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Jindal school voucher plan ruled unconstitutional
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's private school tuition voucher program has been ruled unconstitutional by a Baton Rouge judge. State Judge Tim Kelley said Friday that the program improp...
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Early voting ends Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. -- By Thursday, 993 voters have cast ballots early for the Dec. 8 run-off election in St. Mary Parish, according to Jolene Holcombe of the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters Offic...
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Workers have been driving test piles this week at the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City.
Test piles driven at center
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City is in the process of being tested to make sure it does not sink again as it began to do back in June. “What’s happ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Scripture Cake Program at Little Zion Baptist Church, 2746 Sixth St., Berwick, 8 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. Public invited. Benefit Dinner Sold by Pilgrim Grove Baptist Church, Railroad Avenue, Greenwoo...
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Foundation Hospital highlights accomplishments this year
Accomplishments achieved in 2012 at Franklin Foundation Hospital were highlighted Thursday during Hospital Service District 1’s monthly Board of Commissioners meeting. Senior Leadership Team member...
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3 BP employees arraigned on Gulf oil spill charges
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and the company’s respo...
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U.S. 90 repairs begin, lane to close
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Right lane closures on westbound U.S. 90 over Bayou Ramous indicate the first work to repair girder cracks on the 2.5 miles of elevated roadway near the St. Mary/Assumption pari...
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Developer looks to buy land near auditorium in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — A developer is looking to buy land next to the highway in front of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Developer Michael Hankins needs a minimum of 140 feet of property along ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
New Salem Baptist Church, 1412 Cherry St., Patterson, celebrating the Rev. Samuel Calhoun’s 17-year anniversary with a pre-anniversary triple-header program 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Guest speakers th...
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Janet Sons of Bayou Vista visited the Morgan City Post Office on Brashear Avenue Wednesday to pick up holiday packages from postal clerk Lennie Young.
Holiday mailing season arrives
By JEAN L. KAESS jkaess@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — Between shipping gifts to family and friends who live in other areas and receiving packages from sales on Black Friday, Small Business Saturda...
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St. Mary Parish early voting continues
MORGAN CITY, La. -- By Wednesday the number of early voters in the Dec. 8 election had reached 796, according to Jolene Holcombe, St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters. There were 221 voters Wednesd...
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New equipment
Fire Protection District 11 took delivery of $235,000 in new equipment Tuesday that includes 32 full sets of self-contained breathing apparatus and a mobile cascade trailer that can be used across ...
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City cleanup
A group of “Don’t Trash Franklin” supporters representing Franklin Foundation Hospital and the community, met Saturday, Feb. 11, and picked up trash along Main Street in downtown Franklin. Although...
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White
Young Patterson actor treads stage in NOLA
Things are happening quickly for young Isaac White of Patterson. Inside of a year, White began attending the John Robert Powers Academy, a performing arts school in Metairie; won four trophies and...
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Conservation meeting
The St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District held its annual Locally Led Conservation Meeting Wednesday on the fourth floor of the St. Mary Parish Courthouse. Some 35 interested people attend...
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Touchet
Former fire chief arrested on sex charge
Berwick’s former fire chief was arrested Tuesday for 10 counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile. Michael Touchet, 47, of Columbus Avenue in Bayou Vista, was charged at 5:13 p.m. on a warrant fo...
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Renovations continue
Chez Hope in Franklin continues getting a facelift, with painters swarming over the building the last few weeks. The organization was the recipient of $200,000 in Louisiana Capital Outlay funding s...
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Formula change will chop school budget
Because of new inclusions in the Minimum Foundation Program funding approved by the state’s top education board Monday, the St. Mary Parish School Board will lose nearly $2.7 million in funding for...
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Seized narcotics
Three arrested by task force
Multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force agents arrested three people Monday on multiple drug charges. Agents report that Johnnie B. Troulliet, 41, Anthony Troulliet, 37, and Khuong Nguyen, 24, all of ...
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CCHS student tapped for media conference
Celine Flores recently was nominated to represent Louisiana as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2012 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Flores was awarded t...
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Good Citizen award
Alex Lancon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brad Lancon, has been selected as the DAR Good Citizen at Hanson Memorial High School. The award recognizes and rewards high school seniors who possess good citizen...
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Fryou
Fryou advances in Principal of the Year competition
Hattie Watts Elementary School Principal Niki Fryou has been named the elementary-level Region III Principal of the Year and now advances to the state Principal of the Year competition. “On behalf ...
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Dufrene to hand reins to Jeff LaGrange on June 1
Jeff LaGrange will take over as director of the parish Sales & Use Tax office on June 1. The St. Mary Parish Council unanimously approved his appointment Wednesday upon the recommendation of outgoi...
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C'est fin
Mardi Gras season had its last hurrah Tuesday in east St. Mary Parish with the parades of the Krewe of Hephaestus in Morgan City, above, and of the Siracusa-Greenwood community in Siracusa. The Len...
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