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Naquin reapointed to state emergency response panel
St. Mary Parish President Paul Naquin has been reappointed to the Louisiana Emergency Response Commission by Gov. Bobby Jindal. The Louisiana Emergency Response Commission establishes emergency pla...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Boggs Bridge traffic restricted on Tuesday
LULING, La. (AP) — State transportation officials say southbound traffic on the Interstate 310 Hale Boggs Bridge will be affected Tuesday as work is done on the electrical system. The Department o...
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Parker Felterman, an eighth-grade student at Berwick Junior High, recently completed a mystery novel, “The Revolver.”
Berwick 8th-grader publishes novel
BERWICK, La. — Parker Felterman is an eighth-grade student who just accomplished a feat most adults will never even consider — he published a novel. The Berwick Junior High School gifted and talent...
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Louisiana news briefs
Pedestrian killed on I-49 service road SUNSET — State police say a pedestrian was struck by a car and killed on the I-49 service road north of Sunset. The accident happened Sunday at 6:12 a.m. Tr...
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Morgan City council to meet Tuesday
MORGAN CITY, La. — The city council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the City Court Building. The agenda includes a resolution to approve the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority director and altern...
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Brittany’s Project event held Saturday
Brittany’s Project 2nd Annual Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Tractor and Special Interest Show drew hundreds to the former Oaklawn Sugar site Saturday. Participants enjoyed car shows, races and burnouts, ...
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Report: Parish health ranks 32nd in state
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A new report finds the healthiest parish in Louisiana is West Feliciana and the least healthy is East Carroll. That’s according to new rankings from the Robert Wood Johnson Found...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Joseph Altar
St. Joseph Altar
The Saint Joseph Altar, an annual event at the Church of the Assumption, was held recently. The Saint Joseph Altar has its origin in medieval times during a famine in Sicily. The Sicilians invoked ...
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Local students inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi announced the following local students were recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi -- the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor s...
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Fatal fire blamed on ‘unsafe cooking practices’
PATTERSON, La. — The fire that claimed the lives of two people early Wednesday “is being attributed to unsafe cooking practices” based on information from a resident who escaped the fire, according...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Punitive damages against Cameron ruled out
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims Wednesday against a BP contractor a...
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La. 182 crash kills 2
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com BAYOU VISTA — A single-vehicle crash late Tuesday night in Bayou Vista claimed the lives of two men, according to a Troop I state police news rele...
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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One-time money to buy 6 new buses in St. Mary Parish
CENTERVILLE, La. — One-time funds were designated Thursday for the purchase of new substitute school buses, freeing the current fleet parked at the Central Office Complex to be used as activity bus...
Dec 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sparking the park
Members of the Pee Wee football cheerleading squad pose with the display they decorated at Broussard Harris Park for the annual Spark the Park. Similar displays all over the park were lit Thursday ...
Dec 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jean Kaess, a Daily Review reporter, surfaces after exiting the simulator on Wednesday. View a video at stmarynow.com.
Young Memorial simulator trains offshore workers how to exit a ditched helicopter
MORGAN CITY, La. — I’ll admit my heart was racing as the cab of the simulator began to rise above the pool. I had my instructions, safety gear, an instructor by my side and a diver in the water — j...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Support for COA lauded at PC meet
Community support for the parish Council on Aging was lauded by that agency’s executive director before the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesday during its monthly meeting. “The community has really c...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Russell Bourgeois
Qualified employees tough find for Cameron
MORGAN CITY, La. — One of the biggest challenges to Cameron’s Berwick-Patterson plant is hiring qualified workers, said Russell Bourgeois, drilling plant manager, during the Atchafalaya Chapter of ...
Dec 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Top Cops’ honored Monday
Local law enforcement officers were recognized Monday with Top Cop awards by the St. Mary MADD chapter and Red Ribbon committee for their efforts in reducing the number of impaired drivers. Above f...
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Patterson Junior High School students eat their breakfast Tuesday in the school’s cafeteria. The menu included ham slice, egg “egg-stravaganza” and choice of juice or milk.
School lunches getting a little bigger Wednesday
MORGAN CITY, La. — School lunches are increasing in size, and students are happy about the change. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of Congress in a letter Friday that the department ...
Dec 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Top Cops’ fight impaired driving
Top Cop awards were presented Monday night during the annual Light of Hope ceremony sponsored by the St. Mary MADD Chapter and Red Ribbon Week committee. Top Cop awards go to law enforcement office...
Dec 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Daily Review/Courtney Darce
Grizzaffi wins -- Defeats Dragna with 69% of vote
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Morgan City voters elected Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi as the new mayor in Saturday’s runoff election between Grizzaffi and Lee Dragna. Grizzaffi received 69 percent of the vote to Dr...
Dec 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Home burned in Second Street fire
A Franklin home sustained $300,000 in damages from an early morning fire Sunday. Franklin Fire Department personnel responded to a structure fire at 7:32 a.m., arriving on the scene within two minu...
Dec 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grizzaffi wins Morgan City mayor’s race, Boustany wins in 3rd Congressional District contest, Theriot is apparent winner in judicial election (updated with new tallies)
MORGAN CITY, La. — With all 12 precincts tallied, Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi with 2,113 votes has defeated Lee Dragna, who has 950 votes, to win the Morgan City runoff election for mayor. The results ...
Dec 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brianell Sharard Wilson
St. Mary Parish Most Wanted -- Amelia man surrenders
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the arrest of a 28-year-old man who appeared in the Daily Review’s Most Wanted series on Nov. 30. Brianell Sharard Wilson, of Friendship Alley in Amelia...
Dec 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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