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Voisin announces for Morgan City mayor
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Berwick job filled
By JEAN L. KAESS Malissa Hebert has been named assistant principal at Berwick Elementary School and will assume her new duties Monday. She replaces Debbie Tompkins, the former assistant principal,...
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Egbert Sonny Pennison, 35, of St. Marie Alley, Amelia
2nd arrest made in teen sex case
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX A second arrest has been made in the case of an adult female who is accused of having sexual intercourse with a juvenile male, according to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert...
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Franklin native named COO of USA Track & Field group
An attorney with expertise in business affairs, contract negotiations, compliance issues and the nonprofit sector, Renee Chube Washington has been named chief operating officer of USA Track & Field...
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From left are William “Bill” Hidalgo Sr. and Bill Cefalu, Rotary president.
Morgan City Rotary
MORGAN CITY ROTARY CLUB members recently honored William “Bill” Hidalgo Sr. as their Citizen of the Year. From left are Hidalgo and Bill Cefalu, Rotary president.
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Morgan City Police Chief Marc Folse
Morgan City police chief retires
By JEAN L. KAESS and JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Morgan City Police Chief Marc Folse retired Friday from his post as the top cop in the city. Assistant Chief Glen Blanco will continue to lead the department...
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Digital Editions Delayed
Digital edition subscribers to the Banner-Tribune and The Daily Review may experience a delay in receiving those editions. The digital provider is experiencing technical difficulties and is working...
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Academic Pep rally at Central Catholic High School in Morgan City, La., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.
Pep rally at Central Catholic High School
An academic pep rally was held at the Sam A. Siracusa Catholic Community Center Wednesday morning for the students of Central Catholic High School. The theme of the rally was “A Royal Salute to Aca...
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The Patterson Volunteer Fire Department recently gained approval from the City Council to replace this 1979 pumper truck with a modern one because the vehicle can no longer pass inspection, said Fire Chief Sherel Martin.
Patterson to buy new fire truck
By ROBERT R. JONES III PATTERSON — In an attempt to maintain Patterson’s fire rating, Mayor Rodney Grogan and the City Council unanimously passed a measure Tuesday to begin the process to buy a pum...
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Mosquito spraying effort may be increased as West Nile virus threat looms
By JEAN L. KAESS With the threat of an increased mosquito population in the wake of Hurricane Isaac — and a banner year for the spread of West Nile virus in Louisiana — some St. Mary Parish communi...
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Electronic issue down
The electronic edition of The Daily Review and Banner Tribune is unavailable due to server problems. The E-edition will be available as soon as the server issue is resolved. The server problem fir...
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Property owners asked to report storm damage
The St. Mary Office of Emergency Preparedness is assessing damage from Hurricane Isaac in an effort to meet a Federal Emergency Management Agency damage threshold that would allow the parish to qua...
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Parish unemployment rises; state sees growth
Unemployment remains high in St. Mary Parish, which bears the highest unemployment level among Louisiana’s coastal parishes. Figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission show St. Mary with 20,17...
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2011 Atchafalaya River crest was 10.35 feet
MORGAN CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the official crest in Morgan City during this year’s high water season was 10.35 feet, the second highest ever recorded here and just shy o...
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Fans for Seniors
Fans donated by Cleco employees at the Teche Power Station are available to seniors, over age 60, at the St. Mary Council on Aging’s Senior Activities Center, 300 Iberia Street. To receive a fan, ...
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Cleanup continues
Clean-Up Franklin Day was sponsored by the City of Franklin on June 11. The Volunteers provided their ``people power'' to clean up areas of Iberia Street and Willow Street. Volunteers are urged to ...
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Berwick South Road to close Thursday
Work on Berwick South Road, including the changing of a precast bridge just past the parish landfill, will begin Thursday and continue for six months. The structure will replace a bridge that is ab...
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FHCC Safety Month
June is National Safety Month and the Franklin Health Care Center Safety Committee, above, kicked it off with new ideas to promote safety in the workplace. Their mantra is “Safety Is The Only Polic...
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Enoch Pratt, 6, nephew of the late Elmer Gerard “Ge-ronimo” Pratt, proudly holds a program from a memorial service for his uncle while standing next to the late Morgan City native’s photo. Family, friends, local government offi-cials, as well as a Black Panther official, gathered Saturday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium for a memorial service. Pratt’s remains had been cremated and spread on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where he had lived for at least the last six years.
Pratt memorialized at Morgan City service
MORGAN CITY — A natural born leader who overcame anything put in his path while always remaining humble. That’s how family and friends remember Morgan City native and former Black Panther Party mem...
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Helping hands
Building a new deck and wheelchair access ramp for Raymond Verdin on Pine Street was just one of about 15 residential repair projects across western St. Mary completed this week by high school stud...
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911 board's financials show lower spending
MORGAN CITY — Alan Taylor, CPA of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Company in Morgan City presented the St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District their annual financial report during a monthly meeti...
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ALISON BERGERON received two scholarships from the H&B Young Foundation and the East St. Mary Kiwanis Club during the Central Catholic High School Senior Breakfast. The Young Foundation recipient m...
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911 board meets Wed.
St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District (E-911) will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday. The advisory council will receive its 2010 audit report from Allan Taylor of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven a...
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Plans in progress for agitation dredging
MORGAN CITY — Agitation dredging by dragging a metal object similar to a bulldozer blade across the bottom of waterways to stir up sediment will be the first technique used by the Morgan City Harbo...
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