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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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FEMA pay spurs tree-trimming operation in Morgan City
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The Morgan City utility department continues its perpetual tree trimming near electrical wires, but with a state of emergency after Hurricane Isaac, it can get reimbursement f...
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A fish kill near a pump station on La. Highway 70 may be the result of Hurricane Isaac, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Fish kill here linked to Isaac
By ROBERT R. JONES III A fish kill near a pump station on La. Highway 70 may be the result of Hurricane Isaac, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The storm came throug...
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Barry Walker of New Zorah Baptist Church fries catfish at the church’s food booth Sunday at the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
Food booths fuel festival crowd
By HARLAN KIRGAN The 77th annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival received good reviews at the food booths at Lawrence Park on Sunday. Dee McCracken and Julie Ard were working the Cafe Jo J...
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Holly Nicholas of Sun Styles sells her women’s glass jewelry designs to Anna and Brian Guidry of Berwick. Sun Styles is based in Melbourne, Fla., and is attending the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival for the third year.
Festival holds its 35th arts and crafts show
By JEAN L. KAESS Lori and Keith Gregoire of White Castle came to the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Saturday to relieve their boredom in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. In truth, though,...
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Festival weekend declared a success
By ROBERT R. JONES III The 77th annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival was a great success over the weekend, according to festival Director Lee Delaune. Despite Hurricane Isaac hitting the ...
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Morgan City police report weekend arrests
The Morgan City Police Department reported the following weekend arrests, according to Chief Marc Folse: —Guy Bucci, 57, of Third Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 8:57 p.m. Friday for appearing...
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Children sack race to a photo finish Saturday morning as parents cheer them on at the 77th annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Children’s Day activities.
Festival activities are a treat for children
By ROBERT R. JONES III As the last vestiges of Hurricane Isaac cleared out of the Morgan City area, giving way to a warm, sunny September morning Saturday, children attending the 77th annual Louisi...
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Power plant emergency continued
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX An extension of the state of emergency declared on June 27 after the failure of the city’s electrical transformer and updates for going forward with a replacement were discuss...
Aug 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hurricane Isaac -- Power outages linger
By ROBERT R. JONES III Recovery in the wake of Hurricane Isaac continues across eastern St. Mary Parish as electrical service is restored to customers and the school district continues to clean up,...
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Ackel to fill Berwick vacancy
By JEAN L. KAESS BERWICK — Jacki Ackel, a longtime St. Mary educator, was named Thursday to fill the vacant position on the Berwick Town Council. Ackel recently retired after 31 years in the school...
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The Rev. Danny Poche, pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morgan City, is the celebrant for Sunday’s Blessing of the Fleet.
Poche is celebrant for fleet blessing
Staff Report The Rev. Danny Poche will be the celebrant for Sunday’s Blessing of the Fleet on the Atchafalaya River. Poche, pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morgan City, also serves as an ad...
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True bill returned in case of Baldwin alderman election
Baldwin Alderman Tony Gibson’s case of alleged elections violations was brought before a St. Mary Parish grand jury Tuesday. A true bill was returned on two counts against Gibson in the bill of ind...
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Two arrested in alleged meth lab operation in BV
Narcotics agents arrested two people on multiple charges Monday. Multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force members reported the arrest of Jason Olivier, 29, of 505 Saturn Road, Bayou Vista, and Amanda S...
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Smoothing things over
Regular road maintenance and repair is being done throughout Morgan City, but recent rains have made work slower than expected. Above are city workers at the corner of Franklin and Elm streets spre...
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1 dead in train collision
A St. Mary Parish employee was killed after a collision with a train Friday afternoon. Sheriff Mark Hebert said the accident happened at 1:24 p.m. The parish animal control truck driven by a contro...
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Teen Miss Franklin Brittany Shae Grimes and Miss Franklin XXXII Serenity Mi’Courage Rouchon were selected at the Miss Franklin Pageant held Saturday at the Franklin Senior High School Auditorium.
Rouchon and Grimes are Franklin Miss and Teen XXXII
The Miss Franklin Scholarship and Teen Pageant as well as the Franklin Children’s Royalty Pageant were held Saturday at the Franklin Senior High School Auditorium. Crowned Miss Franklin XXXII was S...
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911 commissioner to retire; surplus items to UMCOR
Maj. Steve Veal, Sheriff’s Association representative and vice chairman of the St. Mary Parish E-911 advisory council, will retire in August. The advisory council presented Veal with a plaque for a...
Jul 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ordinances raising salaries of mayor, council introduced
Ordinances on proposed raises for the mayor and city council were introduced Tuesday without comment. Introduction of an ordinance is a first step in adoption. They will lay over for about 30 days,...
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Concert association sets banner 7-show season
The Community Concert Association of Morgan City is bringing more to the Tri-City area than ever before this year. Seven big concerts highlight the CCA schedule during the 2011-12 season, with all ...
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Rep. Sam Jones (D-Franklin)
Rep. Jones updates city on drainage, flooding and I-49
State Rep. Sam Jones (D-Franklin) gave a legislative session update to the Franklin City Council Tuesday. He told the council that after he suggested the city apply to the statewide flood control p...
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Roddy Matherne & Bill Frey, SweeDee LLC: ‘Hopefully see improvement next week.’
City holds SweeDee to terms, new truck a year
SweeDee LLC owes the City of Franklin a new garbage truck every year, Councilman Chuck Autin pointed out Tuesday. In five years, Autin said at the city council meeting Tuesday, the waste pickup ser...
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Members of 105 Da Movement present a check to Snow White Head Start students and staff during a recent ceremony for the adoption of the pre-school by the Franklin community service group.
105 Da Movement group adopts Snow White Head Start Center
When you get approval from your peers and community leaders, it means a great deal. St. Mary Community Action Agency and Snow White Head Start Center recently received the stamp of approval from 10...
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The Tri-Cities area received a hefty downpour Monday morning and afternoon, reportedly flooding homes and cars in Berwick and Morgan City. Navigation of local streets by vehicles, like this one northbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Morgan City, was complicated by the estimated 2.8 inches to 3.9 inches of rain the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported at its gauges at the Bayou Boeuf and Berwick locks, respectively. Forecasts call for a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today as well as a chance for rain on Wednesday.
Rain deluges Tri-Cities, minor flooding
The Tri-Cities area received between 2.8 inches and 3.9 inches within the last 24 hours, much of it during early morning and afternoon downpours that hit the area. The figures, reported by the U....
Jul 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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