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Morgan City utility crews began placing Christmas decorations this week. Mark Broussard hangs a flag on a light post on Brashear Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
By JEAN L. KAESS AND ZACHARY FITZGERALD jkaess@daily-review.com zfitzgerald@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La.-- Streets in the Tri-City area are being trimmed with Christmas decorations in anticipa...
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Renwick Subdivision nearly complete in Berwick
BERWICK, La. — Phase five of Renwick Subdivision should be about 95 percent complete by mid-December and it was transferred to the Berwick Development District by ordinance Tuesday in preparation f...
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Report critical of state fire marshal
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A state inspector general’s wide-ranging report on Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning includes a finding that one of Browning’s inspectors failed to detect mechanical problems...
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Sheriffs’ detainee records sought
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A state judge in Crowley has ordered the Vermilion Parish sheriff to provide records to a nonprofit group of immigrants detained since 2009. The...
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Doctors linking patient records electronically
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans hospital and 11 clinics are hooked up to share electronic health records so doctors can see what treatments a patient has had and whether a new prescription would i...
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Louisiana news briefs
New Orleans-based Coast Guard unit returns NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans based U.S. Coast Guard anti-terrorism team is scheduled to return home today from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after a six-month depl...
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Commodities to be distributed
St. Mary Community Action Agency and Food For Families Program will be distributing commodities Friday, according to Almetra J. Franklin, CEO. Distribution will be on a first- come, first-served ba...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Fall Revival At New Zorah Baptist Church, 604 Julia St., Morgan City, 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 19 and 20. Evangelist the Rev. Ricardo Handy of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Plaquemine. Public inv...
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Parish council meets tonight
A full slate of meetings awaits St. Mary Parish Council members ahead of their regular meeting tonight. A budget/finance committee meeting of the whole council is slated at 5 p.m. followed by publi...
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Yokely theft arrests now 7
Three more juveniles were arrested in connection with the reported break-in and burglary of the Yokely Pumping Station. Three 13-year-olds, two males and a female, were charged Tuesday evening with...
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Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré discusses points from his book, “How Being Prepared Can Keep You and Your Family Safe” with students in LSU’s students.
Honoré says preparation can keep your family safe
By CATHERINE THRELKELD LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE, La. — He was the “John Wayne” of New Orleans, the “overnight hero” of Hurricane Katrina, and “exactly what the Gulf Coast needed,” to he...
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Offshore container port studied for St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The possibility of the construction of a large international container port in the outlying waterways of St. Mary Parish, which would take advantage of the expansion of the Pana...
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Property owner makes case for marina at Port
John Tesvich, owner of a parcel of property on the West St. Mary Port slip, told the port commission Tuesday he wants to build a docking facility there that is mostly commercial with only a small r...
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High water delays boat launch building
A 30-day extension for the construction of a boat launch for state and federal agencies at the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District’s dock has been granted because high water conditions that ha...
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St. Mary Parish President Paul Naquin, seated, and the Parish Council began their new terms of office Monday with inauguration ceremonies in the council meeting room on the fifth floor of the courhtouse in Frankllin. Standing from left are Butch Metz representing District 1; Butch Middleton, District 2; David Hanagriff, District 3; Glen Hidalgo, District 4; Ken Singleton, District 5; Logan Fromenthal, District 6; Tim Tregel, District 7; Sterling Fryou, District 8; Albert Foulcard, District 9; Steve Bierhorst, District 10; and Kevin Voisin, District 11.
Parish council, prez take oaths, hold 1st session
Parish President Paul Naquin and members of the St. Mary Parish Council began their new four-year terms as oaths of office were administered Monday by legal officials that included a Louisiana Supr...
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MC residents have say at zoning meeting
MORGAN CITY — Updating zoning codes with more emphasis on character, rather than land use, will give the city a more useful tool to use during the next 20 years in determining how it wants landsca...
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New roof and more
Chez Hope in Franklin is getting a new roof among other improvements. The organization was recipient of $200,000 in Louisiana Capital Outlay funding secured by former Rep. Jack Smith and incumbent ...
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Eagle Expo's 7th edition set next month
The 7th Annual Eagle Expo, scheduled Feb. 9-11 in Morgan City, will feature seminars from wildlife and nature experts, a live raptor presentation, boat tours to view eagles and nest, and opportunit...
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New port director
David Allain, left, is the new executive director of the Port of West St. Mary. Allain recently signed a contract with the commission assuming the position after serving as uncompensated special as...
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Franklin man sentenced as an habitual offender
A Franklin man has been sentenced to life in prison as a habitual offender. Sixteenth Judicial District Assistant District Attorney Stanton Hardee said Eric Paul McClain, 32, of 507 Ninth St., Fran...
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First baby
The Tri-City area has finally welcomed its first baby of 2012 with the birth Wednesday of Zalen Ian Junifer. His arrival at 12:13 p.m., weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces and measuring 18.5 inches long, w...
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New Year’s baby
The first baby of the New Year was delivered at Franklin Foundation Hospital Monday. Tae’lor A’kai Madison was born at 2:32 p.m. and weighed 5 pounds and was 18.5 inches long. His proud parents a...
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MC Zoning steering committee to meet tonight
A meeting of the Morgan City Land Use and Zoning Steering Committee will be held today at 6 p.m. at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. The meeting is open to the public, including residents, bus...
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Mason of the Year and Star of the East
Mason of the Year of Franklin Lodge 57 is Bro. Perry Barrilleaux, at left, and his wife Sister Hertha Barrilleaux at right, with Bro. Blaise Smith, past master and secretary. Perry Barrilleaux was ...
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