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Aileen Dehart, left, of United Blood Services Baton Rouge prepares Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch as he donates blood Saturday for East St. Mary Relay for Life.
Police, firefighters compete for Relay for Life
MORGAN CITY, La. — The second round of The Guns and Hoses Battle for the Paddle will feature the best culinary offerings of area firemen and police men that will be a don’t-miss-affair for gumbo a...
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Seniors to present special projects
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Students and teachers alike at Morgan City High School agree that senior projects teach more than the skills students elect to study. The event showcases the efforts of English ...
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Carroll Thorguson
Parish, Berwick community leader, Thorguson, dies
BERWICK, La. -- Longtime businessman and civil servant Carroll Thorguson died Thursday in Lafayette. Thorguson, 67, was a 1963 graduate of Berwick High School and a 1967 graduate of Nicholls State ...
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Gerald Guillory Jr. of Uranus Road in Bayou Vista
Man accused of recording video of woman bathing 3 years ago
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A 43-year-old Bayou Vista man was arrested Friday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s detectives after learning that the man had recorded video of a woman while she was bathing, accord...
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Community Concert Association announces next season’s lineup
Six outstanding concerts are in store for members of our 2013-14 Community Concert Association season, according to Floyd Cloutier, president. As a bonus, new subscribers will be admitted to the 4...
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Relay for Life event is Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. — Preliminary events leading up to this year’s Relay for Life in East St. Mary Parish continue Saturday with the first challenge in the inaugural Guns and Hoses Battle for the Padd...
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From left, Calvin and Louella Guidry of Morgan City, and daughter, Debbie Breaux of Pierre Part, sing during the National Day of Prayer Special Service on Thursday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
National Day of Prayer observed
MORGAN CITY — About 20 to 30 people gathered in the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium for a special service for National Day of Prayer to pray for those within the community and around the country i...
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Election is Saturday
Election polls across western St. Mary Parish will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday for a single referendum. Hospital Service District 1 is asking voters to approve the renewal of the 3.47 m...
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Sheriff warns of 2 phone scams
Sheriff Mark Hebert is warning area residents of a phone scam. The sheriff’s office received a complaint May 2 of telephone harassment. Upon investigation, it was determined that the harassing phon...
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Red Ribbon slogan, drawing contest winners announced
Winners have been announced in the St. Mary Red Ribbon Committee’s annual slogan and drawing contests. Dwaylen Spain, a junior at West St. Mary High School, was the winner of the slogan contest. Hi...
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Keisha Johnson Brown, formerly of Morgan City and now living in Mount Pleasant, Mich., is fighting her fourth battle with breast cancer. Her family — including Tri-City area residents brother, Johnnie Johnson of Amelia; mother, Mamie Johnson of Morgan City; and sister, Angela Young of Morgan City. From left, are Brown, her husband, Damon; and daughter, Angel.
Cancer survivor inspires fundraising walk
MORGAN CITY, La. -- It is inconceivable to most people to be diagnosed with breast cancer once. Four times is a nightmare. But that is precisely what Keisha Johnson Brown, formerly of Morgan City a...
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Morgan City Main Street District business owners are eligible to apply for a state-funded Redevelopment Incentive Grant. Sonja Mingo is seated outside Flomingo’s Café, which he owns, in Morgan City.
Grants offered to help business owners spruce up their buildings
MORGAN CITY, La. — Business owners in the Main Street District of Morgan City whose building meets state criteria may apply for state-funded 2013-14 Redevelopment Incentive Grants, according to a n...
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Borne new JDC judge
Assistant 16th Judicial District Attorney Vincent J. Borne is moving to the judge’s bench. At the end of qualifying last week Borne was unopposed in his bid for District Judge in Div. C, the positi...
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Sheriff’s office hosts Leadership St. Mary
St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Mary participants visited the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in Franklin and the shooting range last week. The group began on the fourth floor o...
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Three killed in head-on crash
HOUMA — Three people were killed in a head-on crash on LA. 182 in Terrebonne Parish at about 9 p.m. Sunday, reported Trooper Evan Harrell of Louisiana State Police, Troop C. A 1996 Isuzu Rodeo was ...
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Charenton man indicted for assault on Chitimacha tribal officers
LAFAYETTE, La. -- David Frederick, 37, Charenton, La., was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on four counts for assaulting three people, two of which were Chitimacha tribal police officers,...
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Nicholas Vaughn
Pierre Part man arrested for child molestation, aggravated rape
PIERRE PART, La. -- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the Sheriff’s Office received the first of two separate complaints alleging that two girls where...
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Sister says town alderman ‘targeted’ in election probe
Margaret Coleman, sister of Baldwin Alderman Tony Gibson, addressed Mayor Wayne Breaux and the board of alderman during their monthly meeting Thursday. Coleman told the board she wanted to know why...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal seeks release for nonviolent drug offenders
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday he'll push for sentencing changes that would let some nonviolent drug offenders out of prison early if they complete an intensive treatment pro...
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Hillary Thibodeaux, executive director of the St. Mary Parish Levee District, discusses Bayou Chene flood protection at Monday’s St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Levee district asks to be ‘voice’ for parish levees
PATTERSON, La. -- The St. Mary Levee District is looking to draft an agreement that would make the district the first entity that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contacts when it has any issues wi...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Brian Sonnier, top photo at center, was awarded Champion Overall Game Bird in the exhibition division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show held Jan. 19. Second photo, center, Blain...
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Troopers investigating fatal crash in St. Mary Parish
ST. MARY PARISH- This morning, troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two-vehicle fatal crash on U.S. 90 at Southeast Boulevard in Bayou Vista that claimed the life of a New Ib...
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Cleanup of the Marine Shale Processors site near Amelia has started and is expected to be completed by June, said an Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality official.
Marine Shale Processors site cleanup under way
AMELIA, La. — Cleanup of the former Marine Shale Processors site just outside of Amelia is under way as the companies involved began setting up their equipment during the first week of February. “N...
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Fair and Livestock Show
John Sonnier Jr., top at center, was winner of the poultry sweepstakes in the exhibition poultry division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show held Jan. 19. Sonnier also garnered a...
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