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$2.5M approved for St. Mary Parish school projects
CENTERVILLE, La. — The St. Mary public school system’s three maintenance districts together approved $2.5 million in maintenance and capital projects this week. The district committees considered s...
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Oceaneering, McDermott representatives see positive outlook for oil industry
MORGAN CITY, La. — Oceaneering International in Morgan City expects to see increasing employment over the few years while McDermott International in Amelia has a positive outlook for the oil and g...
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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne speaks at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Thursday.
Dardenne to speak here
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne will speak at 10 a.m. Friday at Lake House 1 at Lake End Park in Morgan City to celebrate National Tourism Week. St. Mary Parish President Paul Naquin and Morgan City Mayor Fr...
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Older Americans Month
Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris signed a proclamation Wednesday declaring May as Older Americans Month. The proclamation urges citizens to “take time this month to recognize older adults and the peop...
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Bank Day
St. Mary Community Action Agency and Head Start’s Pennies for Pre-schoolers program is in its third year and has received support from parents and local banks. Students from Cinderella Head Start h...
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Patterson Mayor Rodney Grogan
Patterson property taxes unchanged
PATTERSON, La. — The City Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that will keep the city’s property tax rates unchanged. The general alimony tax of 8.2 mills and 12.41 mills to pay for the ...
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Hunter Harrington, a senior at Morgan City High School, presents his senior project to spectators Tuesday morning in the school’s multipurpose building. Harrington’s project, called “Quantum Trapping,” harnesses energy through cold temperatures causing levitation. Harrington hopes to configure a formula to create floating cars. From left, are Harrington, choir teacher Beth Dupre, Adrian Sons and Jasmine Burns.
Senior projects showcased at Morgan City High School
MORGAN CITY, La. — Morgan City High School seniors showed off projects they have been working on the entire semester to the public Tuesday at Morgan City High School’s Senior Project Showcase. The ...
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CASA seeks volunteers
Court Appointed Special Advocate of the 16th Judicial District Court is in need of volunteers to help foster children in St. Mary Parish. CASA will hold a volunteer training orientation May 24 to ...
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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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Scouts educational trip
Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack 242 based in Calumet recently visited the Greenwood Alligator Farm in Gibson. The boys learned about the habitat and harvesting procedures of the reptiles and ha...
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Bomb, drugs found in Bayou Vista residence, man arrested
BAYOU VISTA, La. A Bayou Vista man was arrested after narcotics detectives conducted an investigation and found a bomb at a residence, according to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert. Darryl James...
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Community Awards
The Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM held its Honor and Integrity Night on Tuesday to present awards to local outstanding citizens. Recipients of the Honor and Integrity awards were, from top, Nadia Speller,...
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Poster offering reward in the Glenn Lemoine death.
2nd autopsy indicates homicide in Patterson man’s death -- Glenn Lemoine died after leaving casino
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The results of a second autopsy indicate that Glenn Lemoine’s manner of death was a homicide and cause of death was violence of undetermined means, according to the pathologist ...
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$22K worth of marijuana intercepted in the mail, Patterson man arrested
PATTERSON, La. -- A Patterson man was arrested Tuesday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics division detectives after detectives and a postal inspector intercepted a package in the mail th...
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Cayce Street fire
Franklin Fire Department personnel responded to a residential fire at 1035 Cayce Street Tuesday at about 4 p.m. Upon arrival firefighters found heavy smoke and fire in about half of the home. They ...
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Michael Bertaut, a health care economist, speaks at the monthly St. Mary Industrial Group meeting Monday at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
New regulations in federal health care law to affect businesses, employees
MORGAN CITY, La. — Recent changes and regulations in the Affordable Care Act will soon start to change which businesses have to offer health insurance to their employees, said Michael Bertaut, heal...
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Man found dead, woman injured at Bayou Vista inn
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A man was found dead Saturday morning at a hotel in Bayou Vista after he allegedly shot a woman, leaving her injured, and then shot and killed himself, according the St. Mary Pa...
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‘Feed the Hungry’ drive
During Holy Week, Hanson Memorial High School students participated in a “Feed the Hungry” canned food drive. The Corporal Works of Mercy are actions Catholics perform to extend God’s compassion an...
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March 2013 Most Wanted
St. Mary Parish's Most Wanted -- New additions include man wanted for armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping
MORGAN CITY, La. -- New suspects added to March’s Most Wanted list for St. Mary Parish include a man wanted for principal to armed robbery and principal to aggravated kidnapping, and a man wanted f...
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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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