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Early voting tally reaches 369
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Early and absentee votes in St. Mary Parish had reached 369 as of Monday, according to Jolene Holcombe, St. Mary Parish registrar of voters. As of Monday, 229 votes had been ma...
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Voucher plan rejected in first court test
A New Orleans-based federal judge halted Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher program in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday, saying it conflicts with a decades-old desegregation case. The ruling could have implica...
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Lafayette police Sgt. Craig Mouton shows off the “Alert Someone” app he invented that will send a text message to up to three contacts that the user enters when he or she registers.
Police officer invents call-for-help application
LAFAYETTE, La. — During his 19 years as a police officer, Craig Mouton has worked on many cases that could have ended differently if it had been easier for the victim to touch base with their emerg...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
World Missions Free conference 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Includes prayer, preaching, speakers, local talent, lunch and more. Public welcomed.
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Belaire wins football contest
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Al Belaire won first place and $40 in The Daily Review Football Contest. Belaire of Morgan City missed four games. There was a three-way tie for second place with each missing...
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6 killed in Troop I over Thanksgiving holiday
During the Thanksgiving holiday week, Louisiana State Police investigated 13 fatal crashes that resulted in 14 deaths across the state. While none were in St. Mary Parish, six were in Troop I, whic...
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Farm Bureau award
Congressman Jeff Landry, (R-New Iberia incumbent 3rd Congressional District candidate), was presented with the “Friend of Farm Bureau Award” by the St. Mary Parish Farm Service Agency at the St. Ma...
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Baldwin flag presentation
Congressman Charles W. Boustany Jr., M.D., (R-Lafayette incumbent 3rd Congressional District candidate), recently presented a United States flag that had been flown over the nation’s capital to the...
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City gearing up for parade, lamp lighting
The City of Franklin’s Christmas parade and lamp-lighting ceremony will take place Thursday at 6 p.m. Line-up for the parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the corner of Jackson and Main Streets. The d...
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‘Adopt A Family’ now taking contributions
St. Mary Community Action Agency is again sponsoring the Adopt A Family Program to support the underserved families in the area. The agency is seeking sponsors for the 2012 program. This will assis...
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More than 200 votes cast as of Saturday in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A total of 205 voters in St. Mary Parish have cast their early ballots, so far, for the Dec. 8 runoff election. This total includes numbers from the first day of early voting, w...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Thrift Store At 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, holding inventory reduction sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. Stuff a tall kitchen bag for $5. Proceeds benefit Sacred Heart Catholic chariti...
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Mardi Gras parades start with Adonis
Mardi Gras is in full swing with only one Carnival ball left on tap. There will be six Mardi Gras parades following in succession starting Friday, Feb. 17. The Krewe of Hephaestus will host the las...
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Emergency enhancements
A 150-kw Cummings generator has been installed at the Ward 4 Governmental Complex in Centerville, first photo. The generator is capable of supplying backup power for the entire complex in the event...
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Chamber sets LABI conference, business social
The St. Mary Chamber of Commerce will host a Louisiana Association of Business and Industry 2012 Legislative Issues Conference on Tuesday, March 6, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featured speakers will be LA...
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Local Scouts at Mountain Bayou Lake
Boy Scout Troop 1 from Franklin braved the cold weather last weekend and joined 13 other Boy Scout troops and Venture crews at Mountain Bayou Lake in St. Landry. for the Klondike Derby event. The b...
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Dredging method fails; water injection next
MORGAN CITY — The first agitation dredging efforts produced “no significant impacts” on the fluff in the Atchafalaya River Channel. Jonathan Hird of Moffatt & Nichol, a Baton Rouge-based engineeri...
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Port tenant expands footprint
D&L Salvage and Marine Services LLC signed a new lease with the Port of West Mary Tuesday to expand its existing business at the port. The 5-year lease with a 5-year renewal option on a 13,000 squa...
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MC Port may become a foreign trade zone
MORGAN CITY — The Port of Morgan City is beginning the process to become one of several ports with the designation of a foreign trade zone, allowing the import of materials by businesses without a...
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School system awards
Students of the Month of January in the St. Mary Parish school system were, top from left, Drake Leonard, a 12th grader at Morgan City High School; Ashton Landry, an eighth grader at Centerville Ju...
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With wings as eagles
The American bald eagle is a common visitor in St. Mary Parish and is celebrated annually during the Eagle Expo with a series of guided tours into the Atchafalaya Basin and a series of lectures on ...
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Students of the Year
St. Mary Parish Students of the Year for the 2011-2012 term are, from left, Drake Leonard, a 12th grader at Morgan City High School; Harleigh Price, an eighth grader at Morgan City Junior High Scho...
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Erik Bendl and his dog Nice have walked through 33 states rolling a 6-foot inflated globe to raise awareness of diabetes. Thursday they were in Patterson as they continued their trek across the Gulf Coast toward Texas. Their quests are accomplished in spurts, with the current one beginning in Seminole, Ala., Jan. 11. The globe is made of canvas with a waterbed inner tube. It frequently requires repairs as it encounters the elements on their travels. Follow Bendl's travels on his blog at www.worldguy.org or via his facebook site http://www.facebook.com/erikbendl. The most recent blog post is about Bendl’s trek through Patterson.
Walking with the world for diabetes awareness
Erik Bendl and Nice have the world on a string. They — a man and his dog — have walked through 33 states with their 6-foot in-flated globe to raise aware-ness of diabetes. Thursday, they were in P...
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Massive change proposed for school scoring
Accountability scoring for Louisiana schools may be changing next term. St. Mary Superintendent of Schools Dr. Donald Aguillard told the school board Thursday that Louisiana is writing a grant for ...
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