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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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This year’s poster for the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival was created by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Art Department. Bear Festival co-organizer Catherine Siracusa contacted the department head and printmaking professor Brian Kelley, who allowed her to make a presentation to students. The students then created woodcuts of their concepts for a poster, and this one was chosen. All the woodcuts by participating students were available as a collection for silent auction at last night’s Chamber of Commerce Business After hours held at Argus Spa to kick off the festival, pictured below. Dr. Donna Tesi won the auction to own the woodcuts.
It’s Festival Time! Tenth Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival kicks off this evening
This year’s Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival kicks off this evening along Parc sur la Teche in downtown Franklin. Along with it, the Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show also enters its fourth year. The nin...
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Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris
Parish president, mayors offer updates on progress
MORGAN CITY, La. — Five St. Mary Parish mayors and the parish president gave updates on their respective cities and towns, and projects and plans Wednesday at the St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerc...
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Two vehicles were involved in a crash Monday afternoon in front of Calumet Baptist Church west of Patterson that left one person dead.
Trooper urges safety after State Police investigate 5th fatal highway crash
The Monday afternoon crash that claimed the life of a Patterson man was the fifth fatality in St. Mary Parish this year, according to Tfc. Stephen Hammons, Louisiana State Police Troop I spokesman....
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Councilmen vote down pay raise
Franklin City Council members voted down pay raises for future council terms Tuesday. Two ordinances were offered by Councilmen Dale Rogers and a second by Councilman Chuck Autin to raise the pay o...
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Relay for Life is April 27
Franklin Foundation Hospital is raffling off an outdoor fireplace donated by Big Chief Painting and Blasting of New Iberia in support of the local American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Pictured...
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Two vehicles were involved in a crash Monday afternoon in front of Calumet Baptist Church west of Patterson that left one person dead.
Patterson man killed in 2-vehicle crash on U.S. 90 (updated)
PATTERSON, La. — A 33-year-old Patterson man was killed Monday in a crash on U.S. 90 in Calumet, according to a Louisiana State Police Troop I news release. Ryan Boudreaux died when the vehicle in ...
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Miles Liner’s parents, Mike, left, and Lynn, hand out T-shirts at the end of the 5K run-walk Saturday in Berwick.
Hundreds participate in first Run for Miles in Berwick to fund scholarships
BERWICK, La. — More than 700 people participated in the first 5K Run for Miles event held Saturday at Berwick High School. The run was held by The Miles Liner Foundation to honor the memory of Mile...
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A pair of Hattie Watt Elementary fourth-graders celebrate the conclusion of 2013 LEAP tests. Both Hailee Cuvillier, left, and Braylin Woodard were confident that they did well during the four days of testing. Fourth-grade teacher Tanya Michel watches the 10-year-old girls congratulate each other in Rachel Fromenthal’s room.
Students end week of high-stakes testing
PATTERSON, La. -- Thursday ended make-or-break week for fourth- and eighth-grade students across the state who spent four days circling bubbles and writing answers for LEAP tests that will play the...
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Water tower rehab
Utility Service Company, Inc. is nearing completion of rehabilitation of the water tower near Foster Street in Franklin. The tank and tower have been cleaned inside and coated, sandblasted and repa...
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The Morgan City Police Department plans a bicycle patrol that will begin Saturday, said Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch. The bicycle unit is completing a 32-hour certification program. From left, are Crouch, police officers Dexter Garmer, Michael Broussard and Dustin Fromenthal, Morgan City Mayor Frank Grizzaffi, and officers Gary Keller and Lee Mikeska.
Morgan City police to use bicycles as a vehicle to make community connections
MORGAN CITY, La. — Beginning Saturday, several Morgan City police officers will begin patrolling the city on bicycles in an effort to meet more people within the community, said Police Chief Travis...
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Fire District 11 gets $132,958 grant
St. Mary Parish Fire Protection District 11 has been notified of the award of a $132,958 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fire Chief Clarence Clark tol...
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Fundraiser for Relay
Franklin Foundation Hospital raffled off two “carrot stockings” in support of the local American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. At top is winner Mayanne Polidore, and below is winner Skyler L...
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