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St. Mary Parish jobless rate down
The St. Mary Parish unemployment rate was 7.4 percent in September, down from 8.6 percent a year ago, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistic report. September’s jobless rate was also dow...
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National political analyst Charlie Cook, editor of The Cook Report, talks to LSU students in the Holliday Forum of the Manship School of Mass Communication Oct. 12.
Obama distances himself from Congress, analyst says
By FERRIS McDANIEL LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — President Barack Obama’s lack of interaction with Congress has become a major concern in the upcoming presidential election, says national ...
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Festival kickoff
A Business After Hours kicked off the 13th Annual Franklin Harvest Moon Fest Thursday night. It was held at the Comfort Inn and Suites by the St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce.
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FFH books $1.1 million in surplus
Franklin Foundation Hospital ended its fiscal year in September with a $1.1 million surplus, according to reports by the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey during Hospital Service Distri...
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Holy Cross Elementary students with alligators are John Charles Hebert, Grant Stansbury and Andrew Duval. Gator-touching is one of the events at the school’s Octoberfest Saturday.
Holy Cross plans Octoberfest Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Holy Cross Elementary School’s annual Octoberfest fun day begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday on the school grounds with a “Tough Kids Triathlon.” The Octoberfest opening time for ...
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Morgan City Junior High’s second block seventh- and eighth-grade physical education class, led by Cindy Gunner, listen to the drug-free awareness topics for Wednesday during “Wear Red Day.”
Red Ribbon Week -- Parents, grandparents learn how to protect children
PATTERSON, La. — Parents and grandparents from St. Mary Parish learned how they can protect their children from a variety of issues facing youngsters today including bullying, Internet safety, and ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Fall Fstival At Bayou Vista Baptist Church, 411 Field Road, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30. Free hot dogs, drinks, fun jumps and games for children. Tailgate party Friday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m. until...
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Juveniles, adults charged in local fight
Franklin Police responded to a large fight Wednesday evening at the intersection of Iberia Street and Anderson Street. Police were called to the scene at 5:45 p.m. Multiple juveniles were arrested,...
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R.E. “Bob” Miller
Miller to be honored by Community Foundation of Acadiana
LAFAYETTE, La. — Community Foundation of Acadiana’s second annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon will honor R.E. “Bob” Miller of Bayou Vista. Miller is the founder and president of Major E...
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St. Mary Parish, Morgan City voter numbers up slightly
MORGAN CITY, La. -- There are 34,127 voters registered for the Nov. 6 election in St. Mary Parish with 8,044 voters registered in Morgan City, according to numbers from the St. Mary Parish Registra...
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Center here closes Saturday
BATON ROUGE, La. — Time is running out to make claims from Hurricane Isaac at a State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Stephensville. The center is scheduled to close at 6 p.m. Saturday. The center...
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Wheelhouse
Halloween Carnival hosted by J.S. Aucoin Elementary, 739 Julia St., Amelia, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Features fun, food and raffle. Public welcomed. Children’s play Children’s Department of Ch...
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Plaques of appreciation were presented to three out-going St. Mary Parish council members Wednesday during their final meeting. From left are President Paul Naquin who is returning for his second term; Gary Duhon of Morgan City who has served the past two terms as an at-large representative and lost his bid in October for parish president; Craig Mathews, the District 1 representative unseated after one term; Chuck Walters who has served two terms each as Amelia single-member and at-large representative who did not seek reelection; and at-large Councilman Steve Bierhorst of Patterson who is currently serving as the council chairman.
Three council members make final meeting
The St. Mary Parish Council said farewell to three of its members Wednesday in the final meeting of the current council. The new term begins on Jan. 9 when the new council will take the oath of off...
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Correction
The story that was included about a social to welcome Dr. Darrel Solet, the newest doctor at the Cardiovascular Institute of the South's Morgan City clinic, will be held Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at th...
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Stone CEO lays out company's strategy
MORGAN CITY — Planning ahead — as much as three years from now — is part of Lafayette-based Stone Energy Corp.’s business strategy. The company’s President and CEO, David H. Welch, told the Atchaf...
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Local charities got a big boost Tuesday with donations to two Franklin agencies by David and Dale Hartford (manager of Danny’s Fried Chicken) of Data Management Systems Inc. of Patterson. The Hartfords, at left above, donated loads of toys to Chez Hope and 20 cases of food to the Emergency Aid Center. With them above are Chez Hope staff Vanetta Thomas, Cynthia Segura, Ida Borel and Rebecca Rodriguez. They are shown below with Patti Ibert, director of the Emergency Aid Center, a united Way for south Louisiana agency. The center’s annual food drive is ongoing today until 7 p.m. Donations may be dropped of at the Church of Assumption church hall in Franklin, the Baldwin Fire Department or Calvary Bible Church in Centerville.
Holiday giving

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Dredging method appears ineffective
MORGAN CITY — Although the results still are very preliminary, it appears the first method of agitation dredging, in which a beam was dragged through fluff in the Atchafalaya River’s Bar Channel, ...
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Christmas sharing
More than 100 senior residents gathered Saturday at the KC home in Centerville for the annual dinner held for the Centerville and Verdunville communities. Organized by Mark Bogan, the event was spo...
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Stone CEO Welch to address API
The president and CEO of Stone Energy Corp. will discuss exploration and production during the Atchafalaya Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute’s monthly meeting Tuesday. David H. Welch will...
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Participants in the St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Mary Program were, from back left, Edward Smith, Bobbie Jo Scully, Martin Vasquez, Robert Sampey II, Deborah Price, Richard LeGrier III, Jason Bailey, Chuck Freeman, Erin Sauce, Karla Byron, Carl Butler, and Butch Frazier III; seated from left, Kristy Toups Grogan, Nakisha Singleton, Frank Fink, Michael Tamporello, Jennifer Wise, Donna Meyer and JaWand Edwards.
Chamber leadership program kicks off
The St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce recently began its new Leadership St. Mary Program, with the inaugural class attending their first annual retreat at Lumen Christi in October and their secon...
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School finance audit OK; revenues rise
CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board received an unqualified opinion on its audit for fiscal year 2011 — the highest designation that can be received. Barbara Watts of Darnall, Sikes, Ga...
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Season's Greeting!
Judith and Brent Allain, second photo, lit up downtown Franklin Thursday as the official lamplighters for the 2011 Christmas season. Bands, student groups, local officials, local pageant royalty, a...
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Two wrecks result in arrests; one bonds out
A Franklin woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-offense driving while intoxicated after she was involved in a four-vehicle accident in Bayou Vista. Cathy Johnson, 59, was arrested at...
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Load-limit nixed on Franklin area residential road
An 8-ton load capacity limit on LaGrange Robicheaux Road just west of the Franklin city limits was repealed Wednesday with the adoption of an ordinance by the St. Mary Parish Council. The action cl...
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