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Morgan City Chief Administrative Officer Marc Folse, left, speaks at a city hurricane preparedness meeting Monday as St. Mary Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness director Duval Arthur listens.
Morgan City holds hurricane preparedness meeting
MORGAN CITY, La. — Once sustained winds from a storm hit 55 mph, the city’s fire and police departments will not be able to respond with officers or firefighters on the streets, Fire Chief Morris P...
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Tank fire Sunday in St. Martin Parish.
Tank fire in St. Martin Parish
A lightning strike is suspected as the cause of a tank catching fire Sunday morning, according to Louisiana State Police spokesman Tfc. Stephen Hammons who said there were no injuries and no evacua...
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Session may have major impact
MORGAN CITY, La. -- State legislators passed several pieces of legislation during the 2013 regular session that could have a major impact on St. Mary Parish including getting more than $4 million i...
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Teche Regional Marketing Director Sabrina Roy, left, and Cindy Frazier, right, inspect a cake being auctioned during the That Just Takes the Cake social at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Friday. Jackie Blakeman, event committee member, holds the cake.
Cake fundraiser is sweet for American Heart Association
MORGAN CITY, La. — The “That Just Takes the Cake” social benefitting the American Heart Association Friday raised $21,500, according to committee member Gwen Luc. The cocktail event — a silent auct...
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Woman dies after towed SUV hits car on I-10 east of Breaux Bridge
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (AP) — A Texas woman has died after a towed vehicle broke loose and hit another car. Louisiana State Police said the accident happened on Interstate 10 east of Breaux Bridge. The...
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Harbor panel to meet Monday
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Harbor and Terminal District Commision meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at the Port of Morgan City. New business on the agenda includes the adoption of the millage rates...
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GOV. BOBBY JINDAL spoke Tuesday at the Young Memorial Campus expansion ribbon cutting on the importance of the community and technical college educational system to jobs and industry in the state.
$25.4B state budget forged by new alliances
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — Lawmakers agreed to a $25.4 billion budget compromise Thursday, in the final hours of a legislative session marked by new bipartisan alliances in ...
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City of Franklin introduces ‘Movies in the Park’ series
The City of Franklin will host a “Movies in the Park Summer Movie Series” on July 4, July 20 and August 3. All movies are to be shown outside and are free to the public. The first movie will be sho...
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The USS Merrimack (AO-179), a U.S. Navy oiler that was commissioned in 1979, was docked at Southern Recycling in Amelia on Wednesday afternoon after it arrived Wednesday to be recycled.
Navy oiler ends service at recycling yard in Amelia
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com AMELIA, La. — The USS Merrimack AO-179 of the U.S. Navy made its way to the dock at Southern Recycling on Wednesday, completing its final voyage b...
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$10,000 winning lottery ticket sold in Morgan City is unclaimed
As of today, no one has stepped forward to claim a $10,000 Louisiana Lottery Powerball prize won on Jan. 5. The winning ticket was purchased at Ganaway’s on Federal Avenue in Morgan City and is set...
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Charles Spann, Morgan City Housing Authority executive director
Commission accepts resignation of Morgan City Housing Authority executive director
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Morgan City Housing Authority board of commissioners accepted the resignation of Charles Spann as its executive director at a called board meeting Wednesday afternoon. Commis...
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Teens arrested for fighting at park
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests: —Taylor Brown, 17, of Mike Drive in Patterson, was arrested at 10:57 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant for disturbing the peace by figh...
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New medical offices
Construction of a new 13,000 square foot medical office building is under way next to Franklin Foundation Hospital on Northwest Boulevard. The practices of Drs. Rebecca Accardo, Stephen McPherson a...
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World War II veteran James “Jimmy” Manuel wears the medals he earned during World War II.
Veterans reflect on Memorial Day
MORGAN CITY, La. -- For more than four decades, Americans have viewed the Memorial Day three-day weekend as the unofficial beginning of summer. The event has become known as a day of parades, flag...
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Memorial Day serice
Fallen soldiers were remembered Sunday during a Memorial Day service at the St. Mary Peace Memorial in Franklin. The service organized by VFW Post 10016 included presentation of colors by Franklin ...
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Maddie Osburn, an eighth-grader at Berwick Junior High School, practices typing her words per minute in Amy Vaccarella’s computer enrichment class in January.
St. Mary Parish students score better than state average, tie 2012 score
The average scores of students in St. Mary Parish public schools meeting or exceeding promotional standards in fourth and eighth grades beat the state average, while students in grades three throug...
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FFH levies 2013 millages
Annual millage rates for maintenance of Franklin Foundation Hospital were adopted by Hospital Service District 1 commissioners Thursday. While district voters approved the renewal of a 3.47-mill pr...
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Morgan City Housing Authority bonuses nearly matched salaries
MORGAN CITY, La. — Nearly $145,000 in bonuses were paid to four workers of the Morgan City Housing Authority in the 2012 fiscal year. The director was paid more than $22,350 in bonuses and three of...
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Naquin updates council on flood insurance rate hikes
Improved levees, delta growth and drainage pumps are just a few of the factors that will be added into the equation when new flood elevation maps are configured, according to parish President Paul ...
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An overturned trailer in Lake End Parkway Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch.
POWER OUTAGE -- Storm, possible twister follows outage
MORGAN CITY, La. — A power outage struck the Morgan City area at about 10:40 a.m. and lasted until about 12:20 p.m. after a fault in an Entergy power line caused the feed to Cleco’s Bayou Ramos sub...
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City joins effort to keep flood insurance rates down
Parish President Paul Naquin recently visited Washington, D.C. in an attempt to prevent increases in flood insurance rates for residents and businesses in St. Mary Parish. Naquin addressed Frankli...
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Morgan City man arrested in fatal shooting (updated)
MORGAN CITY — Police have arrested a suspect for second degree murder in the shooting death of a 23-year-old Morgan City man, Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch stated in a news release. Justin...
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Hero’s Duathalon
The Franklin Fire Department held its second Hero’s Duathalon/Fun Run Saturday. Participants enjoyed family fun, food and beverages as well as a post-race party and an awards ceremony. Proceeds fro...
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Siblings Jewel, 5, and Liyah, 3, were adopted in 2010 by Brooke Blanco, right, of Morgan City. Blanco holds Jewel while Blanco’s former partner Stephanie Fremin, left, holds Liyah.
Wanted: Parents to foster or adopt
MORGAN CITY, La. -- There are hundreds of children statewide needing a family and are available for adoption. There are no adoption fees and legal expenses of the adoption are covered. But more im...
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