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U.S. 90 repairs begin, lane to close
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Right lane closures on westbound U.S. 90 over Bayou Ramous indicate the first work to repair girder cracks on the 2.5 miles of elevated roadway near the St. Mary/Assumption pari...
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Developer looks to buy land near auditorium in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — A developer is looking to buy land next to the highway in front of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Developer Michael Hankins needs a minimum of 140 feet of property along ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
New Salem Baptist Church, 1412 Cherry St., Patterson, celebrating the Rev. Samuel Calhoun’s 17-year anniversary with a pre-anniversary triple-header program 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Guest speakers th...
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Janet Sons of Bayou Vista visited the Morgan City Post Office on Brashear Avenue Wednesday to pick up holiday packages from postal clerk Lennie Young.
Holiday mailing season arrives
By JEAN L. KAESS jkaess@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — Between shipping gifts to family and friends who live in other areas and receiving packages from sales on Black Friday, Small Business Saturda...
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St. Mary Parish early voting continues
MORGAN CITY, La. -- By Wednesday the number of early voters in the Dec. 8 election had reached 796, according to Jolene Holcombe, St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters. There were 221 voters Wednesd...
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New equipment
Fire Protection District 11 took delivery of $235,000 in new equipment Tuesday that includes 32 full sets of self-contained breathing apparatus and a mobile cascade trailer that can be used across ...
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Franklin turns on the lights tonight at 6 p.m.
Franklin’s Christmas parade and lamp-lighting ceremony will jumpstart the Christmas season tonight, at 6 p.m. Line-up for the parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the corner of Jackson and Main Stree...
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Louisiana Lotto, Easy 5 won, Powerball Match 5 sold in Slidell
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lottery officials say the winning tickets in Wednesday’s $550 million Powerball drawing were sold in Arizona and Missouri and there were winners in the Louisiana Lotto and Easy 5...
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2 tickets strike gold in record Powerball jackpot 

CHICAGO (AP) — The richest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-largest top prize in U.S. lottery history — has been won. The question now becomes: Who are the lucky winners waking up to new liv...
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$4.5M St. Mary Parish tax bill settled
FRANKLIN, La. — More than $4.5 million held in escrow for more than a decade will be released in St. Mary Parish because a lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge in 2000 has been settled, according to Assess...
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Early vote tally nears 600 in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The early vote tally for the Dec. 8 election reached 575 Tuesday, according to Jolene Holcombe, St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters. There have been 378 votes cast in Morgan Ci...
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Morgan City Mayor Tim Matte
Surcharge proposed for Morgan City power plant
MORGAN CITY, La. —Mayor Tim Matte proposed a surcharge of 2.25 mil per kilowatt hour to pay for repairs and improvements to the Joseph Cefalu Steam Plant, which exploded and burned on June 26. Th...
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Conservation meeting
The St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District held its annual Locally Led Conservation Meeting Wednesday on the fourth floor of the St. Mary Parish Courthouse. Some 35 interested people attend...
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Touchet
Former fire chief arrested on sex charge
Berwick’s former fire chief was arrested Tuesday for 10 counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile. Michael Touchet, 47, of Columbus Avenue in Bayou Vista, was charged at 5:13 p.m. on a warrant fo...
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Renovations continue
Chez Hope in Franklin continues getting a facelift, with painters swarming over the building the last few weeks. The organization was the recipient of $200,000 in Louisiana Capital Outlay funding s...
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Formula change will chop school budget
Because of new inclusions in the Minimum Foundation Program funding approved by the state’s top education board Monday, the St. Mary Parish School Board will lose nearly $2.7 million in funding for...
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Seized narcotics
Three arrested by task force
Multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force agents arrested three people Monday on multiple drug charges. Agents report that Johnnie B. Troulliet, 41, Anthony Troulliet, 37, and Khuong Nguyen, 24, all of ...
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CCHS student tapped for media conference
Celine Flores recently was nominated to represent Louisiana as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2012 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Flores was awarded t...
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Good Citizen award
Alex Lancon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brad Lancon, has been selected as the DAR Good Citizen at Hanson Memorial High School. The award recognizes and rewards high school seniors who possess good citizen...
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Fryou
Fryou advances in Principal of the Year competition
Hattie Watts Elementary School Principal Niki Fryou has been named the elementary-level Region III Principal of the Year and now advances to the state Principal of the Year competition. “On behalf ...
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Dufrene to hand reins to Jeff LaGrange on June 1
Jeff LaGrange will take over as director of the parish Sales & Use Tax office on June 1. The St. Mary Parish Council unanimously approved his appointment Wednesday upon the recommendation of outgoi...
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C'est fin
Mardi Gras season had its last hurrah Tuesday in east St. Mary Parish with the parades of the Krewe of Hephaestus in Morgan City, above, and of the Siracusa-Greenwood community in Siracusa. The Len...
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Edgar Dugas III has been named president of the Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association. From left are his brother-in-law, Johnny Williams; sister-in-law Patrice Williams; father Edgar Dugas Jr. and mother Dolores Dugas, Edgar Dugas III and his wife, Tricia.
Dugas LOMCSA president
The Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association has named Edgar Dugas of Dugas Oil and Fuel Co. Inc. president at the association’s Annual Gala at the Royal Sonesta in New Orleans Feb...
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Love a parade
The Krewe of Amani rolled through Patterson on Lundi Gras under sunny skies. The final party of the season will kick off at 2 p.m. today regardless of the community it is celebrated in. The Krewe o...
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