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Boggs Bridge traffic restricted on Tuesday
LULING, La. (AP) — State transportation officials say southbound traffic on the Interstate 310 Hale Boggs Bridge will be affected Tuesday as work is done on the electrical system. The Department o...
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Parker Felterman, an eighth-grade student at Berwick Junior High, recently completed a mystery novel, “The Revolver.”
Berwick 8th-grader publishes novel
BERWICK, La. — Parker Felterman is an eighth-grade student who just accomplished a feat most adults will never even consider — he published a novel. The Berwick Junior High School gifted and talent...
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Louisiana news briefs
Pedestrian killed on I-49 service road SUNSET — State police say a pedestrian was struck by a car and killed on the I-49 service road north of Sunset. The accident happened Sunday at 6:12 a.m. Tr...
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Morgan City council to meet Tuesday
MORGAN CITY, La. — The city council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the City Court Building. The agenda includes a resolution to approve the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority director and altern...
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Brittany’s Project event held Saturday
Brittany’s Project 2nd Annual Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Tractor and Special Interest Show drew hundreds to the former Oaklawn Sugar site Saturday. Participants enjoyed car shows, races and burnouts, ...
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Report: Parish health ranks 32nd in state
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A new report finds the healthiest parish in Louisiana is West Feliciana and the least healthy is East Carroll. That’s according to new rankings from the Robert Wood Johnson Found...
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St. Joseph Altar
St. Joseph Altar
The Saint Joseph Altar, an annual event at the Church of the Assumption, was held recently. The Saint Joseph Altar has its origin in medieval times during a famine in Sicily. The Sicilians invoked ...
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Local students inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi announced the following local students were recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi -- the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor s...
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Fatal fire blamed on ‘unsafe cooking practices’
PATTERSON, La. — The fire that claimed the lives of two people early Wednesday “is being attributed to unsafe cooking practices” based on information from a resident who escaped the fire, according...
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Punitive damages against Cameron ruled out
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims Wednesday against a BP contractor a...
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La. 182 crash kills 2
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com BAYOU VISTA — A single-vehicle crash late Tuesday night in Bayou Vista claimed the lives of two men, according to a Troop I state police news rele...
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Allain, Jones react to plan
Local legislators reacted to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s updated proposed tax plan that would include a substantial increase in the state’s sales tax, $1.4 billion in new taxes on services and eliminating ...
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More Local News
‘Top Cops’ fight impaired driving
Top Cop awards were presented Monday night during the annual Light of Hope ceremony sponsored by the St. Mary MADD Chapter and Red Ribbon Week committee. Top Cop awards go to law enforcement office...
Dec 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grizzaffi wins -- Defeats Dragna with 69% of vote
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Morgan City voters elected Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi as the new mayor in Saturday’s runoff election between Grizzaffi and Lee Dragna. Grizzaffi received 69 percent of the vote to Dr...
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News
Home burned in Second Street fire
A Franklin home sustained $300,000 in damages from an early morning fire Sunday. Franklin Fire Department personnel responded to a structure fire at 7:32 a.m., arriving on the scene within two minu...
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Grizzaffi wins Morgan City mayor’s race, Boustany wins in 3rd Congressional District contest, Theriot is apparent winner in judicial election (updated with new tallies)
MORGAN CITY, La. — With all 12 precincts tallied, Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi with 2,113 votes has defeated Lee Dragna, who has 950 votes, to win the Morgan City runoff election for mayor. The results ...
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Brianell Sharard Wilson
St. Mary Parish Most Wanted -- Amelia man surrenders
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the arrest of a 28-year-old man who appeared in the Daily Review’s Most Wanted series on Nov. 30. Brianell Sharard Wilson, of Friendship Alley in Amelia...
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Sheriff’s office classes
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office recently hosted continuing education classes for law officers on how to identify methamphetamine laboratories. Meth labs pose a unique hazard to law enforcement...
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Missing victim Tony Rodriguez Jr.
Missing Thibodaux man found dead says Assumption Parish sheriff
BELLE ROSE, La. — The body of the missing Thibodaux man believed shot in the head during a Belle Rose robbery was recovered by fishermen around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The body of Tony Rodriguez Jr., 23,...
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Christmas past
School kids are getting the chance to see a Victorian Christmas as it might have been at Grevemberg House Museum in Franklin. This Saturday, the house will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for tours ...
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Council on Aging
Despite having lost all state and federal funding, the St. Mary Parish Council on Aging continues to provide valuable services to the elderly across the parish. First photo, Executive Director Beve...
Dec 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chad Allen Anderson (Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office)
Homeless man arrested in Walmart bombing incident at Houma
HOUMA, La. A man was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the bombing incident at Walmart Sunday afternoon, Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. At about 4 p.m., the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Of...
Dec 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert spoke Monday at the St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Sheriff Mark Hebert -- Bad checks are big problem in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. — People issuing worthless checks is a big problem in St. Mary Parish, said St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert. Hebert was the guest speaker at the St. Mary Industrial Group’s mon...
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Food drive Wednesday
St. Mary Parish Emergency Aid, an agency of United Way of South Louisiana, is participating in KLFY TV 10’s annual FoodNet Food for Families drive Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Drop off locations...
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