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Home invasion suspects sought in Assumption Parish
Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that at about 9 p.m. Sunday sheriff’s dispatchers received a 911 call concerning a home invasion on Freetown Lane in Belle Rose. The 22-yea...
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Kiwanis to bank on trivia for funds
Teams of up to six competitors will match wits Feb. 22 in the first trivia night sponsored by the East St. Mary Parish Kiwanis Club. The event benefits Adullam Houshold of Faith in Patterson as wel...
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Louisiana news briefs
Lafayette school tax proposed LAFAYETTE — Lafayette Parish School Superintendent Pat Cooper is proposing a $540 million revenue package to go before voters in November to fund facility improvements...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
THRIFT STORE At 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, holding a $5 for a tall-kitchen bag sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10. Mardi Gras throws available. Proceeds benefit Sacred Heart Catholic Chu...
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Patterson City Council plans meeting today
The Patterson City Council will meet at 7 p.m. today at City Hall in the council meeting room. An introduction of an ordinance to limit access behind Patterson Junior High and an intergovernmental ...
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State Treasurer John Kennedy
Louisiana officials keep tabs on education by subbing
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Two hours into his stint as a substitute teacher at Magnolia Woods Elementary School in Baton Rouge, state Treasurer John Kennedy banished one third-grader to the corner and guid...
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Timothy Coleman
Terrebonne Parish sheriff announces missing person, Timothy Coleman
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person complaint, Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. On Saturday, a woman reported that her boyfriend, Timothy Coleman, was missing, st...
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Lauren Blanco, a fourth-year pre-kindergarten teacher at Berwick Elementary, finishes constructing her “every day counts” attendance board inside her classroom Sunday morning.
St. Mary Parish students return to classes for 2nd half of school year
CENTERVILLE, La. — Students returned to school today, one day earlier than the school calendar originally planned, as they made up the first of three missed days from Hurricane Isaac. Due to the hu...
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Corps: Morganza levee to cost $12.9 billion
HOUMA (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says a federal levee designed to protect Terrebonne Parish and parts of Lafourche Parish from storm flooding will cost $12.9 billion. State and local offici...
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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards to star on TV show
NEW ORLEANS — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards will star on a new cable TV show with the woman he married after his release from federal prison on a corruption conviction. In a Facebook exchange...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
GOLDEN AGE 49ERS Meeting 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Morgan City Recreation Center. MLK PROGRAM Patterson Community Center holding a Martin Luther King program at Good Hope Baptist Church, Patter...
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Berwick council to meet Tuesday
BERWICK, La. -- Town leaders are to meet Tuesday with a light agenda before them. Items to be discussed include adoption of an ordinance amending garbage rates and payments to LA Contracting and Mi...
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Stroke, stroke
This week, swimming lessons began for children at the municipal pool in Morgan City. The Morgan City Recreation Department offers lessons every year. For more information, call the MCRD at 380-4652.
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St. Mary Parish state legislators spoke at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday at the Forest Restaurant in Franklin. From extreme left are Rep. Joe Harrison, Rep. Sam Jones and at the podium is Sen. Brett Allain.
Allain reports on first state session since his election
State legislators representing St. Mary Parish delivered reports on the just-ended legislative session at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday in Franklin. Sen. Brett Allain, Dist. 21, said he...
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Flooding concerns taken to St. Martinville
ST. MARTINVILLE — A contingent of Stephensville residents road-tripped to the St. Martin Parish Council meeting Tuesday to urge the construction of a flood protection project for Bayou Estates and ...
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State, parish school dropout rates both decline
Recently published data from the Louisiana State Department of Education indicates significant decreases in the state’s dropout rate among students in grades 7-12 and grades 9-12. Meanwhile, St. Ma...
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Dr. Edward Valeau met with Mayor Rodney Grogan, city councilwoman and Patterson State Bank manager Sandra Turner, Patterson city employees and city residents Monday on First Street for the official groundbreaking for the Wheelbarrow Farmers’ Market. Valeau, a native of Patterson and now a resident of California, is making the upcoming farmers' market possible. Valeau’s father was a farmer who provided his son a wheelbarrow every day so he could go door to door selling fresh produce. The main goal of the farmers' market is to offer fresh, healthy produce to the local community.
Patterson farmers' market, garden put in motion
PATTERSON — The first official steps toward a farmers’ market and community garden in the city were taken Tuesday night. Ground already has been broken on the Wheelbarrow Farmers’ Market at 1103 Fi...
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Touch of Venus
Jadon Hawkins of Bayou Vista, above, looked through one of many telescopes to see the transit of Venus at the St. George Observatory in Schriever. Hawkins, who went to the observatory with his gran...
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Fire Dist. 11 gets new pumper truck
St. Mary Parish Fire Protection District 11 has taken delivery of its newest pumper truck. The district, which covers Sorrell, Four Corners, Glencoe, Websterville and Louisa received the Ferrara Fi...
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Adults can register for summer arts program
Registration for the fine arts portion of the Bayou Beaux Arts and Dance Program will end at 5 p.m. June 18 and is open to all St. Mary Parish residents who are at least 13-years-old. That means a...
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Jones relates the ‘good’ and the ‘evil’ of session
State Rep. Sam Jones (Dist. 50) said he would “tell you a few good things that we did, then I’ll tell you a few of the evil things that went on” during a report on the Louisiana legislative session...
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Fire blazes through apartment unit roof
Heavy damage was suffered by an apartment unit after an early morning fire Sunday. Franklin Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois said fire fighters were dispatched at 6:54 a.m. to Plantation Teche Apartments...
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Another successful planting day
The St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District and the USDA-NRCS held its annual coastal planting day last Friday near East Cote Blanche Bay. The multi-year vegetation program is in full swing a...
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Aloisio
Pioneering Patterson civic leader Aloisio died Monday
Patterson has lost one of its most accomplished citizens, a grandchild of Italian migrants who defied expectations, started her own businesses, was elected to public office, and saved a man’s life....
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