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Parish council approves resolutions in quick meet
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council made quick work of a light agenda for their regular meeting Wednesday in Franklin. The council approved resolutions on the call of tax renewal elections by Gr...
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Morgan City Mayor Frank "Boo" Grizzaffi
LEPA power sales contract approved by Morgan City council
MORGAN CITY, La. — The City Council approved a power sales contract between the city and the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority for a 10 megawatt share of a 64 megawatt power plant scheduled to c...
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Berwick Bay dredging
Barge data to help fund dredging at Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The Port of Morgan City is still working to get an accurate number for the amount of tonnage that passes through each loading facility within the port’s district so the port can...
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In rehearsal
‘Bayou Storm Rising’ premieres this weekend in Franklin
This weekend, Techeland Arts Council presents its newest installment of their No Hitchin’ folk history series, “Bayou Storm Rising,’ based on true stories of the rural communities of St. Mary Paris...
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DWI checkpoint Sscheduled for Lafourche Parish
Louisiana State Police Troop C will conduct a DWI Checkpoint Thursday, April 25, at an undisclosed location in Lafourche Parish. The sobriety checkpoint will begin at about 9 p.m. The checkpoint ...
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Canal wall failures behind Cypress Gardens and Marquis Manor subdivisions are the result of erosion at the bottom of the canal that then cause the walls to fail. Engineers are working on a plan to repair the canal, something that must be done at various times throughout the city because of south Louisiana’s poor soil, said George Glaubrecht, engineer with Domingue, Szabo and Associates in Lafayette.
Drainage canal banks crumbling
MORGAN CITY, La. — Land washed out at drainage canals in two Morgan City locations may be unsightly but it’s not dangerous, according to officials familiar with the project. George Glaubrecht, engi...
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Earl Meador
$3.4M sought for Young Memorial building
MORGAN CITY, La. The Louisiana Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill which includes $3.4 million for a major campus project at South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Camp...
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Sheriff: Honorary membership program provides training, resources
MORGAN CITY, La. -- St. Mary Parish citizens can become honorary members of the Louisiana Sheriff’s Honorary Membership Program by making a contribution to the program, which helps provide training...
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Morgan City firefighters responded to a house fire in Siracusaville shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday. The house was not occupied. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fire destroys abandoned home in Siracusaville
MORGAN CITY, La. Morgan City firefighters responded to fire in Siracusaville Monday afternoon after an abandoned house caught fire. The Morgan City Fire Department received a call about a fire in t...
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Morgan City Council meets today
MORGAN CITY — The city council will meet at 6 p.m. today at the City Court Building in Morgan City. The agenda includes the finance committee’s recommendations to allocate $9,150 from the general f...
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Parish council meets Wednesday
The St. Mary Parish Council will meet in regular session Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the courthouse in Franklin. Items on the agenda include: —Resolutions approving the call of tax renewal elections by ...
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Daily Review Louisiana Press Association Better Newspaper Competition winners, from left, included Harlan Kirgan, Jean L. Kaess, Courtney Darce and Geoff Stoute. The awards were presented Saturday at the association’s annual convention held in Baton Rouge. The Daily Review/Eddie Darce Sr.
Daily Review takes honors in state competition
Numerous members of The Daily Review’s editorial staff placed in the 2012 Better Newspaper Competition during the 133rd Annual Louisiana Press Association Convention held in Baton Rouge Saturday. F...
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Attempted murder charge in Franklin
A Franklin man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported that John Christopher Antoine, 31, of 1035-A Cayce St., Franklin, was arrested Friday at 6:...
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Police officer, civilian dead in Charenton shooting
A 78-year-old man and a Chitimacha police officer are dead after a shooting in Charenton Saturday that left two other police officers in critical but stable condition. The officers came under fire ...
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1 officer fatally shot, 2 wounded near Cypress Bayou Casino (updated)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies after allegedly setting fire to a mobile home in s...
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Shooting in Charenton; shooter identified
According to sources, Louisiana State Police identified Wilbur Thibodeaux as the shooter in the incident. Thibodeaux was also shot at the scene before taken into custody. LSP may have also discover...
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January's St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted
MORGAN CITY, La. -- New additions to January’s St. Mary Parish Most Wanted edition include a 42-year-old man wanted for felony theft by Morgan City police, a 24-year-old man wanted on a warrant for...
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Parish Fair and Livestock Show winners
Keri Landry, top center, was Premier Exhibitor in the elementary swine raising division at last weekend’s St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show. She also claimed the Junior Champion Showma...
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Quentin and Jamie Morales are one of the fishing couples featured on Swamp Pawn scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Saturday. Jamie Morales is a native of Morgan City.
Morgan City native is in cast of ‘Swamp Pawn’
Jamie Richard Morales grew up in Morgan City, where she didn’t really have any experience going out in the bayous, but, now, she and her husband make their living exclusively from fishing on those ...
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Rumor of gun on FSHS campus untrue
Franklin Senior High School principal Ty Burdett said this afternoon rumors of a gun on campus are not true. Burdett wished to assure parents that after an investigation the rumor turned out to be ...
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Parish Fair and Livestock Show
The St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show awards ceremony was held Saturday at Franklin Senior High School. At top center, Blaine Tabb was awarded Grand Champion Senior Exhibitor. Below, H...
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Honoring an educator
Franklin Senior High School agriculture teacher Pete Boudreaux is retiring after 36 years in the school system. Boudreaux has also been the Future Farmers of America adviser for his entire tenure, ...
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A woman identified as 18-year-old Keyiona Chenevert was found dead from gunshot wounds inside an apartment on Three B’s Lane off Pluto Street in Bayou Vista Monday.
No arrest reported in case of woman found shot to death (updated)
BAYOU VISTA, La. — As of this morning, the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s office had not released any new information regarding the investigation of the homicide of 18-year-old Keyiona Chenevert of Bayo...
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Marchers at MLK memorial monument
Marchers departed from Wall Street in Franklin at noon Monday and proceeded up Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in honor of the national holiday celebrating his life. From there they marched to Lig...
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