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Ground broken for last leg of I-49 extension
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Ground was broken Friday on the last leg of the I-49 extension from Shreveport to the Arkansas border. Segment J of the extension will stretch form Louisiana Highway 1 to Mar...
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Shrimping vessels line the Front Street dock area in Morgan City early this morning. White shrimp season is opening Tuesday in waters east of the Atchafalaya River Channel.
Shrimp season opens Tuesday
A section of state territorial waters in Zone 2 will open to shrimping at 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The department determi...
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St. Mary Parish School Board OKs hiring assistant principals
CENTERVILLE, La. -- Three schools each will be allowed to employ an additional assistant principal based on enrollment rates at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Bayou Vista Elementary, Berwick E...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal: No ‘barriers’ on tax plan
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he’s not putting any limits on what lawmakers should consider when debating a repeal of the state income tax, including requirements that they off...
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St. Mary Parish grad rate ranks 33rd in state -- 73.8% rate bests state’s record high rate of 72.3%
CENTERVILLE, La. -- The percentage of St. Mary Parish public high school students who graduate in four years increased 4.1 percentage points in 2012, reaching 73.8 percent and besting the state pe...
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Brittany’s Project support to Emergency Aid
Organizers of Brittany’s Project held a food drive during their recent event to collect donations for the Emergency Aid Center. More than 500 pounds of food were collected and donated. Pictured abo...
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KLFY to broadcast from city
KLFY-TV will be broadcasting live from Main Street Café in Franklin Monday morning. The broadcast is part of the station’s new segment “Brewing Issues.” KLFY’s Bob Moore will be sitting down at Mai...
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Ballpark condition criticized
Baldwin alderman heard Thursday from the organizer of Baldwin Little League about the condition of facilities at the baseball park. Kayron Ceasar said the program is in its third year. He passed ou...
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Atchafalaya water quality study to start in St. Mary Parish
A $100,000 grant obtained by an LSU AgCenter researcher should help determine the effectiveness of water management construction projects and their effects on the Atchafalaya floodway system. The ...
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Patterson man accused of stealing phone then seeking reward for its return
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A Patterson man was arrested by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s deputies this morning after he stole an iPhone at a store in Bayou Vista and then called the owner of the phone demandi...
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Patterson man arrested for felony carnal knowledge
St Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reports the following: —Dwayne Jackson, 32, f Alexander Street in Franklin, was arrested Tuesday on warrants for possession of Schedule II drugs, possession of Sc...
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Those responsible for the production of The Berwick Beacon, a quarterly newsletter by the Town of Berwick, are, from left, town bookkeeper Karen Sehon, councilman Damon Robison, former councilwoman Jacki Ackel, and Mayor Louis Ratcliff.
Berwick starts online community newsletter
BERWICK, La. -- The Town of Berwick’s community newsletter, The Berwick Beacon, is now online. The publication was created several years ago by former Mayor Emmett Hardaway and accomplished his goa...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Ashley Meyerholtz, top center, was awarded Champion AOB in Swine Breeding during the St. Mary Junior Fair and Livestock show Jan. 19 at Franklin Senior High School. She also won Champion Breeder Ho...
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Craig and Patti Nini of Berwick prepare to devour a savory season favorite of crawfish at Susie’s Seafood in Morgan City on Jan. 30. Waitress Melissa Henley pours the steamy batch of mudbugs.
Crawfish just in time for Mardi Gras
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Local seafood restaurants are seeing a decent supply of crawfish right now from ponds but say crawfishing in the Atchafalaya Basin does not get going until later in the season. ...
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Fellow student mourned
More than 300 Franklin Senior High School students were taken by bus to the Crossing Place Fellowship on Northwest Boulevard Wednesday to attend funeral services for fellow student Joshua Malloy. T...
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Patterson council OKs water plant funds
PATTERSON — The City Council introduced an ordinance that would authorize the city to issue $4.6 million of bonds for construction of a new $9.4 million water plant. The city had already approved a...
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Accused shooter moved to Hunt Correctional site
Wilbert Thibodeaux, 48, of Charenton, who was charged with the first degree murders of Chitimacha police Sgt. Rick Riggenbach, 52, and 78-year-old Eddie Lyons of Charenton, was transferred from the...
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Junior Fair and Livestock Show
Alex Lovell was awarded Senior Champion Showman at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and livestock show Jan. 19. Lovell, pictured at center above, also won Champion Brahma Heifer, Champion La. Bred G...
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Hillary Thibodeaux, executive director of the St. Mary Parish Levee District, discusses Bayou Chene flood protection at Monday’s St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
Bayou Chene flood protection is a priority for levee district
MORGAN CITY, La. — Moving forward in the design process for the $75 million Bayou Chene Flood Protection structure and continuing to get support to allow for a narrower structure is one of the majo...
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Head Start parade
The Annual Krewe of Head Start Recruitment Parade rolled down Franklin’s Main Street on Saturday. Parade goers scrambled for beads, candy and other trinkets as kings and queens from Head Starts thr...
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Jonathan Salazar, 39, a deckhand on the “Big Daddy” shrimp boat docked in Morgan City’s Berwick Bay, rinses off his vessel this morning while also observing the height of the rising water. Salazar says, “I’ve noticed a slight change over the past two weeks of the Atchafalaya River water getting fairly higher. Usually when I clean the hull I am looking up at passing people, now I’m almost level with them. Also, stepping onto the schooner is easier.”
Atchafalaya River reaches flood stage
By JEAN L. KAESS jkaess@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — The Atchafalaya River here has been above flood stage since Wednesday night and is predicted to stay there for two more days. River forecaster...
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The St. Mary Chamber of Commerce presented the Virginia Tyler Guillotte Award to Al Kuhlman, left, during the annual banquet held Thursday at the Cypress Bayou Casino Pavilion. Chamber of Commerce Board Member Jesse Breaux Jr. presented the award.
Chamber of Commerce presents awards at banquet
St. Mary Chamber of Commerce members awarded local groups and individuals with achievement presentations Thursday during its annual banquet at Cypress Bayou Casino. The Virginia Tyler Guillotte Awa...
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Slain officer mourned
MORGAN CITY, La. — Hundreds of police officers, firefighters and first responders from across the nation formed a nine-mile funeral procession across St. Mary Parish Thursday to bring Sgt. Rick Rig...
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Services for Sgt. Riggenbach held in Franklin
At top, The hearse carrying the body of Sgt. Rick Riggenbach leaves the Crossing Place Fellowship Thursday en route to Morgan City. Center, Motorcycles stand like silent sentinels during funeral se...
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