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Lions Club auction live tonight, Thursday
Franklin Lions Club annual live radio auction got under way Tuesday and will continue tonight and Thursday from 6-9 p.m. The auction is being aired on radio KQKI 95.3 from the Lions Club building a...
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Turbine technologies expand
Development of turbine technology in modern applications is growing at the Port of West St. Mary. Jimmy Gros, representing Turbine Power Technologies, updated the port commission on that growth Tue...
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Hospital board to meet
MORGAN CITY, La. — An intergovernmental agreement between three boards to fund a joint lab where nursing students can practice their skills will be discussed when Hospital Service District 2 meets ...
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A map of the area where a 1960s-era beating occurred.
Beating detailed in Civil Rights era case
During the waning hours of Feb. 13, 1964, Raleigh “Red” Glover of Vidalia parked his car in the middle of the B.B. Beard Road near Monterey, propped open the hood and waited. The car didn’t have en...
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St. Mary Parish teachers receive performance-based payouts
CENTERVILLE, La. — As St. Mary Parish enters its second year in the Teacher and Student Advancement Program, teachers at two of the three participating schools are receiving performance-based payou...
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The City of Patterson, along with Mayor Rodney Grogan, recently received certificates with medals of achievement from the National League of Cities for the efforts made in becoming proactive within the Let’s Move! initiative, a program initiated by first lady Michelle Obama dedicated to solving the childhood obesity epidemic. From left are Reginald Weary, accountant; Pamela Washington, city clerk; Grogan; Angela Boyles, tax collector; and Dave Lowery, city manager.
City of Patterson recognized for promoting health initiatives
PATTERSON, La. — The City of Patterson has been recognized for completion of key health and wellness goals for Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties, a major component of first lady Michelle Obam...
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Keeling wins final football contest
The final week of the Daily Review Football contest went down to the wire with Bob Keeling of Morgan City and Theresa Babin of Bayou Vista missing only two of the 17 games. The tie-breaking game w...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Free Style Show Presented by Amber Nguyen, as her Morgan City High School senior project, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the school multi-purpose building. Show will display 19 articles of clothing s...
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‘Lessons and Carols’ set
Church of the Assumption will present its annual “Lessons and Carols” Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. The concert will again feature the church’s adult choir and the handbell choir. ...
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From lower left, LSU Unsolved Civil-Rights-Era Murders Project students Brian Sibille, Ben Wallace, Andrea Gallo, Morgan Searles and Kevin Thibodeaux discuss Louisiana and Mississippi cold cases recently with the FBI’s Cold Case Initiative supervising agent Heith Janke, who is leaving for another assignment, and his replacement Drew Watts, far right, in the FBI Headquarters Building in Washington, D.C. Manship School of Mass Communication
Time is becoming largest challenge facing FBI’s Cold Case Initiative
By ANDREA GALLO LSU Manship News Service WASHINGTON — Twenty of the 112 cases — representing 27 deaths, five in Louisiana and 10 in Mississippi — reactivated under the FBI’s Cold Case Initiative mo...
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Company fined over sinkhole says it’s trying
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Owners of a failed brine storage cavern are doing their best to comply with a state order to quickly resolve problems created by an eight-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish, spok...
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Donald Aguillard, St. Mary Parish school superintendent, left, and Roland Verret, board president, listen to State Rep. Sam Jones at Thursday’s School Board meeting.
St. Mary Parish reaction to 2nd rejection of voucher program
MORGAN CITY, La. — Local reaction by educational leaders to Friday’s ruling that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s school voucher program is unconstitutional is positive. The program that uses tax dollars to sen...
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Cypress Sawmill Fest plans big weekend
PATTERSON — St. Mary Parish’s first big festival of the year, the award-winning Cypress Sawmill Festival, will run March 30-April 1 at Kemper Williams Park. The showcase for Patterson’s heritage in...
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Main Street accident
One of Franklin’s historic lampposts was destroyed Thursday by an elderly Patterson man reportedly undergoing a medical emergency. Shortly after 11 a.m., the man’s Ford pickup was westbound on Main...
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Flood control structure added to 2012 master plan
The Bayou Chene floodgate project will be added to the 2012 Coastal Master Plan developed by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. A temporary floodgate structure was used during the 20...
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Chief reports fire Dist. 11 progress, discusses issues
Since being reorganized almost a year ago, Fire Protection District 11’s volunteer fire department has made positive strides. Chief Clarence Clark addressed the parish council Wednesday to give an ...
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St. Mary unemployment climbs in Jan.
St. Mary Parish’s unemployment rate jumped in January to 9.3 percent, after having fallen to 8.1 percent in December. A decrease in the number of employed boosted the January rate, even though that...
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‘No Hitchin’ and ‘Let’s Go Ride Franklin’ this weekend’s events
Two big events are slated for this weekend: Techeland Arts Council’s encore performance of “No Hitchin” and the second Let’s Go Riding Franklin cruise. TAC Chairman Judith Allain said the repeat pe...
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Port closer to foreign trade zone status
MORGAN CITY — Port commissioners Monday gleaned further information regarding the local port’s designation as a foreign trade zone. The designation — which allows the import of materials by busine...
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Landry takes USDA to task on FSA closure
St. Mary’s Farm Service Agency office is still on the chopping block by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In response to an official inquiry from Congressman Jeff Landry (R, LA-03) USDA Secretary...
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ASME honors first floating offshore drilling rig
An international society of engineers is naming the nation’s first floating offshore oil drilling rig a historic mechanical engineering landmark. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers will h...
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A gleaming mahogany runabout from the 2011 Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show
Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show returns weekend of April 20-22
The Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show has become the fastest growing venue for classic and antique wooden boats in the Southeast. Organizers Roger Stouff and Gary Blum welcomed the owners of nearly 30 b...
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Engineering 'dream team' starts on Chene
MORGAN CITY — With the approval of a task order bringing Shaw Environmental to the “dream team” of engineers, work on the Bayou Chene project officially began Thursday. During the St. Mary Levee D...
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Filming for tourism promotion
Film crews were in Franklin and across St. Mary Parish last week working on a promotional tourism video. The Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau is working with Holbrook Media Productions of...
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