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‘Lessons and Carols’ set
Church of the Assumption will present its annual “Lessons and Carols” Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. The concert will again feature the church’s adult choir and the handbell choir. ...
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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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Engineering 'dream team' starts on Chene
MORGAN CITY — With the approval of a task order bringing Shaw Environmental to the “dream team” of engineers, work on the Bayou Chene project officially began Thursday. During the St. Mary Levee D...
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Filming for tourism promotion
Film crews were in Franklin and across St. Mary Parish last week working on a promotional tourism video. The Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau is working with Holbrook Media Productions of...
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Last year’s Let’s Go Riding Franklin
Next cruisin’ reunion set March 17
In less than two weeks Franklin will once again be the setting as previous and current residents gather for a nostalgic reunion. Let’s Go Riding Franklin started out as a Facebook chat and has gain...
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Patterson pushes for community planning
PATTERSON — The city will soon start holding meetings on developing a strategic plan. The effort to develop the Community Readiness Plan will be led by Anna Perry, who spent much of the last few y...
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Groundbreaking for Center of Hope
A groundbreaking ceremony was held this morning in Centerville at the Center of Hope for its new horticulture building that will be dedicated to and named after the late Jesse A. Robicheaux who was...
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MC water customers getting bogus notices
Many City of Morgan City utility customers have received notices from HomeServe regarding water service line coverage. It is an independent company solicitation and not a recommended service by the...
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Crossing paths
Two interesting individuals were walking through Franklin on their separate treks across the country recently, and happened to meet. Andrew Forsthoefel (right above) of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania is...
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Centerville child killed in car accident
A Centerville child was killed Friday near Thibodaux in a single-vehicle accident. Reports from state police allege that Kevin Vicknair of Thibodaux, was driving north on La. 308 about 9:30 p.m. an...
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First photo: Outside Apt. 1, Norman Bauer Drive. Second photo, possible source of the fire
Fire flashes through local apartment
Franklin Fire Department firefighters battled an apartment fire at 1500 Norman Bauer Drive Saturday night that displaced residents of the entire building. Information officer Jeff Hildreth reported...
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MC teacher to present at national conference
NATCHITOCHES — Research by Northwestern State University alumna Susan Tregle of Morgan City has been accepted as a book chapter of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education’s (SI...
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City cleanup
A group of “Don’t Trash Franklin” supporters representing Franklin Foundation Hospital and the community, met Saturday, Feb. 11, and picked up trash along Main Street in downtown Franklin. Although...
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Young Patterson actor treads stage in NOLA
Things are happening quickly for young Isaac White of Patterson. Inside of a year, White began attending the John Robert Powers Academy, a performing arts school in Metairie; won four trophies and...
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