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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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From left, Calvin and Louella Guidry of Morgan City, and daughter, Debbie Breaux of Pierre Part, sing during the National Day of Prayer Special Service on Thursday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
National Day of Prayer observed
MORGAN CITY — About 20 to 30 people gathered in the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium for a special service for National Day of Prayer to pray for those within the community and around the country i...
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Election is Saturday
Election polls across western St. Mary Parish will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday for a single referendum. Hospital Service District 1 is asking voters to approve the renewal of the 3.47 m...
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Sheriff warns of 2 phone scams
Sheriff Mark Hebert is warning area residents of a phone scam. The sheriff’s office received a complaint May 2 of telephone harassment. Upon investigation, it was determined that the harassing phon...
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Michael Bertaut, a health care economist, speaks at the monthly St. Mary Industrial Group meeting Monday at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
New regulations in federal health care law to affect businesses, employees
MORGAN CITY, La. — Recent changes and regulations in the Affordable Care Act will soon start to change which businesses have to offer health insurance to their employees, said Michael Bertaut, heal...
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Man found dead, woman injured at Bayou Vista inn
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A man was found dead Saturday morning at a hotel in Bayou Vista after he allegedly shot a woman, leaving her injured, and then shot and killed himself, according the St. Mary Pa...
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‘Feed the Hungry’ drive
During Holy Week, Hanson Memorial High School students participated in a “Feed the Hungry” canned food drive. The Corporal Works of Mercy are actions Catholics perform to extend God’s compassion an...
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March 2013 Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted -- New additions include man wanted for armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping
MORGAN CITY, La. -- New suspects added to March’s Most Wanted list for St. Mary Parish include a man wanted for principal to armed robbery and principal to aggravated kidnapping, and a man wanted f...
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FFH property tax is up for renewal
A special election will be called on May 4 to give voters a chance to renew Franklin Foundation Hospital’s 3.47-mill property tax. The tax, which would generate an estimated $590,000 a year, is ded...
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Repairs to the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretative Center in Morgan City are expected to be complete by July but the parking lot must be completed before it can be opened.
Cajun Coast welcome center to be lifted in about a month
MORGAN CITY — The process of getting the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City ready to be raised is a little more than halfway done, according to the contractor for the projec...
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Tree plantings in refuge
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District, LSU-Ag Center, St. Mary Parish Black Bear Conflict Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ...
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Parish residents should brace for flood insurrance impact
With Congress deciding the National Flood Insurance Program must pay for itself, certain St. Mary Parish residents can brace for increases in premiums. “People certainly are going to feel this impa...
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Speakers at the black bear meeting held at Patterson City Hall Monday were, from left, Steve Bierhorst, parish councilman and city public works director; Michael Drewry and Fred Kimmel, state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries representatives; Catherine Siracusa, parish black bear conflict officer; Maria Davidson, large carnivore program manager for Wildlife and Fisheries; and Roddy Matherne, representative of Progressive Waste Solutions.
Patterson residents, experts discuss roaming, hungry black bears
PATTERSON, La. — Patterson residents are getting fed up with Louisiana black bears on their property, so they gathered at a town hall meeting Monday to find out from experts what can be done. Black...
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Relay for Life team slots still available
Local Relay for Life organizers held a meeting recently for the upcoming American Cancer Society’s annual event. Among the teams are the Fire District 11 Fire Department and Franklin Foundation Hos...
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Overflow attendance moves Teche hearing
So many local residents turned out Friday evening for a hearing on the nomination of Bayou Teche into the state Scenic Rivers System there was no room for them all. The hearing was slated at the We...
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Morgan City’s Main Street Program is asking for applications for facade grants.
Morgan City Main Street offers facade grants
MORGAN CITY — The city’s Main Street Program is giving downtown businesses the chance to receive a grant to help businesses renovate the outside of their buildings to preserve the historic nature o...
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