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From lower left, LSU Unsolved Civil-Rights-Era Murders Project students Brian Sibille, Ben Wallace, Andrea Gallo, Morgan Searles and Kevin Thibodeaux discuss Louisiana and Mississippi cold cases recently with the FBI’s Cold Case Initiative supervising agent Heith Janke, who is leaving for another assignment, and his replacement Drew Watts, far right, in the FBI Headquarters Building in Washington, D.C. Manship School of Mass Communication
Time is becoming largest challenge facing FBI’s Cold Case Initiative
By ANDREA GALLO LSU Manship News Service WASHINGTON — Twenty of the 112 cases — representing 27 deaths, five in Louisiana and 10 in Mississippi — reactivated under the FBI’s Cold Case Initiative mo...
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Company fined over sinkhole says it’s trying
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Owners of a failed brine storage cavern are doing their best to comply with a state order to quickly resolve problems created by an eight-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish, spok...
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Donald Aguillard, St. Mary Parish school superintendent, left, and Roland Verret, board president, listen to State Rep. Sam Jones at Thursday’s School Board meeting.
St. Mary Parish reaction to 2nd rejection of voucher program
MORGAN CITY, La. — Local reaction by educational leaders to Friday’s ruling that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s school voucher program is unconstitutional is positive. The program that uses tax dollars to sen...
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A Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s news release states this Walmart surveillance photo released Monday shows the suspect in a Sunday bombing.
Houma Walmart bombed
HOUMA, La. -- Terrebonne sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who set off a chemical bomb in a west Houma Walmart. At about 4 p.m. Sunday, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office patrol division...
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Morgan City Fire Department’s Fire Capt. John MacDougall said people should not overload extension cords when putting up Christmas lights and use ladder safety by appointing a spotter in case of a fall, as well as using the right height ladder for a task. MacDougall said, “Use manufacturer’s specifications when installing your lights and also use a heavy duty power strip. The two biggest accidents we receive calls from each year during the holidays are falls and electrical hazards.” MacDougall, left, demonstrates the correct usage of “spotting” for firefighter Russ Miller, right, as he manipulates an extension cord. For more tips on holiday fire safety visit the state fire marshal’s website at sfm.dps.louisiana.gov.
Safety helps keep the season cheery
MORGAN CITY, La. — When the strings of lights come down from the attic, holiday cheer and good will toward men are often foremost in the mind, but safety isn’t. “Safety is a year-round concern, bu...
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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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Paddlers and runners enjoyed Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival
Friends of Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge hosted a canoe adventure this past weekend in conjunction with the Bayou Teche Bear Festival in Franklin. The guided tours, above, were conducted by ...
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New associate's degree offered in marine transport
Local mariners who wish to further their education and training, but whose work schedules preclude educational advancement in that same field, have a new opportunity to do both with a new program ...
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Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show
Participants from as far away as Oklahoma, northern Mississippi and the Texas Hill Country traveled to Franklin last weekend for the third Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show. There were 41 classic wooden...
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State jobless rate up; St. Mary is steady
While statewide unemployment was up slightly for March, St. Mary Parish held steady at 9 percent. St. Mary held at the February level, even though the number of employed increased by almost 200. In...
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Apps sought for Main St. grants
Franklin’s Main Street program is soliciting Redevelopment Incentive Grant applications from downtown commercial building and/or business owners. The Louisiana Main Street program is offering two t...
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Ninth Annual Bayou Teche Bear Festival brings weekend of fun and festivities
The Ninth Annual Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival was held Friday through Sunday in Franklin. Newly crowned Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival Queen Robin Nicole Marcel received the key to the parish f...
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Wooden boats converge on the city for Teche Boat Show
Starting tonight, wooden vessels of all sizes and shapes will arrive in Franklin for the Third Annual Bayou Teche Boat Show. A separate event held in cooperation with the Bayou Teche Black Bear Fes...
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A Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours to kickoff the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival was held Thursday at Joe’s on the Bayou in Franklin. Participants enjoyed food and drinks while meeting the 2012 Bear Festival royalty. Pictured from left above are Judith Allain, festival board member; 2011 Miss Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival Abriona Kirt; 2012 Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival King Leonard Battaglia; Delores Stewart, festival board member; and Edgar Dugas, festival board member.
Ninth Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival brings new fun
It’s festival time! And the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival is geared up and rearing to go. Organizers Judith Allain, Edgar Dugas III and Delores Stewart took a moment out of scrambling to get ever...
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Out of gas
Renovations are under way at the Murphy USA station at U.S. 90 and Delmar Avenue in Bayou Vista. Two underground gasoline storage tanks have been replaced with larger models which required holes si...
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Park improvements
Mayor Raymond Harris, right, and Councilman Lester Levine check out the new playground equipment recently added at Broussard-Harris Park. Similar equipment also has been installed at City Park. Bot...
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MC man arrested in foiled bank heist
A Morgan City man was one of three arrested Tuesday afternoon in a plot to rob the First American Bank and Trust in Napoleonville. Geondre J. “G Money” Thomas, 19, of Eleventh Street, Morgan City, ...
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Attorney General clears DA Haney of allegations
Allegations against District Attorney Phil Haney made by Iberia Parish President Errol “Romo” Romero have been found to be “totally without merit,” according to state Attorney General Buddy Caldwel...
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