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Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin
Selection of I-49 South Coalition board delayed
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The selection of a board of directors to serve on the I-49 South Coalition has been pushed back to an undetermined date, likely in a couple of months after the closing of the le...
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Charenton woman missing
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing person Wednesday. 68-year-old Jacqueline Ann Haun was last seen Friday morning at her home in Charenton before leaving for Shreve...
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Parish council approves resolutions in quick meet
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council made quick work of a light agenda for their regular meeting Wednesday in Franklin. The council approved resolutions on the call of tax renewal elections by Gr...
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Morgan City Mayor Frank "Boo" Grizzaffi
LEPA power sales contract approved by Morgan City council
MORGAN CITY, La. — The City Council approved a power sales contract between the city and the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority for a 10 megawatt share of a 64 megawatt power plant scheduled to c...
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Berwick Bay dredging
Barge data to help fund dredging at Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The Port of Morgan City is still working to get an accurate number for the amount of tonnage that passes through each loading facility within the port’s district so the port can...
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In rehearsal
‘Bayou Storm Rising’ premieres this weekend in Franklin
This weekend, Techeland Arts Council presents its newest installment of their No Hitchin’ folk history series, “Bayou Storm Rising,’ based on true stories of the rural communities of St. Mary Paris...
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DWI checkpoint Sscheduled for Lafourche Parish
Louisiana State Police Troop C will conduct a DWI Checkpoint Thursday, April 25, at an undisclosed location in Lafourche Parish. The sobriety checkpoint will begin at about 9 p.m. The checkpoint ...
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Canal wall failures behind Cypress Gardens and Marquis Manor subdivisions are the result of erosion at the bottom of the canal that then cause the walls to fail. Engineers are working on a plan to repair the canal, something that must be done at various times throughout the city because of south Louisiana’s poor soil, said George Glaubrecht, engineer with Domingue, Szabo and Associates in Lafayette.
Drainage canal banks crumbling
MORGAN CITY, La. — Land washed out at drainage canals in two Morgan City locations may be unsightly but it’s not dangerous, according to officials familiar with the project. George Glaubrecht, engi...
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Earl Meador
$3.4M sought for Young Memorial building
MORGAN CITY, La. The Louisiana Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill which includes $3.4 million for a major campus project at South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Camp...
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Sheriff: Honorary membership program provides training, resources
MORGAN CITY, La. -- St. Mary Parish citizens can become honorary members of the Louisiana Sheriff’s Honorary Membership Program by making a contribution to the program, which helps provide training...
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Morgan City firefighters responded to a house fire in Siracusaville shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday. The house was not occupied. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fire destroys abandoned home in Siracusaville
MORGAN CITY, La. Morgan City firefighters responded to fire in Siracusaville Monday afternoon after an abandoned house caught fire. The Morgan City Fire Department received a call about a fire in t...
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Morgan City Council meets today
MORGAN CITY — The city council will meet at 6 p.m. today at the City Court Building in Morgan City. The agenda includes the finance committee’s recommendations to allocate $9,150 from the general f...
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Decorations, utility bills topics in city budget meet
Franklin city council members held the first of two budget workshops Thursday. Finance Director Ed Hay presented the council with year-to-date spending, tentative amended numbers and tentative numb...
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Louisiana Lottery Powerball winner Amy Sturges poses with husband Warren after winning $2 million in the Feb. 16 Powerball drawing.
Morgan City woman claims $2 million Powerball prize
BATON ROUGE, La. - After winning $2 million in the Feb. 16 Powerball drawing, Amy Sturges of Morgan City stared in awe at her Louisiana Lottery prize check and turned to show it to her husband. War...
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The Louisiana Wildlife Federation has chosen Adriana Drusini, far left, and Jennifer Ducote, center, both LSU AgCenter 4-H agents in St. Mary Parish, along with Catherine Siracusa, St. Mary Parish bear conflict officer, for the Governor’s Conservation Award for their Black Bear Awareness Program. They will receive the award on Feb. 23 at the LWF convention in Baton Rouge.
Local 4-H, bear officer to receive Conservation Award
A 4-H project aimed at helping St. Mary Parish residents avoid troublesome encounters with black bears is being honored with an award from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Adriana Drusini and Je...
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City finalizes acquisition of Crowell school
Mayor Raymond Harris and St. Mary Parish School Board member Murphy Pontiff signed off on an agreement Tuesday finalizing the sale of E.A. Crowell Elementary to the City of Franklin. “I attended cl...
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E.A. Crowell Elementary purchase
Purchase of E.A. Crowell Elementary was finalized Friday with the signing of an agreement between the City of Franklin and the St. Mary Parish School Board. The city has leased the building for use...
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Roger Jenkins, chief operating officer of Murphy Oil based in Houston, speaks Tuesday at a meeting of the Atchafalaya Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Gulf of Mexico drilling is rebounding
MORGAN CITY, La. — Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is making its way back in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill amidst the stringent drilling standards imposed after the disaster,...
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Assumption Parish residents seek sinkhole buyouts
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Frustrated Assumption Parish residents displaced by a massive sinkhole that has swallowed 9 acres of land near their homes asked lawmakers Tuesday to assist them in getting ...
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Jonathan Beadle
Man arrested for aggravated assault, battery in Bayou Vista
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A 25-year-old Bayou Vista man was arrested by St. Mary Parish deputies after he allegedly chased a group of people with a gun and dragged and repeatedly struck a female victim, ...
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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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