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Lecture, demonstrations on tintype photography scheduled in Franklin
FRANKLIN — The history and science that has led to the modern day photography as we know it can be traced back to the middle ages. The practical process of capturing an image began in 1829 by a Fr...
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St. Mary Parish jobless rate up slightly
BATON ROUGE — St. Mary Parish’s unemployment rate rose to 6.8 percent in March, up from 6.6 percent in February but below the 8.2 percent a year ago in March, according to the federal Bureau of Lab...
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Shooting range reopens Wed.
St. Mary Parish Sheriff’ Mark Hebert has announced that the shooting range will reopen to the public on Wednesday. Operating hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. The range c...
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Gloria Moultrie, vice chancellor of Southern University of New Orleans
Tri-City Helping Hearts Foundation plans gospel concert
The Tri-City Helping Hearts Foundation will hold a benefit gospel banquet at 4 p.m. Saturday. The banquet will be held at the St. Mary Senior Citizens Center at 4014 Chennault St. in Morgan City. T...
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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...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach
Rites today for slain police officer
FRANKLIN (AP) — A funeral service was set today for the Chitimacha tribal police officer killed in shootings that also wounded two sheriff’s deputies and left another man dead. The service for Sgt....
Jan 31, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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State high court denies local alderman’s appeal
A Baldwin alderman lost his appeal to retain his seat by a ruling from the Louisiana Supreme Court Tuesday. Tony Gibson is not eligible to remain in office because he was not qualified to run for t...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vigil honors slain officer, other victims of shooting
Some 100 people gathered Wednesday in a candlelight vigil to honor Sgt. Rick Riggenbach, the Chitimacha Police officer killed Saturday. The vigil was held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Charento...
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State Sen. Brett Allain, R-Jeanerette, spoke at a meeting on the completion of Interstate 49 Tuesday at the Patterson Civic Center.
Push to finish I-49 South takes ‘first step’
PATTERSON — State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Jeanerette, and a group of invited community members from multiple parishes took the first step in an effort to form a coalition to complete Interstate 49 from...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Emily Chauvin, top center, was awarded premier exhibitor in the senior swine livestock division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show Jan. 19 at Franklin Senior High School. Chauvin...
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Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach
Slain officer is 4th to die in line of duty in St. Mary Parish since 1950s
Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Albert Riggenbach, 52, was the fourth officer in St. Mary Parish to be killed in the line of duty since the mid-1950s. Riggenbach, a Chitimacha tribal police officer, and 78-y...
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Vigil set Wednesday in Charenton area
There will be a Candelight Vigil for the victims of the shooting in Charenton last weekend. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the Charenton Community Outreach are inviting the entire St. Mary Parish ...
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Sinclair Callais
Callais is Holy Cross Elementary student of the year
Sinclair Callais has been named Holy Cross Elementary School’s student of the year. The Students of the Year Awards program recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated excellent academic ...
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A news conference was held at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse in Franklin this morning on the Saturday shooting incident in Charenton, which left two dead and two wounded. From left are St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, the Rev. Lloyd Benoit of Assumption Catholic Church, Patterson Police Chief Patrick LaSalle, Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackel, unidentified, State Police Tfc. Stephen Hammons of Troop I, Chitimacha Police Chief Blaise Smith, Berwick Police Chief James Richard, Chitimacha Assistant Police Chief Ellen Hebert, Morgan City Assistant Chief Glenn Blanco and Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire.
Chitimacha tribal officer killed; suspect arrested for killing officer, 78-year-old man
CHARENTON, La. — A Chitimacha tribal police officer and a 78-year-old man were killed in a shooting spree Saturday morning that also left two St. Mary Parish sheriff’s deputies wounded near Cypress...
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Chitimacha Police Chief Blaise Smith holds a photograph of slain Chitimacha police Sgt. Rick Riggenbach at a news conference held Monday in Franklin at the St. Mary Parish Courthouse.
Slain Chitimacha officer was a 15-year law enforcement veteran
FRANKLIN, La. — Two officers were wounded and a third killed after responding to Saturday’s arson in Charenton. All three lived in the Morgan City area. A civilian was killed prior to the incident ...
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Attempted murder charge in Franklin
A Franklin man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported that John Christopher Antoine, 31, of 1035-A Cayce St., Franklin, was arrested Friday at 6:...
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Police officer, civilian dead in Charenton shooting
A 78-year-old man and a Chitimacha police officer are dead after a shooting in Charenton Saturday that left two other police officers in critical but stable condition. The officers came under fire ...
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