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Only 1 seat unchallenged in Morgan City
By JEAN L. KAESS One Morgan City councilman emerged from the qualifying period with no opposition. Barry J. Dufrene went unopposed in District 2, replacing Larry Bergeron, who is running for Morgan...
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City Council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for August. Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois is slated to present a Fire Certificate of Commendation in connection with an incident at Planta...
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Art Walk postponed
Franklin’s downtown Art Walk was canceled Saturday due to the inclement weather. As heavy thunderstorms rolled through the area beginning Friday with no sign of dissipating, city officials made the...
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Morgan City police arrest 2 on drug, weapon charges
The Morgan City Police Department made two arrests in a major drug and gun sting, according to Chief Marc Folse: —Anthony Jackson, 38, of Hwy. 405, Donaldsonville, was arrested at 8:27 p.m. Wednesd...
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Harlan Kirgan
Kirgan named managing editor
Staff Report Veteran journalist Harlan Kirgan has been named managing editor of The Daily Review by Allan Von Werder, publisher and editor. Von Werder announced the appointment to The Daily Review...
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Berwick Elementary principal reassigned
By JEAN L. KAESS Former Berwick Elementary Principal Steve Russo has been moved again, this time from the Central Office Complex to Franklin Junior High School. The changes in his employment come i...
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Races take shape
Staff Report Candidates are lining up for council races in Patterson and Morgan City as well as the Morgan City mayoral election as qualifying continued for the Nov. 6 election Friday. As of 10 a.m...
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Firefighters respond to shed fire
A shed in Morgan City sustained minor damage in a fire this morning. No injuries were reported to firefighters or homeowners at 720 Bush St. in the 6:23 a.m. blaze. Fire Chief Morris Price said thr...
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Enterprise man arrested for indecent behavior
Indecent behavior charges were made Wednesday against an Enterprise man working locally. Jesse Michael-Glen Vinson, 18, of Enterprise was charged for indecent behavior with a juvenile. The 3:10 p....
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About 265 Morgan City voters are in new districts
Staff Report About 265 voters saw their council districts change after redistricting in Morgan City, stated Jolene Holcombe, registrar of voters for St. Mary Parish. All council districts have been...
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Qualifying continues
The second day of qualifying for the Nov. 6 open primary election continues today. Candidates are lining up for council races in Patterson and Morgan City as well as the Morgan City mayoral electio...
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Repair, not replace visitors center
By ROBERT R. JONES III The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau is making progress in planning to repair the Welcome Center and Interpretive Facility in Morgan City, according to attorney Gary ...
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2011 Atchafalaya River crest was 10.35 feet
MORGAN CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the official crest in Morgan City during this year’s high water season was 10.35 feet, the second highest ever recorded here and just shy o...
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Fans for Seniors
Fans donated by Cleco employees at the Teche Power Station are available to seniors, over age 60, at the St. Mary Council on Aging’s Senior Activities Center, 300 Iberia Street. To receive a fan, ...
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Cleanup continues
Clean-Up Franklin Day was sponsored by the City of Franklin on June 11. The Volunteers provided their ``people power'' to clean up areas of Iberia Street and Willow Street. Volunteers are urged to ...
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Berwick South Road to close Thursday
Work on Berwick South Road, including the changing of a precast bridge just past the parish landfill, will begin Thursday and continue for six months. The structure will replace a bridge that is ab...
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FHCC Safety Month
June is National Safety Month and the Franklin Health Care Center Safety Committee, above, kicked it off with new ideas to promote safety in the workplace. Their mantra is “Safety Is The Only Polic...
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Enoch Pratt, 6, nephew of the late Elmer Gerard “Ge-ronimo” Pratt, proudly holds a program from a memorial service for his uncle while standing next to the late Morgan City native’s photo. Family, friends, local government offi-cials, as well as a Black Panther official, gathered Saturday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium for a memorial service. Pratt’s remains had been cremated and spread on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where he had lived for at least the last six years.
Pratt memorialized at Morgan City service
MORGAN CITY — A natural born leader who overcame anything put in his path while always remaining humble. That’s how family and friends remember Morgan City native and former Black Panther Party mem...
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Helping hands
Building a new deck and wheelchair access ramp for Raymond Verdin on Pine Street was just one of about 15 residential repair projects across western St. Mary completed this week by high school stud...
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911 board's financials show lower spending
MORGAN CITY — Alan Taylor, CPA of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Company in Morgan City presented the St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District their annual financial report during a monthly meeti...
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ALISON BERGERON received two scholarships from the H&B Young Foundation and the East St. Mary Kiwanis Club during the Central Catholic High School Senior Breakfast. The Young Foundation recipient m...
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911 board meets Wed.
St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District (E-911) will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday. The advisory council will receive its 2010 audit report from Allan Taylor of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven a...
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Plans in progress for agitation dredging
MORGAN CITY — Agitation dredging by dragging a metal object similar to a bulldozer blade across the bottom of waterways to stir up sediment will be the first technique used by the Morgan City Harbo...
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Waterways reopen, dredging set to begin
MORGAN CITY — As floodwaters have begun to slowly recede back into the confines between their banks on Berwick Bay, waterways on the Atchafalaya River have reopened to vessel traffic, and locally, ...
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