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Senate panel OKs Allain bill on Citizens rate hikes
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Large rate hikes for customers of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort would require legislative approval, under a bill that received Senate Insurance Committee backing. S...
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Body found in Amelia
The body of a man, who was reported missing in Houma Sunday, was found Wednesday night in Amelia after another man found a body in a vehicle, according to a news release from St. Mary Parish Sherif...
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Buck recuperating; donations needed
“Buck,” the dog that was found severely injured three months ago on Dumesnil Road near Sorrell has gained 23 pounds and is on his way to recovery. He had been shot in his rear leg and was very weak...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu
Landrieu issues statement on gun control vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-New Orleans, said she voted for common-sense legislation that strengthens and clarifies Second Amendment rights and helps reduce gun violence in a n...
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Cote Blanch Salt Mine worker dies in accident
FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — An employee of the Cote Blanche Salt Mine in St. Mary Parish has died in an accident at the facility. Peggy Landon, a spokeswoman for North American Salt Company, says longtime...
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Cleanup of the Marine Shale Processors site near Amelia has been under way since February and is expected to be completed by June 26, according to the March monthly progress report from Environmental Resources Management.
Marine Shale Processors site in Amelia to be clean by end of June
AMELIA, La. — Work to finish cleaning up the former Marine Shale Processors site just outside of Amelia, which began in February, is ongoing with June 26 as the projected completion date of the cle...
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Lower Teche not in scenic rivers
Lower Bayou Teche has been removed from inclusion on the nomination into the state’s Natural and Historic Scenic Rivers program. Rep. Sam Jones, D-Franklin, said a new resolution on the issue prese...
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Early vote begins Sat.
Early voting for the May 4 election begins Saturday and runs for eight days through April 27. The Registrar of Voters Office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the courthouse in Franklin, 500...
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BEARS to set up at festival
Karen Marshall, KE5RPI, will be hosting an in-depth display of information, photos and stories of her recent trip to the International YLRL radio convention held in Australia. The Young Ladies Radi...
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Corps agrees to more flow
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a request by Gov. Bobby Jindal for a temporary increase of water flow through the Old River Control Structure into the Atchafalaya Basin to offset an antic...
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Governor’s call for increased water flow into Atchafalaya Basin approved, will support fisheries, Basin health and coast (updated)
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com BATON ROUGE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to temporarily increase the water flow by at least 3 percent from the Mississippi River i...
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Legislators say tax plan needs more study
In response to the authors of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax plan bill pulling the bill from the legislative session, local legislators say the plan, which would have eliminated the state income tax, need...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Oday Hebert, top photo center, garnered champion pen of broilers and reserve champion pen of broilers in the rabbits division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show on Jan. 19. Secon...
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Rhonda Cheramie, of Bayou L’Ourse, holds a photograph of her daughter, Debbie, who died Feb. 16, 2012, from cystic fibrosis. Michael Morris, right, of Galveston, Texas, is running in memory of Debbie and for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Submitted Photo
Runner dedicates 600-mile trek to Morgan City woman who died from cystic fibrosis
MORGAN CITY, La. — At first glance, a man running on the side of U.S. 90 through Morgan City last week with a weathered beard and baseball cap may remind someone of the famous scene from Forest Gum...
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Borne new JDC judge
Assistant 16th Judicial District Attorney Vincent J. Borne is moving to the judge’s bench. At the end of qualifying last week Borne was unopposed in his bid for District Judge in Div. C, the positi...
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Sheriff’s office hosts Leadership St. Mary
St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Mary participants visited the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in Franklin and the shooting range last week. The group began on the fourth floor o...
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Three killed in head-on crash
HOUMA — Three people were killed in a head-on crash on LA. 182 in Terrebonne Parish at about 9 p.m. Sunday, reported Trooper Evan Harrell of Louisiana State Police, Troop C. A 1996 Isuzu Rodeo was ...
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Charenton man indicted for assault on Chitimacha tribal officers
LAFAYETTE, La. -- David Frederick, 37, Charenton, La., was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on four counts for assaulting three people, two of which were Chitimacha tribal police officers,...
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Pierre Part man arrested for child molestation, aggravated rape
PIERRE PART, La. -- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the Sheriff’s Office received the first of two separate complaints alleging that two girls where...
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Sister says town alderman ‘targeted’ in election probe
Margaret Coleman, sister of Baldwin Alderman Tony Gibson, addressed Mayor Wayne Breaux and the board of alderman during their monthly meeting Thursday. Coleman told the board she wanted to know why...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal seeks release for nonviolent drug offenders
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday he'll push for sentencing changes that would let some nonviolent drug offenders out of prison early if they complete an intensive treatment pro...
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Hillary Thibodeaux, executive director of the St. Mary Parish Levee District, discusses Bayou Chene flood protection at Monday’s St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Levee district asks to be ‘voice’ for parish levees
PATTERSON, La. -- The St. Mary Levee District is looking to draft an agreement that would make the district the first entity that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contacts when it has any issues wi...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Brian Sonnier, top photo at center, was awarded Champion Overall Game Bird in the exhibition division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show held Jan. 19. Second photo, center, Blain...
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Troopers investigating fatal crash in St. Mary Parish
ST. MARY PARISH- This morning, troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a two-vehicle fatal crash on U.S. 90 at Southeast Boulevard in Bayou Vista that claimed the life of a New Ib...
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