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Morgan City council seats filled, winners comment
MORGAN CITY, La.-- Three Morgan City council members were re-elected and a new member was elected Tuesday. They join Barry Dufrene, District 2, who was elected unopposed to the council. In Distric...
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St. Mary Parish voters OK school board term limit (updated)
CENTERVILLE, La. — Just under 77 percent of St. Mary voters backed term limits for school board members, which will limit them to three consecutive four-year terms beginning with elections after J...
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Dupont, Theriot in runoff for judicial seat (updated)
With all 54 precincts counted, William Dupont claimed the lead with 8,530 votes -- 41.75 percent -- in the election for the Division B seat on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, but faces a Dec. 8 ru...
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Morgan City, St. Mary Parish voters by the numbers
There are 34,127 voters registered for the Nov. 6 election in St. Mary Parish with 8, 044 voters registered in Morgan City, according to numbers from the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters Office....
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Hymel, Bias, Fontenot, Tamporello win Morgan City council seats (updated)
Morgan City voters decided four council seats in Tuesday's voting. Council seat winners are Tim Hymel, District 1; Ron Bias, District 3; James Fontenot, District 4; and Louis Tamporello, District ...
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Grizzaffi maintains lead in Morgan City mayor's race, but faces runoff (updated)
Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi maintained an early lead in the election for Morgan City mayor. With all 12 precincts reporting and early votes counted, Grizzaffi tallied 1,884 votes -- 35.47 percent. But Gr...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Patterson Knights Of Columbus Council 1710 meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8. Gumbo served. Members urged to attend. Blue Star Memorial Service held by Patterson Garden Club honoring all veterans, ...
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Dugas, Napier, Wiltz are among Jindal appointees to election board
BATON ROUGE, La. — Appointments to the Parish Board of Election Supervisors were announced Friday by Gov. Bobby Jindal. The Parish Board of Election Supervisors reviews election laws and procedures...
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Voters make their cases at polls
MORGAN CITY, La. — Area voters made their voices heard on this national election day as they turned out to the polls in droves this morning. With mayor and council races on the ballot in Morgan Ci...
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Jimmy Sawtelle, the newly appointed senior vice president for Workforce Solutions, speaks at the St. Mary Parish Industrial Group’s monthly meeting Monday
Sawtelle: Technical college essential to industry
MORGAN CITY, La. — South Central Louisiana Technical College is a vital resource to maintain an industry-based economy in Morgan City and throughout the area, said Jimmy Sawtelle, the newly appoint...
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Justice department to take complaints about election
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The U.S. Department of Justice for the Western District of Louisiana will be on the lookout for election fraud, interference or intimidation on Tuesday, announced U.S. Attorney ...
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Police 11-6-12
Franklin Police Chief Sabria McGuire reported the following arrests this morning: Vincent Paul Coleman, 19, of Fifth Street, Franklin, was arrested Monday at 1:49 p.m. on a warrant charging him wit...
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Parish mosquito contract goes to MCCI of New Iberia
Mosquito Control Contractors, Inc. of New Iberia landed another two-year contract with St. Mary Parish Wednesday by a margin of one vote. The company was one of two to respond to a request for prop...
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St. Mary unemployment rises slightly
Unemployment in St. Mary Parish ticked up slightly in December, going from 7.7 percent in November to 7.8 percent last month. The parish had 20,533 employed and 1,734 unemployed in December. That w...
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About $1 million was presented to organizations in St. Mary Parish Tuesday by the Community Foundation of Acadiana as part of its share of a $20 million grant from the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers group. Recipients based in St. Mary Parish and regionally with impact in the parish are: Acadiana Works; Evangeline Area Council Boy Scouts of America; Franklin Foundation Hospital; Iberia Industrial Developmental Foundation; Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana; Southern Mutual Help Association; St. Mary Outreach, Inc. and United Way; St. Mary Community Action Agency; The Family Tree Education and Counseling Center; 16th Judicial District Family Services Division; and Little Zion Community Outreach.
Local entities get $1 million in CFA funds
Community Foundation of Acadiana delivered about $1 million in funds for St. Mary Parish organizations Tuesday. Eric Guidry, chief operating officer of CFA, and staff presented the funds at a cerem...
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Gym dandy
Work is progressing rapidly on a new gymnasium for Central Catholic High School in Morgan City. The new gymnasium is being constructed just east of the Sam A. Siracusa gymnasium where athletic even...
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St. Mary Parish Fair homemaking champions
The Annual St. Mary Parish 4-H Fair and Livestock Show was held Friday and Saturday at Franklin Senior High School. Winners in the Homemaking Division were Grand Champion Elementary Exhibitor Kylee...
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Adonis royalty
The first local ball of the season was held Saturday when the Krewe of Adonis presented King and Queen Adonis XXXVII Reggy Torgrimson and Camille Izaguirre as its new royalty. Theme for the event w...
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Natural gas fire
A vehicle struck a natural gas pipeline near St. Joseph Baptist Church Friday evening. According to Franklin Fire Department spokesman Jeff Hildreth the department responded with 16 fire fighters a...
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Victims identified in helicopter crash
MORGAN CITY — A helicopter crash into the Belle Isle salt dome 13 miles southwest of here ended the lives of two men who were en route to an alligator conference Thursday morning. The passenger, L...
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Awards presented by Chamber of Commerce
The St. Mary Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting and installation of officers banquet at the Cypress Bayou Casino Pavilion Thursday. Awards honoring the achievements and service of local ci...
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This Robinson R44 is similar to the model owned by Cenac Marine Services in Houma that crashed in the marsh near Belle Isle east of the Wax Lake Outlet. The aircraft is a four-seat piston engine helicopter that was holding two men who died in the incident. The helicopter departed a Houma airfield at 8:27 a.m. today and the first reports of its demise came in at 9:01 a.m.
Helicopter crash kills two near parish coast
Two men were killed when their helicopter crashed in the marsh near Belle Isle, south of Calumet, around 9 a.m. today. The Robinson R44 helicopter, owned by Cenac Towing in Houma, took off from a ...
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Seized from Long’s Bayou Food Mart, Bayou Vista
Task Force makes three major drug busts Wed.
Multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force members made three significant drug arrests Wednesday. The task force reported the arrest of Jonathan Ha, 39, of 345 Southeast Blvd., Bayou Vista, Wednesday at ...
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Officials from the state’s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration presented the draft of Louisiana’s Master Plan to community leaders and members of the public Tuesday at the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District’s office. The plan, subject to legislative approval during the upcoming session, will be used to guide coastal protection and restoration in the state during the next five years. Among the items of potential interest to locals during Tuesday’s meeting were proposed diversions of sediment-filled waters from the Atchafalaya River that will build up starving marshes to the east in neighboring Terrebonne Parish. Above, CPRA Executive Director Jerome Zeringue addresses the group during the meeting. Visit www.stmarynow.com for a look at the local plans included in the proposed Master Plan.
State presents coastal management plan
MORGAN CITY — St. Mary Parish Levee District chairman and state Rep. Sam Jones, D-Franklin, stressed to state Coastal Protection and Restoration officials the importance of including a flood protec...
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