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Port of West St. Mary studies bringing natural gas to tenants
With increasing need for natural gas among some Port of West St. Mary tenants, commissioners authorized a study Tuesday on how best to proceed with providing that service. Executive Director David ...
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Stephen Hulbert, left, president of Nicholls State University, sits next to Roy Bergeron of Bergeron Electronics in Morgan City, Monday afternoon at the St. Mary Industrial Group meeting, which featured Allayne “Laynie” Barrilleaux, Nicholls State University vice president of academic affairs.
Nicholls offering several online degree programs
MORGAN CITY, La. -- As of January, students can take several different degree programs entirely online at Nicholls State University said Allayne “Laynie” Barrilleaux, vice president for academic af...
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Berwick band director plans final concert, invites former students
Walter Shepherd, band director at Berwick High School for 33 years, plans to conduct his final concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the high school. Shepherd invites all his former students to participate...
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Area high school graduation, honor banquet dates announced
The dates for honor banquets and graduations at area high schools have been announced. Berwick High School’s senior honor awards will be presented at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the school. Graduation w...
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FFH millage renewed Saturday
Hospital Service District 1’s millage renewal was approved by western St. Mary Parish voters Saturday. The proposition was approved by almost 86 percent of voters. There were 746 for and 126 again...
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School Board to hear ‘wish lists’
All three St. Mary Parish School Board maintenance districts will meet this week to hear school “wish lists” in advance of upcoming budget negotiations. Wish lists for maintenance or capital projec...
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Aileen Dehart, left, of United Blood Services Baton Rouge prepares Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch as he donates blood Saturday for East St. Mary Relay for Life.
Police, firefighters compete for Relay for Life
MORGAN CITY, La. — The second round of The Guns and Hoses Battle for the Paddle will feature the best culinary offerings of area firemen and police men that will be a don’t-miss-affair for gumbo a...
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Seniors to present special projects
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Students and teachers alike at Morgan City High School agree that senior projects teach more than the skills students elect to study. The event showcases the efforts of English ...
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Carroll Thorguson
Parish, Berwick community leader, Thorguson, dies
BERWICK, La. -- Longtime businessman and civil servant Carroll Thorguson died Thursday in Lafayette. Thorguson, 67, was a 1963 graduate of Berwick High School and a 1967 graduate of Nicholls State ...
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Gerald Guillory Jr. of Uranus Road in Bayou Vista
Man accused of recording video of woman bathing 3 years ago
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A 43-year-old Bayou Vista man was arrested Friday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s detectives after learning that the man had recorded video of a woman while she was bathing, accord...
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Community Concert Association announces next season’s lineup
Six outstanding concerts are in store for members of our 2013-14 Community Concert Association season, according to Floyd Cloutier, president. As a bonus, new subscribers will be admitted to the 4...
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Relay for Life event is Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. — Preliminary events leading up to this year’s Relay for Life in East St. Mary Parish continue Saturday with the first challenge in the inaugural Guns and Hoses Battle for the Padd...
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Real-time current, tide instruments to help prevent disasters
MORGAN CITY, La. — Plans are in the works to install three more instruments in the Atchafalaya Bar Channel underneath the agitation dredging work being done that will give real time information to ...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Oday Hebert, top photo center, garnered champion pen of broilers and reserve champion pen of broilers in the rabbits division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show on Jan. 19. Secon...
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Rhonda Cheramie, of Bayou L’Ourse, holds a photograph of her daughter, Debbie, who died Feb. 16, 2012, from cystic fibrosis. Michael Morris, right, of Galveston, Texas, is running in memory of Debbie and for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Submitted Photo
Runner dedicates 600-mile trek to Morgan City woman who died from cystic fibrosis
MORGAN CITY, La. — At first glance, a man running on the side of U.S. 90 through Morgan City last week with a weathered beard and baseball cap may remind someone of the famous scene from Forest Gum...
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Borne new JDC judge
Assistant 16th Judicial District Attorney Vincent J. Borne is moving to the judge’s bench. At the end of qualifying last week Borne was unopposed in his bid for District Judge in Div. C, the positi...
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Sheriff’s office hosts Leadership St. Mary
St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Mary participants visited the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in Franklin and the shooting range last week. The group began on the fourth floor o...
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Three killed in head-on crash
HOUMA — Three people were killed in a head-on crash on LA. 182 in Terrebonne Parish at about 9 p.m. Sunday, reported Trooper Evan Harrell of Louisiana State Police, Troop C. A 1996 Isuzu Rodeo was ...
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Charenton man indicted for assault on Chitimacha tribal officers
LAFAYETTE, La. -- David Frederick, 37, Charenton, La., was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on four counts for assaulting three people, two of which were Chitimacha tribal police officers,...
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Nicholas Vaughn
Pierre Part man arrested for child molestation, aggravated rape
PIERRE PART, La. -- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the Sheriff’s Office received the first of two separate complaints alleging that two girls where...
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Sister says town alderman ‘targeted’ in election probe
Margaret Coleman, sister of Baldwin Alderman Tony Gibson, addressed Mayor Wayne Breaux and the board of alderman during their monthly meeting Thursday. Coleman told the board she wanted to know why...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal seeks release for nonviolent drug offenders
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday he'll push for sentencing changes that would let some nonviolent drug offenders out of prison early if they complete an intensive treatment pro...
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Hillary Thibodeaux, executive director of the St. Mary Parish Levee District, discusses Bayou Chene flood protection at Monday’s St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Levee district asks to be ‘voice’ for parish levees
PATTERSON, La. -- The St. Mary Levee District is looking to draft an agreement that would make the district the first entity that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contacts when it has any issues wi...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Brian Sonnier, top photo at center, was awarded Champion Overall Game Bird in the exhibition division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show held Jan. 19. Second photo, center, Blain...
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