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Charles Spann, Morgan City Housing Authority executive director
Commission accepts resignation of Morgan City Housing Authority executive director
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Morgan City Housing Authority board of commissioners accepted the resignation of Charles Spann as its executive director at a called board meeting Wednesday afternoon. Commis...
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Teens arrested for fighting at park
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests: —Taylor Brown, 17, of Mike Drive in Patterson, was arrested at 10:57 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant for disturbing the peace by figh...
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Cake auction benefits American Heart Association
MORGAN CITY, La.— Community partners are teaming up to host the 11th annual “That Just Takes the Cake” social to benefit the American Heart Association Friday at The Petroleum Club of Morgan City, ...
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Patterson Mayor Rodney Grogan
Patterson mayor researching school property donation
PATTERSON, La. — Mayor Rodney Grogan told the City Council Tuesday the city is still researching how it can cooperate with the St. Mary Parish School Board’s efforts to build a new junior high scho...
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A city garbage truck caught fire on Jan. 29 on Aucoin Street in Morgan City eventually causing a proposed purchase of new refurbished trucks.
Garbage decision draws concerns in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — Some residents have aired concerns about the City Council’s decision to keep residential garbage pickup city-run while others do not want to see the city’s commercial dumpster pi...
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Cleaning up the city
Performed in conjunction with the Keep St. Mary Beautiful Campaign, Cabot Canal Plant employees’ Earth Day celebration took place on May 15. Cabot employees cruised along Franklin’s Main Street and...
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From left, Antonio Collins, grinder; Wayne Landry, fitter; Terry Gilmore, quality assurance inspector; Floyd Dupre, fitter; Randy Blanchard, welder; and Carl Gautreaux, foreman, of Swiftships in Morgan City, assemble a boat cradle Tuesday afternoon on Levee Road in Morgan City. The cradle is being prepared for donation to the Holocaust Museum of Houston where it will hold a Danish boat used to rescue Jews and others from the Nazi Holocaust during World War II.
Swiftships donating cradle for historic Danish boat
MORGAN CITY — Swiftships Shipbuilders of Morgan City, is donating a $25,000 boat cradle to preserve a piece of history kept in a Houston museum to remember the Nazi Holocaust. According to a news ...
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Charles Spann
Spann resigns from city
MORGAN CITY, La. — Morgan City Housing Authority executive director Charles Spann resigned from his post at the troubled agency Tuesday afternoon. Spann submitted his written resignation, effectiv...
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Britanny Project sets ‘Special Friends’ camp
The Brittany Project will be offering a weeklong Brittany’s Special Friends Camp July 8-12. The camp will be held at Franklin Senior High School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily. All individuals ...
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Adopt-A-School appreciation breakfast
St. Mary Parish Schools held its annual Appreciation Banquet Monday at the Forest Restaurant in Franklin. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Donald Aguillard reported that the term “failing school” so o...
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Ticket deadline nears for Morgan City festival
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Morgan City Main Street Atchafalaya Art and Food Festival will be Saturday. Ticket sales end Wednesday. Anyone wishing to eat must have a ticket in order to participate in th...
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Charles Spann, Morgan City Housing Authority executive director
Morgan City Housing Authority director’s contract on agenda
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Morgan City Housing Authority Board of Commissioners is expected to discuss whether or not to issue Charles Spann another contract as executive director in a special meeting ...
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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 ...
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The family of the late Chitimacha tribal police Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Riggenbach was recognized by the Marine Corps League St. Mary Detachment 600 at its annual banquet Tuesday night in Patterson. From left are daughters Andrea Balridge and Mary Thompson, widow Bonnie Riggenbach, and son William Riggenbach.
Fallen officer honored
PATTERSON, La. — “I know he is up there with the Good Lord but I sure wish he was down here with us,” E.C. “Gene” Bosworth said Tuesday night of slain Chitimacha tribal policemen Sgt. Frederick “Ri...
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Red Ribbon arts, crafts show Nov. 9
The Red Ribbon Committee is currently making plans for the annual Fall Bazaar to be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Patterson Civic Center from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Patrons can expect to choose from...
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Audit finds excessive bonuses at Morgan City Housing Authority
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Morgan City Housing Authority office personnel apparently “were paid more than allowed by Civil Service,” according to a report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor released Mon...
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One seriously hurt in U.S. 90 crash
A Baton Rouge man was seriously injured in an early morning accident Sunday. Franklin Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois said personnel were dispatched after a 6:20 a.m. 911 report of an accident on U.S. 9...
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The Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City may be lifted by Tuesday. Work continued on the building Friday despite stormy weather. The building sank on Jun 14, 2012.
Lifting of sunken welcome center expected to be completed Tuesday
MORGAN CITY, La. — Work began Wednesday to lift the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center to its original height, before it sank several feet June 14, 2012, and the lifting phase is expected ...
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FFH named on ‘best places to work’ list
Franklin Foundation Hospital has been named a Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review. The 2013 list was developed through nominations and editorial research and Fran...
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Patterson Junior High Principal Suzanne Bergeron shows cracks in the walls of her school that cannot be repaired due to the material the wall is constructed from. A teacher used duct tape and a poster to cover the hole. The St. Mary Parish School Board is asking voters to approve a 15-mill property tax Oct. 19 that will support $21 million in bonds to demolish and replace Patterson Junior High School.
15-mill property tax vote set to replace Patterson school
CENTERVILLE, La. -- The St. Mary Parish School Board called an Oct. 19 election asking residents from the Calumet Cut to Southwest Boulevard in Bayou Vista to approve a 15-mill property tax to repl...
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Tour du Rouge
Cyclists participating in the fifth annual Tour du Rouge stopped for a light lunch Wednesday in Franklin on the grounds of Parc sur la Teche. More than 100 riders are travelling from Houston to New...
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