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4 St. Mary schools recognized as high-performing
CENTERVILLE, La. — Four St. Mary schools were recognized for promoting student achievement levels at an increased rate of progress in comparison to schools with similar student populations by the N...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
VFW Post 4222 And Auxiliary meetings 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Eat at 6 p.m. Garage Sale At Rebos, 1613 First St., Morgan City, 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Thanksgiving Meal For senior citizens and n...
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Vitter, Gulf Restoration Network react to BP deal
Sen. David Vitter Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, responded to developments in the settlements with BP and the U.S. Department of Justice after a settlement was reached with the Department of Justic...
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Narcotics team nabs 5; seizes guns, cash, drugs
Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division detectives arrested five persons after executing a search warrant in the Ashton area of western St. Mary Parish Wednesday. Drugs, guns and cash were recovered, S...
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Man rams Baldwin storefront
A Baldwin man is jailed after inexplicably ramming a truck through the entrance of a local store, police say. Chief Gerald Minor said Danny Ray Mitchell, 32, of 109 Lockley St., Baldwin, was arrest...
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Morgan City utility crews began placing Christmas decorations this week. Mark Broussard hangs a flag on a light post on Brashear Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
By JEAN L. KAESS AND ZACHARY FITZGERALD jkaess@daily-review.com zfitzgerald@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La.-- Streets in the Tri-City area are being trimmed with Christmas decorations in anticipa...
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Renwick Subdivision nearly complete in Berwick
BERWICK, La. — Phase five of Renwick Subdivision should be about 95 percent complete by mid-December and it was transferred to the Berwick Development District by ordinance Tuesday in preparation f...
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Report critical of state fire marshal
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A state inspector general’s wide-ranging report on Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning includes a finding that one of Browning’s inspectors failed to detect mechanical problems...
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Sheriffs’ detainee records sought
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A state judge in Crowley has ordered the Vermilion Parish sheriff to provide records to a nonprofit group of immigrants detained since 2009. The...
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Doctors linking patient records electronically
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans hospital and 11 clinics are hooked up to share electronic health records so doctors can see what treatments a patient has had and whether a new prescription would i...
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Louisiana news briefs
New Orleans-based Coast Guard unit returns NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans based U.S. Coast Guard anti-terrorism team is scheduled to return home today from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after a six-month depl...
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Commodities to be distributed
St. Mary Community Action Agency and Food For Families Program will be distributing commodities Friday, according to Almetra J. Franklin, CEO. Distribution will be on a first- come, first-served ba...
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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 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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Edgar Dugas III has been named president of the Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association. From left are his brother-in-law, Johnny Williams; sister-in-law Patrice Williams; father Edgar Dugas Jr. and mother Dolores Dugas, Edgar Dugas III and his wife, Tricia.
Dugas LOMCSA president
The Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association has named Edgar Dugas of Dugas Oil and Fuel Co. Inc. president at the association’s Annual Gala at the Royal Sonesta in New Orleans Feb...
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