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‘Business After Hours’ kicks off Harvest Moon
A St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is set Thursday to kick off the Franklin Harvest Moon Festival. The chamber event is at 6 p.m. at the Comfort Inn in Franklin. The festiva...
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DOROTHY HERNANDEZ BOUDREAUX
Jan. 18, 1938 ~ Oct. 22, 2012 A Mass of Christian burial will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 12 p.m., at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Baldwin for Mrs. Dorothy Hernandez Boudrea...
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Murder trial will be continued to Jan. 28
The first-degree murder trial of Jamichael Lashawn Hudson has been continued until Jan. 28. The trial was to begin Monday but was delayed to provide the defense time to file additional writs, accor...
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Parish council to meet Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council are slated to meet in regular session Wednesday. Items on the agenda include: —Consideration of a proposed ordinance establishing a 15-mph speed limit on Caju...
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St. Mary Parish assistance from Fema tops $1.7 million for Isaac
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released updated Hurricane Isaac housing assistance numbers Monday for St. Mary and St. Martin parishes totaling $1.766 million and $137,845 for each parish,...
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Wheelhouse
Berwick Housing Authority, 2751 Fifth St., meeting 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. Thrift Store at 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, with a full line of fall and w...
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Toys for Tots poker run scheduled Saturday in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The 12th edition of the Marine Corps League, St. Mary Detachment, Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday. A Poker Run Motorcycle Bike Show will be part of this...
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HMS Homecoming Royalty
Hanson High School’s 2012-2013 Homecoming Royalty was presented Friday on McCloskey Field. From left are First Maid Emily Chauvin and Queen Katie Sonnier. The Tigers beat the Ascension Episcopal Bl...
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Emergency Aid donation
The Hanson Memorial High School Pro-Life Group recently held a “baby shower” following Church of Assumption’s Annual Pro-Life Mass. The students brought baby items to the shower to donate to the Fr...
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Long-shots have their issues too
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — They may acknowledge they are long-shots, but the lesser-known contenders vying for Louisiana’s congressional seats on Nov. 6 have political posit...
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Tap, a musical and dancing troupe, is to perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the municipal auditorium in Morgan City.
Tap performing tonight
MORGAN CITY — Tap will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today by Community Concert Association of Morgan City and Live on Stage, at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium Schreier Theatre. The cast includes...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu speaks at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Thursday.
Landrieu: Fix broken corps, state needs more offshore revenue
MORGAN CITY, La. — Louisiana needs more revenue from offshore oil and activity and the U.S. Corps of Engineers is broken and needs fixing, said Sen. Mary Landrieu during a fundraiser at the Petrole...
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The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City was one of only 10 donors from across the country recognized for significant contributions to community colleges. The foundation received the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award, the only national recognition of donors to the nation’s community colleges. The foundation was recognized for its long-standing commitment to the South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City. From left are Dr. Joe D. May, president, Louisiana Community and Technical College System; Kim Sturgeon, 2011 CRD president; Brenda B. Ayo, H.B. Young Foundation executive director; Gwendolyn E. Ross, Phyllis B. Garber, Emile A. Wagner, Foundation trustees; and Gregory L. Garrett, regional director for South Central Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial Campus.
Young Foundation gains national award
The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City gained national distinction by being honored with the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award for 2011. The award is the only national re...
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Treasurer lays out goals for next four years
MORGAN CITY — State Treasurer John Kennedy laid out his five goals for Louisiana for the next four years Thursday during his speech at the Morgan City Rotary Club’s luncheon at the Petroleum Club ...
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Found body identified as missing Bayou Vista man
A body found in a cane field on La. 317 near Centerville has been identified as that of a Bayou Vista man reported missing in early November. The body has been identified as that of Mark James Bert...
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Many holiday events on tap
Multiple local Christmas festivities are on tap during the next week, beginning with Santa’s Block Party in downtown Morgan City on Saturday. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and featu...
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U.S. 90 crash kills one, injures second Tuesday
A two vehicle crash on U.S. 90 near Centerville Tuesday night injured one man and killed another, according to reports from State Police Troop I. A chemical spill from the accident at around 10 p.m...
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Student donations
The Beta Club at B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School in Baldwin held a canned goods drive Nov. 1-8 in response to a news article that the Emergency Aid Center, a United Way of South Louisiana agency,...
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Shooting suspect surrenders to MCPD
The man wanted for a Second Street shooting turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon. Jeremy Herron, 31, of Sparrow Street in Labadieville was arrested at 1:18 p.m., charged on warrants fo...
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Keeping the city beautiful
Clean-Up Day this month was sponsored by the Franklin Republican Women. Although the morning was quite cool, everyone took advantage of the opportunity to again clean the downtown area of Main Stre...
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Drowning victims recovered in Amelia
An area resident was one of two people who drowned after the boat they were in capsized in Bayou Boeuf near the Amelia Belle Casino early Saturday. Huey Comeaux Jr., 44, of Amelia and Linda Fountai...
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Career Day at WSMHS
West St. Mary High School held its Third Annual Career Expo on Thursday, Nov. 17. More than 20 businesses from throughout the parish attended the event to provide career information to juniors, sen...
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Morgan City resident Wesley Bandemer stands at Nu Tech Mediaworld Hospital New Delhi, India — with assistance from medical personnel — where he received embryonic stem cell injections for a three-month period earlier this year. These injections helped him regain movement in his arms that was lost when he was paralyzed below his shoulders in a June 2006 motocross accident. Bandemer plans to return to New Delhi as early as this coming February for more stem cell injections and other rehab to help him gain as much movement back as possible. Above, from left, are a Nu Tech Mediaworld ward boy, Physio (physical therapist) Dipin Thakur and Bandemer, in blue, with another patient and ward boy.
Optimism arises from Indian medicine
MORGAN CITY — After nearly five years of searching tirelessly for an outlet to return to some form of what his life used to be like, Wesley Bandemer has found what he needs. Now, he just needs mor...
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‘Tis the Season
It’s not just Main Street getting the holiday cheer: Par sur la Teche also has been decked with lights and displays. The City of Franklin and Main Street Program board is inviting residents with go...
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