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Health Fair
The Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church held a health fair at Franklin Senior High School on Oct. 20. The health fair, sponsored by Teche Action Clinic, offered free screenings for things like ast...
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WSM Homecoming Royalty
Members of the West St. Mary High School‘s Homecoming Court are from left Second Maid Nadia Spiller, Queen Alexis Cross and First Maid Adajee Young. The court was presented Friday at Wolfpack Stadi...
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Kathy Sherman of Morgan City, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, was surprised with a check for more than $1,000 by the staff of Morgan City Health Care Center Thursday night. Sherman thought she was going to hear a speech by her niece about breast cancer awareness, but arrived to a room full of family and friends who offer her support. The money was raised at Morgan City Health Care Center’s fall festival Oct. 20.
Help for a Morgan City cancer patient
MORGAN CITY, La. — She was surprised to say the least. Kathy Sherman, 54, has gone through some difficult times recently, but she did not expect what happened Thursday evening at Morgan City Healt...
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St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish’s “Most Wanted” list for October includes accused armed robbers, thieves, neglectors of children, trespassers and assaulters. The Daily Review’s “Most Wanted” began in September wit...
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St. Mary Parish jobless rate down
The St. Mary Parish unemployment rate was 7.4 percent in September, down from 8.6 percent a year ago, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistic report. September’s jobless rate was also dow...
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National political analyst Charlie Cook, editor of The Cook Report, talks to LSU students in the Holliday Forum of the Manship School of Mass Communication Oct. 12.
Obama distances himself from Congress, analyst says
By FERRIS McDANIEL LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — President Barack Obama’s lack of interaction with Congress has become a major concern in the upcoming presidential election, says national ...
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Festival kickoff
A Business After Hours kicked off the 13th Annual Franklin Harvest Moon Fest Thursday night. It was held at the Comfort Inn and Suites by the St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce.
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FFH books $1.1 million in surplus
Franklin Foundation Hospital ended its fiscal year in September with a $1.1 million surplus, according to reports by the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey during Hospital Service Distri...
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Holy Cross Elementary students with alligators are John Charles Hebert, Grant Stansbury and Andrew Duval. Gator-touching is one of the events at the school’s Octoberfest Saturday.
Holy Cross plans Octoberfest Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Holy Cross Elementary School’s annual Octoberfest fun day begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday on the school grounds with a “Tough Kids Triathlon.” The Octoberfest opening time for ...
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Morgan City Junior High’s second block seventh- and eighth-grade physical education class, led by Cindy Gunner, listen to the drug-free awareness topics for Wednesday during “Wear Red Day.”
Red Ribbon Week -- Parents, grandparents learn how to protect children
PATTERSON, La. — Parents and grandparents from St. Mary Parish learned how they can protect their children from a variety of issues facing youngsters today including bullying, Internet safety, and ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Fall Fstival At Bayou Vista Baptist Church, 411 Field Road, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30. Free hot dogs, drinks, fun jumps and games for children. Tailgate party Friday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m. until...
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Juveniles, adults charged in local fight
Franklin Police responded to a large fight Wednesday evening at the intersection of Iberia Street and Anderson Street. Police were called to the scene at 5:45 p.m. Multiple juveniles were arrested,...
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Future of Franklin City Hall hinges on expense, funding
Franklin City Hall is in desperate need of extensive – and expensive – repairs, but members of the city council’s finance committee are taking care to determine a long-term solution. The former E.A...
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Ongoing drug sweep nets 23 on first day
Tuesday’s rain showers brought more than a cool front. They brought November Rain, a series of 23 arrests stemming from a long-term undercover narcotics operation in the Morgan City area. Designed ...
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Proposed parish budget up by $36,000, includes raises for all employees
Budget allocations recommended for approval Wednesday by the finance committee of the St. Mary Parish Council increase 2012 fiscal year spending by just over $36,000. The general fund in the propos...
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Insurance claims up for MC employees
MORGAN CITY — Total medical claims for the city have increased by 19.1 percent between May and September, while the total claims have increased by almost $100,000. That was the news that Shelley L...
Nov 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cookoff top honors
Top winners in last weekend’s Battle of the Paddles at Hanson Memorial High School were, in order, the People’s Choice Award, to the HMSS team of Chef Blake Payne, Coach Ryan Stoute and senior HMS ...
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Flood baskets will remain into early 2012
Flood protection baskets placed on top of backwater levees in Morgan City and neighboring Siracusaville will remain in place until sometime in the beginning of 2012 when levee improvement projects ...
Nov 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Franklin man killed, toddler injured in Centerville accident
A Franklin man was killed and a toddler injured while walking on the U.S. 90 frontage road Monday night near Centerville. Lester Redeaux, 40, and a 2-year-old boy were hit by a 2003 Chevrolet Impal...
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Settoon Towing marks $115 million expansion
PIERRE PART — Gov. Bobby Jindal, joined by Settoon Towing LLC President and CEO Russ Settoon, christened the M/V Fred A. Settoon towboat Friday and marked the creation of 135 new permanent jobs, at...
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Tribute to 'Coach Mac'
During the Hanson Memorial High School Tigers’ game against the Gueydan Bears Friday, halftime was filled with a tribute to the late Coach Richard McCloskey who died 25 years ago. Alumni marched ou...
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Congressmen Boustany, Landry at SMIG Monday
U.S. Congressmen Charles Boustany Jr. and Jeff Landry will update the St. Mary Industrial Group on Monday about what is happening in Congress. Both will speak during a noon luncheon at the Petroleu...
Nov 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Harvest Moon Fest Car Show winners
John Vaughn of Lake Charles stole the show recently during the Harvest Moon Festival Car and Motorcycle Show, first photo Vaughn walked away with prizes for Best of Show, Longest Distance and Secon...
Nov 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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MC road projects are extensive, expensive
Morgan City voters participating in early voting for the Nov. 19 election, which begins Saturday and continues for one week, will have to decide whether they want to see repairs made to city stree...
Nov 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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