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Masons present awards
Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM honored local individuals recently for their contributions to the community, including Nurse of the Year Karen St. Blanc, above, of Franklin Foundation Hospital. The Lodge’s ...
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Hanson homecoming parade rolls through Franklin
Hanson Memorial High School held its homecoming parade Thursday in Franklin. The Hanson Memorial Tigers will face off against Ascension Episcopal tonight at 7 p.m. at McCloskey Field. The 2012 Home...
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Broken tourist center looted
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretative Center was broken into Oct. 11 and thousands of dollars in copper was taken from the air conditioning units. Morgan City Assistant Po...
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Vietnam War hero honored in Patterson
PATTERSON, La. — A hero should be treated like one, and a recent Silver Star recipient will receive a hero’s welcome during homecoming festivities at Patterson High School. More than 42 years after...
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Tootsie roll drive Annual “Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Bayou Vista Knights of Columbus Council 6211 Friday, Oct. 19, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 a.m. to noo...
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Scam targets Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A scam targeting advertisers in the local visitors guide is to be avoided, according to Carrie Stansbury, Cajun Coast executive director. Someone identifying himself as Shane wi...
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Mason awards presented
Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM recently honored its Teacher of the Year Phyllis Darden, above in left photo, and Paramedic of the Year, Hal Titus, above in right photo. Darden is a teacher at Chitimacha Tr...
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Henderson dredging project to start this week
The state Department of Natural Resources and St. Martin Parish announced Tuesday that work will begin this week on a cooperative project to excavate channels in Lake Henderson in the Atchafalaya B...
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Jimmy Sawtelle
Sawtelle leaving technical college -- Named senior vice president of Workforce Solutions
MORGAN CITY, La. — Jimmy Sawtelle, regional director of South Central Louisiana Technical College, is the new senior vice president for Workforce Solutions, a statewide program to develop workforc...
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Jerrin Jerome Bourgeois, known by many as “Bourge the Clown,” participates in a parade. Bourgeois died Oct. 9
Ever-present ‘Bourge the Clown’ remembered
MORGAN CITY, La. — A local entertainer who gave many in the Morgan City area happy childhood memories died last week at the age of 81. Jerrin Jerome Bourgeois, known by many as “Bourge the Clown,”...
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VFW POST 4222 And Auxiliary meetings Friday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Eat at 6 p.m. Knights of Columbus Annual “Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Bayou Vista Council 6211 Friday, Oct. ...
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Disaster Recovery Center opens today in Stephensville
BATON ROUGE — A State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opened today in St. Martin Parish to assist homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained uninsured or underinsured damage to their home ...
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Student donations
The Beta Club at B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School in Baldwin held a canned goods drive Nov. 1-8 in response to a news article that the Emergency Aid Center, a United Way of South Louisiana agency,...
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Shooting suspect surrenders to MCPD
The man wanted for a Second Street shooting turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon. Jeremy Herron, 31, of Sparrow Street in Labadieville was arrested at 1:18 p.m., charged on warrants fo...
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Keeping the city beautiful
Clean-Up Day this month was sponsored by the Franklin Republican Women. Although the morning was quite cool, everyone took advantage of the opportunity to again clean the downtown area of Main Stre...
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Drowning victims recovered in Amelia
An area resident was one of two people who drowned after the boat they were in capsized in Bayou Boeuf near the Amelia Belle Casino early Saturday. Huey Comeaux Jr., 44, of Amelia and Linda Fountai...
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Career Day at WSMHS
West St. Mary High School held its Third Annual Career Expo on Thursday, Nov. 17. More than 20 businesses from throughout the parish attended the event to provide career information to juniors, sen...
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Morgan City resident Wesley Bandemer stands at Nu Tech Mediaworld Hospital New Delhi, India — with assistance from medical personnel — where he received embryonic stem cell injections for a three-month period earlier this year. These injections helped him regain movement in his arms that was lost when he was paralyzed below his shoulders in a June 2006 motocross accident. Bandemer plans to return to New Delhi as early as this coming February for more stem cell injections and other rehab to help him gain as much movement back as possible. Above, from left, are a Nu Tech Mediaworld ward boy, Physio (physical therapist) Dipin Thakur and Bandemer, in blue, with another patient and ward boy.
Optimism arises from Indian medicine
MORGAN CITY — After nearly five years of searching tirelessly for an outlet to return to some form of what his life used to be like, Wesley Bandemer has found what he needs. Now, he just needs mor...
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‘Tis the Season
It’s not just Main Street getting the holiday cheer: Par sur la Teche also has been decked with lights and displays. The City of Franklin and Main Street Program board is inviting residents with go...
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(Jessica Jenkins Photography) Kohen Treser with brothers McClendon, left, and Aidan
Family thankful for treatment options
Most enter into a church pew and sit down before services without hesitation. Kasi and Chad Treser and their family wipe down their pew, first. Most shake hands during the portion of the church ser...
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Bringing in the season
The holiday season kicks off today as St. Mary Parish gathers to give thanks for the blessings of the year and beyond. The City of Franklin has been installing decorations and lights along Main Str...
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Patterson proposes big water rate hike
PATTERSON -- In order to pay for water plant improvements, the City of Patterson is discussing raising water rates for both commercial and residential customers. While the current water plant does...
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Youth summit
A Youth Empowerment Summit was held Friday and Saturday at the West St. Mary Civic Center. The St. Mary District 1 Leadership Team, organized by parish Councilman Craig A. Mathews, pictured above, ...
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Aguillard backs out of Lafayette search
St. Mary Superintendent Donald Aguillard withdrew this morning from the race for Lafayette Parish superintendent. After making the cut to the final three candidates one week ago, Aguillard announc...
Nov 22, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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