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MCFD announces hydrant testing
The Morgan City Fire Department will be testing fire hydrants starting Monday. The testing will be conducted Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings until 11 a.m. each day. Residents can expe...
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Hay, a fire
Just before noon Thursday, Berwick Police notified the Berwick Volunteer Fire Department of a burning bale of hay in a field on Gilmore Drive in Golden Farms. Assistant Fire Chief Allen Rink said t...
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City hydrant replacement starts Monday
The City of Franklin Utility Department will be working in several areas of the water distribution system replacing and/or removing leaking fire hydrants. The work will begin Monday at 11 p.m. and ...
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S&P Festival is Top 100 bus event
The American Bus Association (ABA) announced that the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival has been designated as one of the Top 100 events in North America for 2012 by an experienced expert tou...
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Steel piers
Work is continuing on the 1,600 square-foot Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau’s Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City. The facility, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at U.S...
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Hattie Watts named Blue Ribbon School
Hattie Watts Elementary School in Patterson was one of only 305 schools named today as a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School. Schools are chosen based on their overall academic excellence or for their...
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La 87 resurfacing
Asphalt overlay of La. 87 between Sterling Sugar in Franklin and the Centerville community continues to progress. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development contracted with W.E. McD...
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Teche Regional sign causes fire false alarm
A fire call from Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City Tuesday afternoon was caused by a faulty electronic sign. While Morgan City Fire Chief Morris Price said this morning that false alarms...
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Berwick Council accepts Renwick V engineering
Preliminary engineering on Phase V of Renwick Subdivision garnered approval Tuesday night. Development of the final phase of the subdivision would be on the right side connecting to Riverside Drive...
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LDAF sets up emergency hotline
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Stain, D.V.M., said the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has installed a new emergency hotline phone system to better serve the public. Th...
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Booths are available for bazaar
Plans are under way for the annual Arts and Crafts Fall Bazaar to be held on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Patterson Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This unique fundraiser with space for approximatel...
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Torched
Monday afternoon, the Amelia Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a residential fire located at 112 Bailey’s Lane. The fire started while two men were using a cutting torch to parcel what r...
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