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Auditions for ‘Godspell’ Sunday at the Teche
Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts will present the musical “Godspell” this summer. Auditions are Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the Teche Theater on Main Street in Franklin. Cast needs include males an...
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Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6-10 is being recognized as Teacher Appreciation Week in western St. Mary Parish with a proclamation signed by mayors Wayne Breaux of Baldwin and Raymond Harris of Franklin. The mayors are pict...
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Port of West St. Mary studies bringing natural gas to tenants
With increasing need for natural gas among some Port of West St. Mary tenants, commissioners authorized a study Tuesday on how best to proceed with providing that service. Executive Director David ...
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Stephen Hulbert, left, president of Nicholls State University, sits next to Roy Bergeron of Bergeron Electronics in Morgan City, Monday afternoon at the St. Mary Industrial Group meeting, which featured Allayne “Laynie” Barrilleaux, Nicholls State University vice president of academic affairs.
Nicholls offering several online degree programs
MORGAN CITY, La. -- As of January, students can take several different degree programs entirely online at Nicholls State University said Allayne “Laynie” Barrilleaux, vice president for academic af...
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Berwick band director plans final concert, invites former students
Walter Shepherd, band director at Berwick High School for 33 years, plans to conduct his final concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the high school. Shepherd invites all his former students to participate...
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Area high school graduation, honor banquet dates announced
The dates for honor banquets and graduations at area high schools have been announced. Berwick High School’s senior honor awards will be presented at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the school. Graduation w...
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FFH millage renewed Saturday
Hospital Service District 1’s millage renewal was approved by western St. Mary Parish voters Saturday. The proposition was approved by almost 86 percent of voters. There were 746 for and 126 again...
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School Board to hear ‘wish lists’
All three St. Mary Parish School Board maintenance districts will meet this week to hear school “wish lists” in advance of upcoming budget negotiations. Wish lists for maintenance or capital projec...
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Aileen Dehart, left, of United Blood Services Baton Rouge prepares Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch as he donates blood Saturday for East St. Mary Relay for Life.
Police, firefighters compete for Relay for Life
MORGAN CITY, La. — The second round of The Guns and Hoses Battle for the Paddle will feature the best culinary offerings of area firemen and police men that will be a don’t-miss-affair for gumbo a...
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Seniors to present special projects
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Students and teachers alike at Morgan City High School agree that senior projects teach more than the skills students elect to study. The event showcases the efforts of English ...
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Carroll Thorguson
Parish, Berwick community leader, Thorguson, dies
BERWICK, La. -- Longtime businessman and civil servant Carroll Thorguson died Thursday in Lafayette. Thorguson, 67, was a 1963 graduate of Berwick High School and a 1967 graduate of Nicholls State ...
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Gerald Guillory Jr. of Uranus Road in Bayou Vista
Man accused of recording video of woman bathing 3 years ago
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A 43-year-old Bayou Vista man was arrested Friday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s detectives after learning that the man had recorded video of a woman while she was bathing, accord...
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FFH property tax is up for renewal
A special election will be called on May 4 to give voters a chance to renew Franklin Foundation Hospital’s 3.47-mill property tax. The tax, which would generate an estimated $590,000 a year, is ded...
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Repairs to the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretative Center in Morgan City are expected to be complete by July but the parking lot must be completed before it can be opened.
Cajun Coast welcome center to be lifted in about a month
MORGAN CITY — The process of getting the Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City ready to be raised is a little more than halfway done, according to the contractor for the projec...
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Tree plantings in refuge
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District, LSU-Ag Center, St. Mary Parish Black Bear Conflict Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ...
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Parish residents should brace for flood insurrance impact
With Congress deciding the National Flood Insurance Program must pay for itself, certain St. Mary Parish residents can brace for increases in premiums. “People certainly are going to feel this impa...
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Speakers at the black bear meeting held at Patterson City Hall Monday were, from left, Steve Bierhorst, parish councilman and city public works director; Michael Drewry and Fred Kimmel, state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries representatives; Catherine Siracusa, parish black bear conflict officer; Maria Davidson, large carnivore program manager for Wildlife and Fisheries; and Roddy Matherne, representative of Progressive Waste Solutions.
Patterson residents, experts discuss roaming, hungry black bears
PATTERSON, La. — Patterson residents are getting fed up with Louisiana black bears on their property, so they gathered at a town hall meeting Monday to find out from experts what can be done. Black...
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Relay for Life team slots still available
Local Relay for Life organizers held a meeting recently for the upcoming American Cancer Society’s annual event. Among the teams are the Fire District 11 Fire Department and Franklin Foundation Hos...
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Overflow attendance moves Teche hearing
So many local residents turned out Friday evening for a hearing on the nomination of Bayou Teche into the state Scenic Rivers System there was no room for them all. The hearing was slated at the We...
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Morgan City’s Main Street Program is asking for applications for facade grants.
Morgan City Main Street offers facade grants
MORGAN CITY — The city’s Main Street Program is giving downtown businesses the chance to receive a grant to help businesses renovate the outside of their buildings to preserve the historic nature o...
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The Amelia Belle Casino. Staff Photo
Amelia Belle winnings up in February
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos won nearly $226.9 million from gamblers in February — $25.4 million above their January winnings but down $6.6 million from a year earlier. Har...
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Jillian Romero Farrar and Ashley Helms
Farrar back in Franklin for Brittany’s Project Saturday
Jillian Romero Farrar, singer, songwriter, owner and chief executive officer of Bella Lyrics, will perform Saturday from 10 p.m. to midnight during Brittany’s Project on the grounds of the old Oakl...
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Parish’s sensational trial -- Speaker explores the influence of media coverage in 1927 murder trial
THIBODAUX, La. — James LeBoeuf was murdered on Lake Palourde outside Morgan City, and in July 1927, James Beadle, Dr. Thomas Dreher and the victim’s wife, Ada LeBoeuf, were tried and found guilty....
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Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday for new medical offices next to Franklin Foundation Hospital. Above are Hospital Service District II board member Didi Battle, CEO Parker Templeton and board members Chairman Allan Von Werder and Eugene Foulcard. Pictured below are hospital staff, local public officials and representatives of Core Construction Group of Lafayette and Architect Design Studio of New Iberia.
FFH breaks ground on medical offices
Franklin Foundation Hospital held groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for construction of its new medical office building. Hospital Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Parker Templeton said m...
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