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Grizzaffi maintains lead in Morgan City mayor's race, but faces runoff (updated)
Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi maintained an early lead in the election for Morgan City mayor. With all 12 precincts reporting and early votes counted, Grizzaffi tallied 1,884 votes -- 35.47 percent. But Gr...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Patterson Knights Of Columbus Council 1710 meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8. Gumbo served. Members urged to attend. Blue Star Memorial Service held by Patterson Garden Club honoring all veterans, ...
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Dugas, Napier, Wiltz are among Jindal appointees to election board
BATON ROUGE, La. — Appointments to the Parish Board of Election Supervisors were announced Friday by Gov. Bobby Jindal. The Parish Board of Election Supervisors reviews election laws and procedures...
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Voters make their cases at polls
MORGAN CITY, La. — Area voters made their voices heard on this national election day as they turned out to the polls in droves this morning. With mayor and council races on the ballot in Morgan Ci...
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Jimmy Sawtelle, the newly appointed senior vice president for Workforce Solutions, speaks at the St. Mary Parish Industrial Group’s monthly meeting Monday
Sawtelle: Technical college essential to industry
MORGAN CITY, La. — South Central Louisiana Technical College is a vital resource to maintain an industry-based economy in Morgan City and throughout the area, said Jimmy Sawtelle, the newly appoint...
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Justice department to take complaints about election
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The U.S. Department of Justice for the Western District of Louisiana will be on the lookout for election fraud, interference or intimidation on Tuesday, announced U.S. Attorney ...
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Police 11-6-12
Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported the following arrests this morning: Vincent Paul Coleman, 19, of Fifth Street, Franklin, was arrested Monday at 1:49 p.m. on a warrant charging him wit...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Golden Age 49ers Thanksgiving supper 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Morgan City Recreation Department. Bring covered dish. St. Mary AARP Chapter meal 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, Tampico Restaurant. Ti...
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No arrests in Morgan City armed robbery
MORGAN CITY, La. — Four days after three men robbed at gunpoint the owner of the Mi Ranchito store on the corner of La. 182 and Roderick Street, none of the suspects have been found, and the Morgan...
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Recreation tax renewal on ballot for Lower St. Martin Parish
STEPEHNSVILLE, La. -- Lower St. Martin Parish voters face a 2½ mill recreation tax renewal on the ballot Tuesday that supports expansion of parks in Stephensville and Belle River. Construction by R...
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Auditions set for new No Hitchin’ production
Techeland Arts Council will be having auditions for its “No Hitchin’” production Tuesday and Wednesday. The auditions are at 6 p.m. at the Lamp Post, located on the corner of Main Street and Jackso...
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Impaired driver charged in early morning fatal crash in St. Mary Parish
JEANERETTE, La. -- A single vehicle fatal crash involving an impaired driver on La. 182 north of La. 318 took the life of the unrestrained front seat passenger, Donella Hill, 24, and left the impa...
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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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Patterson's parking law detours again
By JEAN L. KAESS PATTERSON — After the city attorney presented research concerning numerous ordinances to the council at its meeting Tuesday and gave several options as to what the council might wa...
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Old Fashioned Christmas Victorian Tours are being held this week at the Grevemberg House Museum in Franklin. More than 250 local students will tour the house this week and experience a true Victorian Christmas. The tour is done with the help of 30 volunteers coordinated by Susan Guidry and Karen Wheeler. The event, sponsored by St. Mary Landmarks, will be open to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon for a special rate of $1 per person. Children can also have their picture taken with Santa for $5. Guides pictured above with the visiting students are Adrienne Evans and Glenda Comeaux.
Christmas season calendar filling with activities and events locally
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will again present its annual Christmas concert, “Lessons and Carols.” The community is invited to attend the free performance Sunday at 2 p....
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Louisiana copes with health reforms
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY — Louisiana’s commissioner of insurance is focused on implementing federal health care reforms. That was the message Jim Donelon delivered to the St. Mary Industrial Gr...
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Morgan City man charged in Berthelot case
A Morgan City man has been charged with suspected murder in connection with the body found near Centerville last month. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said Darby Mack Frickey, 38, of 109 Carol...
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The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City was one of only 10 donors from across the country recognized for significant contributions to community colleges. The foundation received the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award, the only national recognition of donors to the nation’s community colleges. The foundation was recognized for its long-standing commitment to the South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City. From left are Dr. Joe D. May, president, Louisiana Community and Technical College System; Kim Sturgeon, 2011 CRD president; Brenda B. Ayo, H.B. Young Foundation executive director; Gwendolyn E. Ross, Phyllis B. Garber, Emile A. Wagner, Foundation trustees; and Gregory L. Garrett, regional director for South Central Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial Campus.
Young Foundation gains national award
The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City gained national distinction by being honored with the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award for 2011. The award is the only national re...
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Treasurer lays out goals for next four years
MORGAN CITY — State Treasurer John Kennedy laid out his five goals for Louisiana for the next four years Thursday during his speech at the Morgan City Rotary Club’s luncheon at the Petroleum Club ...
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Found body identified as missing Bayou Vista man
A body found in a cane field on La. 317 near Centerville has been identified as that of a Bayou Vista man reported missing in early November. The body has been identified as that of Mark James Bert...
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