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Morgan City area veterans gathered Tuesday afternoon at the Morgan City City Hall to honor POWs and to sign a proclamation. Attending, from left, were Sherman Whiting, a Marine and quartermaster of VFW Post 4222; Donald Grayson, (standing) World War II and Korean War Army veteran, and post commander of VFW Post 4222; Morgan City Councilman Larry Bergeron; and Berwick Mayor Louis Ratcliff.
Proclamation marks POW-MIA Day
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX MORGAN CITY — National POW-MIA Recognition Day is Friday, and a proclamation was signed Tuesday at the Morgan City City Hall to mark the day. Sherman Whiting, quartermaster o...
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LeRoy Meaux of Cleveland Billiot Contractors in Morgan City demolishes the building next to E.J. Fields on the corner of Ann and Front streets on Wednesday.
Morgan City building demolished
LeRoy Meaux of Cleveland Billiot Contractors in Morgan City demolishes the building next to E.J. Fields on the corner of Ann and Front streets. The building dates back to the post-World War II era ...
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Fire Dept. benefit for Boudreaux Saturday
The Franklin Fire Department will also hold an event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Franklin Recreation Center to benefit employee Louis Boudreaux with medical expenses. It will feature liv...
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Trustees from the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center work on a state-of-the-art portage around Keystone Lock and Dam. (Photo by Nicole Patin)
Tour du Teche pot at $20,000; parishes help with infrastructure
Total prize money for Tour du Teche III is up to $20,000, which means each paddler in a first-in-class boat will receive $800. Registration for the 135-mile, three-day race ended Friday. The first,...
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Tanker truck arrives at Fire Protection District 11 station
St. Mary Parish Fire Protection District 11 has taken delivery of its newest service tanker truck. The district which covers Sorrell, Four Corners, Glencoe, Websterville and Louisa areas, received...
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Wheelhouse -- An east St. Mary Parish events calendar
ARTISTS GUILD Unlimited Artists Reception Thursday, Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery. All participants of the art show are invited to attend and pick up their art work. Photographs of the winni...
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The Redhead Express is scheduled to perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
Redhead Express launches 6-performance concert series in Morgan City
Staff Report MORGAN CITY, La. -- The Redhead Express and the Walker Family is to perform at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Students from kindergarten through 1...
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Water system employees recognized
The Board of Commissioners of Water and Sewer Commission 4 in the Charenton area recently recognized employees for their years of outstanding service. From left are Tambra Verret, 10 years; Barry D...
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Disaster assistant hours and days updated in west St. Mary
Changes were made to the Hurricane Isaac relief program dates late Friday. The center at the Franklin Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Applicants for food stamp assistance for l...
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Coast Guard rescues man south of Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Coast Guard rescued a 50-year-old man from a fishing vessel on the Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, Friday. The captain of the fishing vessel My Grandkids ...
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Henry "Inky" Lee
Morgan City leader Lee dies
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY — Three-term city councilman and charter member of the St. Mary Parish Tourist Commission Henry K. “Inky” Lee Jr., passed away Sunday in Morgan City. Lee, 79, was a nat...
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FEMA center opens at Morgan City
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY, La. -- A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opened today at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. This is an office where applicants may go for information about the Federa...
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Sights from 2011 Shrimp & Petroleum Festival
These are the sights and sounds of the 2011 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, weather and all.
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Lee's effects minimal in Assumption, Lower St. Martin
Effects of Tropical Storm Lee were minimal this weekend in Stephensville and Belle River in Lower St. Martin Parish as well as Bayou L’Ourse in Assumption Parish. According to Maj. Ginny Higgins of...
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First qualifers
The first to qualify this morning for various elections across St. Mary Parish were, from left, sheriff’s candidates George Rodriguez, incumbent Mark Hebert and Patrick LaSalle; Albert Foulcard, in...
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Storm brings raised river, street flooding
Lingering Tropical Storm Lee dumped more than 10 inches of rain on the area between Friday and 8 a.m. today and caused a higher than expected storm surge across the parish. The Atchafalaya River cr...
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Water driven by mostly storm surge creeped into the Franklin Canal this weekend and covered Willow Street, above. It lasted several hours before receding. There were also reports of street flooding along Eastwood Drive from Bayou Teche and Oxford Loop, below (Submitted photo.)
Excessive rain, moderate winds mark Lee locally
Tropical Storm Lee has produced steady rain since Friday afternoon, with occasional heavy pockets. Winds were light to moderate most of the Labor Day weekend, with occasional gusts of 35 to 40 mph....
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Shrimp and Petroleum Festival schedule updated
From Staff and Wire Reports Winds and rain have not forced officials to call off the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, but they have prompted officials to curtail or reschedule some events. ...
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Tropical Storm Lee Sunday update
FRANKLIN - Tropical storm Lee has produced steady rain since Friday afternoon, with occasional heavy pockets. Mostly light winds, with occasional gusts. There were streets flooded along Bayou Teche...
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It's now Tropical Storm Lee, a slow-moving, torrent-bearing system
Tropical Depression # 13 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Lee. Winds are 40mph with higher gusts. Lee is expected to drift northwest today at 1-3 mph. Heavy rains will continue to move acros...
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Parish braces for tropical depression; heavy rains, winds
A slow-moving tropical depression was slogging toward the Gulf coast Friday, packing walloping rains that could drench the region with up to 20 inches. Locally, Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris said s...
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Track still uncertain, but torrential rain likely over South Louisiana
By Jim Bradshaw Tropical Depression 13 brewing in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to create major flooding problems along the Gulf Coast and inland. Opinions on where the developing t...
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Children's Village offers many fun events
Events for the youngest festival-goers will be numerous this weekend. Saturday is Children’s Day at the festival and kicks off with games and field events at 9 a.m. in Lawrence Park. Children of al...
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Congressman Jeff Landry
Landry says freshmen reps shaping D.C.
Congressman Jeff Landry, (R-New Iberia) was the guest speaker at a St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce breakfast Wednesday in Franklin. Landry said he was “so happy to report, we’re not there yet, ...
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