilian was killed prior to the incident ...
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Attempted murder charge in Franklin
A Franklin man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported that John Christopher Antoine, 31, of 1035-A Cayce St., Franklin, was arrested Friday at 6:...
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Police officer, civilian dead in Charenton shooting
A 78-year-old man and a Chitimacha police officer are dead after a shooting in Charenton Saturday that left two other police officers in critical but stable condition. The officers came under fire ...
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1 officer fatally shot, 2 wounded near Cypress Bayou Casino (updated)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies after allegedly setting fire to a mobile home in s...
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Shooting in Charenton; shooter identified
According to sources, Louisiana State Police identified Wilbur Thibodeaux as the shooter in the incident. Thibodeaux was also shot at the scene before taken into custody. LSP may have also discover...
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January's St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
MORGAN CITY, La. -- New additions to January’s St. Mary Parish Most Wanted edition include a 42-year-old man wanted for felony theft by Morgan City police, a 24-year-old man wanted on a warrant for...
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Parish Fair and Livestock Show winners
Keri Landry, top center, was Premier Exhibitor in the elementary swine raising division at last weekend’s St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show. She also claimed the Junior Champion Showma...
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Quentin and Jamie Morales are one of the fishing couples featured on Swamp Pawn scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Saturday. Jamie Morales is a native of Morgan City.
Morgan City native is in cast of ‘Swamp Pawn’
Jamie Richard Morales grew up in Morgan City, where she didn’t really have any experience going out in the bayous, but, now, she and her husband make their living exclusively from fishing on those ...
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