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The Redhead Express is scheduled to perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
Redhead Express launches 6-performance concert series in Morgan City
Staff Report MORGAN CITY, La. -- The Redhead Express and the Walker Family is to perform at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Students from kindergarten through 1...
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Water system employees recognized
The Board of Commissioners of Water and Sewer Commission 4 in the Charenton area recently recognized employees for their years of outstanding service. From left are Tambra Verret, 10 years; Barry D...
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Disaster assistant hours and days updated in west St. Mary
Changes were made to the Hurricane Isaac relief program dates late Friday. The center at the Franklin Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Applicants for food stamp assistance for l...
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Coast Guard rescues man south of Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Coast Guard rescued a 50-year-old man from a fishing vessel on the Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, Friday. The captain of the fishing vessel My Grandkids ...
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Henry "Inky" Lee
Morgan City leader Lee dies
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY — Three-term city councilman and charter member of the St. Mary Parish Tourist Commission Henry K. “Inky” Lee Jr., passed away Sunday in Morgan City. Lee, 79, was a nat...
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FEMA center opens at Morgan City
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY, La. -- A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opened today at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. This is an office where applicants may go for information about the Federa...
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Bayou Boeuf locks closed at Morgan City
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX MORGAN CITY, La. -- Routine maintenance will have the Bayou Boeuf locks along the Intracoastal Waterway between Morgan City and Avoca Island closed until 5 p.m. Thursday, acco...
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Sentinel chickens positive for West Nile
By JEAN L. KAESS PATTERSON — While no human cases have been reported, the West Nile virus is “alive and well in St. Mary Parish,” said Jessie Boudreaux of Cajun Mosquito Control in Houma. Four sent...
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City council set to meet Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for September. The council will consider introduction of an ordinance for the sale of public improvement revenue bonds. This is an amen...
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More West Nile confirmations
There were four West Nile positive sentinel chickens confirmed by LSU Friday, according to Jessie Boudreaux, owner of Cajun Mosquito Control. Two were located in Cypremort Point and two were locate...
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Isaac relief schedule changed
Changes were made to the Hurricane Isaac relief program dates late Friday. The center at the Franklin Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Applicants for food stamp assistance for l...
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Levee district chief tells of Hurricane Isaac response
MORGAN CITY, La. — St. Mary Levee District closed two structures as Hurricane Isaac approached, said Hilary Thibodeaux, district executive director, at Thursday’s meeting
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Relay for Life Saturday at MCJHS gym
After a nearly two-month delay due to the high water threat in May, the Relay For Life of East St. Mary event is scheduled to kick-off Saturday. It will be held in the Morgan City Junior High Schoo...
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Census data cuts sales taxes to Franklin and Morgan City
Franklin and Morgan City’s 2010 census losses will add up to roughly a 10 percent and 5 percent loss, respectively, in sales tax revenues according to distribution formulas from the parish’s Sales ...
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Bids being accepted on Bayou Chene closure system
Bids to remove the emergency flood protection closure system on Bayou Chene are being accepted until 3 p.m. Thursday. Mark Rogers of T. Baker Smith LLC told the St. Mary Levee District board that a...
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Plans for Garden City apartments still under way
Plans to develop an upscale gated apartment complex in Garden City are still under way, according to an update provided to the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesday by the developers. St. Mary Communit...
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Across the way
Construction is well under way for the replacement of a small bridge on Berwick South Road. The old bridge has been removed and pilings are being driven for the new bridge. Work began in June and i...
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Berwick Council passes slate of ordinances
Berwick Town Council approved five ordinances during their monthly council meeting on Tuesday. The first ordinance passed was to amend a portion of the zoning map from R-1, single family housing t...
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Franklin Foundation Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Jennifer Wise, left, accepts the Avatar International Most Improved, Loyalty and Endorsement, Acute Care Hospital Award. Presented by David Medvedeff, chief executive officer of Avatar, the award recognizes FFH’s achievements in several key areas of hospital service distinction.
FFH honored with Avatar recognition
Franklin Foundation Hospital has been awarded Avatar International’s Most Improved, Loyalty and Endorsement, Acute Care Hospital award. Avatar International, an industry leader in healthcare qualit...
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Drainage board sets basket removal process
AMELIA — St. Mary Parish Drainage District 6 passed a resolution to authorize removal of flood protection baskets for public access, drainage and public safety during their regular monthly meeting...
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Bay dredging could cost $8 million
MORGAN CITY — The need to dredge Berwick Bay and the Atchafalaya River channel are evident, but funds to accomplish the task are short. Mike Lowe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the Mor...
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Vehicle and bicycle accident
A bicyclist was struck by a vehicle while crossing the intersection of Main Street and Willow Street about 9:30 a.m. today, according to early reports. The female rider was treated on scene by Acad...
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Birthday Bash
The parish kicked off its 200th anniversary celebration with a Birthday Bash in Kemper Williams Park in Patterson Saturday. Musical entertainment and a review of parish highlighted the festivities,...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Hebert, center, with his wife Jill at his side, was sworn in as sheriff this morning by Clerk of Court Cliff Dressel, left. Hebert has served under three sheriffs in St. Mary Parish, and announced his intention to run for the position in October.
Mark Hebert assumes badge of parish sheriff
Mark Hebert was administered the oath of office as the interim Sheriff of St. Mary Parish this morning. Clerk of Courts Cliff Dressel administered the oath to Hebert. “I have had the opportunity to...
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