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Patterson woman dies in Terrebonne Parish Crash
GIBSON, La. -- A Patterson woman died when the vehicle she was riding in lost control and struck a tree at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, a Louisiana State Police news release reported. The investigatio...
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Brady Wanersdorfer; Kendra Alleman; Emily, Rivers, and Jules Quibodeaux; Kimberley Leger; David Savoy; and Ian Mixon reunite. The medics helped save little Rivers after a cardiac arrest.
Acadian medics reunite with “miracle baby”
May 24 -- This week is National EMS Week, which recognizes and honors emergency professionals and their efforts to provide the best emergency care and to improve health communications in communitie...
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Texas Brine offers settlements for sinkhole
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Texas Brine Co. said Friday that it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a ...
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Study tabled on I-49 South alternative route
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A proposal to study an alternative path for Interstate 49 South that would bypass Lafayette appears dead for this year. State Rep. Terry Landry, D-Lafayette, and state Rep. Mi...
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St. Mary Parish jobless rate up
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in April, an increase of 0.2 percent over the month and over the year, according to a news release from Loui...
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Senate rejects punitive sugar measure
The U.S. Senate Farm Bill stayed sweet to Louisiana sugar farmers. The Senate Farm Bill passed Wednesday. The House has not yet passed its farm bill. Louisiana Senators Mary Landrieu, D-New Orlean...
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Hurricane outlook: 13 to 20 named storms
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven...
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School donation
The Imperials of Baldwin made a $500 donation to J.A. Hernandez Elementary School on Thursday. Pictured from left above are (back row) Imperials Publicity Director Curtis Sigur, J.A. Hernandez Curr...
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Bill Cefalu, Morgan City utilities director, is interviewed Wednesday morning during a power outage.
Power outages not directly related to storms
MORGAN CITY, La. — The power outages in Morgan City and Amelia Wednesday morning were not directly related to the storms that swept through the area. Morgan City Utilities Director Bill Cefalu said...
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Schools suffered minor damage
MORGAN CITY, La. — Area schools suffered relatively minor damage during Wednesday’s power outages and thunderstorms. In several cases, students prepared for a tornado. Elaine Cureton, M.E. Norman E...
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A tree collapsed and fell into a residence on Lake Palourde Road in Amelia during Wednesday’s storm. From left, Adam Fangue, a Patterson volunteer firefighter, and family members, Larry Hartley and Jayvian Hartley, work to repair Hope and Billy Hartley’s damaged property.
Amelia may have been hardest hit
Toppled trees, downed power lines, damaged roofs, overturned recreational vehicles and howling winds described as sounding like a train, were not the results of tornadoes Wednesday afternoon, accor...
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Holiday closures
State, parish and local municipal offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. The Harold J. “Babe” Landry Landfill in Berwick will close at noon Monday. Due to the holiday, Morgan ...
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Maddie Osburn, an eighth-grader at Berwick Junior High School, practices typing her words per minute in Amy Vaccarella’s computer enrichment class in January.
St. Mary Parish students score better than state average, tie 2012 score
The average scores of students in St. Mary Parish public schools meeting or exceeding promotional standards in fourth and eighth grades beat the state average, while students in grades three throug...
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FFH levies 2013 millages
Annual millage rates for maintenance of Franklin Foundation Hospital were adopted by Hospital Service District 1 commissioners Thursday. While district voters approved the renewal of a 3.47-mill pr...
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Morgan City Housing Authority bonuses nearly matched salaries
MORGAN CITY, La. — Nearly $145,000 in bonuses were paid to four workers of the Morgan City Housing Authority in the 2012 fiscal year. The director was paid more than $22,350 in bonuses and three of...
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Naquin updates council on flood insurance rate hikes
Improved levees, delta growth and drainage pumps are just a few of the factors that will be added into the equation when new flood elevation maps are configured, according to parish President Paul ...
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An overturned trailer in Lake End Parkway Wednesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch.
POWER OUTAGE -- Storm, possible twister follows outage
MORGAN CITY, La. — A power outage struck the Morgan City area at about 10:40 a.m. and lasted until about 12:20 p.m. after a fault in an Entergy power line caused the feed to Cleco’s Bayou Ramos sub...
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City joins effort to keep flood insurance rates down
Parish President Paul Naquin recently visited Washington, D.C. in an attempt to prevent increases in flood insurance rates for residents and businesses in St. Mary Parish. Naquin addressed Frankli...
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Morgan City man arrested in fatal shooting (updated)
MORGAN CITY — Police have arrested a suspect for second degree murder in the shooting death of a 23-year-old Morgan City man, Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch stated in a news release. Justin...
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Hero’s Duathalon
The Franklin Fire Department held its second Hero’s Duathalon/Fun Run Saturday. Participants enjoyed family fun, food and beverages as well as a post-race party and an awards ceremony. Proceeds fro...
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Siblings Jewel, 5, and Liyah, 3, were adopted in 2010 by Brooke Blanco, right, of Morgan City. Blanco holds Jewel while Blanco’s former partner Stephanie Fremin, left, holds Liyah.
Wanted: Parents to foster or adopt
MORGAN CITY, La. -- There are hundreds of children statewide needing a family and are available for adoption. There are no adoption fees and legal expenses of the adoption are covered. But more im...
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Alligators sun Thursday afternoon alongside the canal of Lake End Park in Morgan City. May is the peak of alligator mating season, resulting in alligators moving in search of mates.
Gators roam Morgan City -- Morgan City police say calls about alligators keep coming
MORGAN CITY, La. — Alligators continue to be spotted in people’s yards and neighborhoods in Morgan City, a problem police have been dealing with for about a month, which could be due to several dif...
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Fire Department Duathlon is Saturday
A second Hero’s Duathlon/Fun Run is set Saturday in Franklin. Sponsored by the Franklin Volunteer Fire Department the run welcomes first-time and experienced participants. There will also be family...
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In the distance at center, a barge prepares to pass under the U.S. 90 bridge in Morgan City Tuesday morning. A gauge at right on the Atchafalaya River shows the river level at about 4.5 feet.
Atchafalaya River to crest at 6 feet
MORGAN CITY, La. —Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week. That forecast could increase ...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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