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Highways are deadly leading up to Thanksgiving holiday
MORGAN CITY, La. -- With five fatal crashes in five days, State Police Troop I region has seen more than its fair share of accidents this week. While none were in the Tri-City area, troopers are no...
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Sheriff offers cautions for holiday shopping
Black Friday is swiftly approaching, heralding the start of the Christmas shopping season. Sheriff Mark Hebert says Christmas is a time for joy and giving but it can also be one of the most hectic...
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Federal prosecutors say criminal investigation in BP disaster ongoing
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter charges brought against two relatively low-ranking BP rig workers in the deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster may be as far as federal prosecutors are willing to go. O...
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Phone scam reported
MORGAN CITY, La. -- With the report of a possible phone call scam in the Morgan City area, people should be careful about sending money to callers who request money so they can send you money. Susa...
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Morgan City utility crew member Jerry Dumont tightens a string of lights on the newly assembled Christmas tree set up on Brashear Avenue in Morgan City Tuesday afternoon.
Holiday activities
Morgan City Morgan City lighting ceremony, 6 p.m. Thursday at the Spirit of Morgan City shrimp boat on Brashear Avenue featuring singing, candy and a visit from Santa Claus. Berwick Berwick lighti...
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Sister ship of the Robert Yered, Bernard C. Webber operates in the Gulf of Mexico. Submitted Photo
Bollinger delivers a Fast Response Cutter to Coast Guard
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards Inc. has delivered the Robert Yered, the fourth Fast Response Cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard. The announcement was made by Bollinger executive vice president of ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
CHRISTMAS TREES Annual Christmas Tree Sale at Bayou Vista Community Fellowship, 1523 Anthony St. Includes 5-foot to 12-foot Frasier firs. Prices begin at $33. For info call 985-518-0211. Kemper Li...
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Police Reports 11-21-12
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests this morning: Lance Talbot Sr., 48, of 102 Dickie St., Franklin, was arrested Tuesday at 9:42 a.m. on a warrant charging him with ...
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Emergency Aid donation
Franklin Senior High School 4-H Club members recently donated supplies to St. Mary Emergency Aid Center, a United Way of South Louisiana agency. From left are club secretary Joantress Warner, vice ...
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Blowouts
Two blown tires are being blamed for an overturned tractor trailer rig hauling sugar cane this morning on La. 87 just south of the Eastwood Subdivision. Police on the scene said there were no injur...
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Kenneth Goldstein, head of analysis group hired by both the Romney and Obama campaigns, was at LSU reflecting on the just-past presidential election. LSU Manship News Service/Clayton Crockett
Media expert cites Obama ‘smart’ targeting, buying of ads
By CLAYTON CROCKETT LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE, La. — It gets easier for the politics business every Monday since the election, figures Ken Goldstein, president of the media analysis grou...
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Voter turnout reached 70% in Nov. 6 election in St. Mary Parish (with pdf of results)
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Official post-election results for the Nov. 6 show St. Mary Parish voter turnout hit right at 70 percent or 23,887 voters A total of 71.20 percent, or 15,128 voters, of white re...
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HMS baseball field named for Lancon
A heavy rain shower could not put a damper on the special honor bestowed on Amar Lancon Saturday. The nearly 50-year-old Hanson Baseball Field was dedicated and named the Amar Lancon Field on the c...
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Parish starting emergency volunteer team
The St. Mary Parish and Terrebonne offices of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness are restarting the Community Emergency Response Team volunteer program. The CERT program will kick off wit...
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Teche Action Clinic earns gold seal in standards ratings
Teche Action Clinic has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval by demonstrating compliance with commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety as a primary care med...
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Hale
Berwick teacher Hale wins Dow science fellowship
Berwick Junior High teacher Rose Hale is one of 12 Louisiana teachers selected as a Dow-National Science Teachers Association fellow. Hale, along with 214 other science teachers nationwide, is part...
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From first to last: SOUTHERN METHODIST SIGNEE: West St. Mary Wolfpack senior wide receiver Dai’Juan Stewart signed with Southern Methodist University on Wednesday. On hand to witness the signing were family and friends. Pictured above seated from left to right are Gerald Druilhet, father; Sage Druilhet, brother; Dai’Juan Stewart; Catrina Druilhet, mother and Kimberly Druilhet, sister. Pictured above standing from left: Coach Ryan Antoine, Assistant Principal Evangeline Butler, School Counselor Carey Martin and Principal Dr. Derrick White.
Local students sign on with colleges

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Eagle Expo set next week for 7th time
The 7th Annual Eagle Expo, scheduled Feb. 9-11 in Morgan City, will feature seminars from wildlife and nature experts, a live raptor presentation, boat tours to view eagles and nest, and opportunit...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rockin’ the Runway
The Third Annual Rock the Runway for Cancer Research and Awareness was held recently at the Franklin Recreation Center. Twenty models, both male and female, displayed their fashions in Mardi Gras (...
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Sales tax collections up despite slowdown
MORGAN CITY — Sales tax collections in the fourth quarter of 2011 were down 9.8 percent from the same period in 2010, but collections for the year were up 2.6 percent. St. Mary Parish Sales and Us...
Jan 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Multiple drug charges levied
A search warrant netted three arrests Friday evening in Bayou Vista. Shon Singleton, 17, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled dange...
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Parish Fair honors
John Sonnier Jr., top , was the recipient of the Poultry Sweepstakes award in the Exhibition Poultry division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock show Jan. 21. Below, Katherine Comeaux...
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Need for downtown P.O. under review
Following a significant dip in mail volume in recent years, the postal services in Morgan City are among many across the nation that the U.S. Postal Service is examining as the federal agency move...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Junior Fair winners
The annual St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show was held Friday and Saturday at Franklin Senior High School. Winners in the Swine Showmanship Division were, first phoeo, Champion Junior S...
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