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St. Mary Parish school district earns
CENTERVILLE, La. — The St. Mary Parish school district received a B for the 2011-2012 school year, while several of the 23 individual schools posted double-digit gains. St. Mary now ranks 26th amo...
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Wheelhouse
Housing Authority for City of Morgan City monthly board meeting noon, Thursday, Oct. 25. Election of officers follows during annual meeting. Barbecue dinners Sold by Pilgrim Grove Baptist Church, ...
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Guidry wins football contest
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Regina Guidry of Patterson won first-place and $40 in The Daily Review’s Football Contest. Second-place and $20 went to Ryan Duplantis of Morgan City. Guidry missed one game a...
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Early voting for Nov. 6 election begins
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Early voting is starting in Louisiana for the Nov. 6 election, which includes the presidential race, six congressional races, constitutional amendments, judgeships and loca...
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‘Business After Hours’ kicks off Harvest Moon
A St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is set Thursday to kick off the Franklin Harvest Moon Festival. The chamber event is at 6 p.m. at the Comfort Inn in Franklin. The festiva...
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DOROTHY HERNANDEZ BOUDREAUX
Jan. 18, 1938 ~ Oct. 22, 2012 A Mass of Christian burial will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 12 p.m., at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Baldwin for Mrs. Dorothy Hernandez Boudrea...
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Murder trial will be continued to Jan. 28
The first-degree murder trial of Jamichael Lashawn Hudson has been continued until Jan. 28. The trial was to begin Monday but was delayed to provide the defense time to file additional writs, accor...
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Parish council to meet Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council are slated to meet in regular session Wednesday. Items on the agenda include: —Consideration of a proposed ordinance establishing a 15-mph speed limit on Caju...
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St. Mary Parish assistance from Fema tops $1.7 million for Isaac
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released updated Hurricane Isaac housing assistance numbers Monday for St. Mary and St. Martin parishes totaling $1.766 million and $137,845 for each parish,...
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Wheelhouse
Berwick Housing Authority, 2751 Fifth St., meeting 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. Thrift Store at 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, with a full line of fall and w...
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Toys for Tots poker run scheduled Saturday in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The 12th edition of the Marine Corps League, St. Mary Detachment, Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday. A Poker Run Motorcycle Bike Show will be part of this...
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HMS Homecoming Royalty
Hanson High School’s 2012-2013 Homecoming Royalty was presented Friday on McCloskey Field. From left are First Maid Emily Chauvin and Queen Katie Sonnier. The Tigers beat the Ascension Episcopal Bl...
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Louisiana copes with health reforms
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY — Louisiana’s commissioner of insurance is focused on implementing federal health care reforms. That was the message Jim Donelon delivered to the St. Mary Industrial Gr...
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Morgan City man charged in Berthelot case
A Morgan City man has been charged with suspected murder in connection with the body found near Centerville last month. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said Darby Mack Frickey, 38, of 109 Carol...
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The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City was one of only 10 donors from across the country recognized for significant contributions to community colleges. The foundation received the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award, the only national recognition of donors to the nation’s community colleges. The foundation was recognized for its long-standing commitment to the South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City. From left are Dr. Joe D. May, president, Louisiana Community and Technical College System; Kim Sturgeon, 2011 CRD president; Brenda B. Ayo, H.B. Young Foundation executive director; Gwendolyn E. Ross, Phyllis B. Garber, Emile A. Wagner, Foundation trustees; and Gregory L. Garrett, regional director for South Central Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial Campus.
Young Foundation gains national award
The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City gained national distinction by being honored with the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award for 2011. The award is the only national re...
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Treasurer lays out goals for next four years
MORGAN CITY — State Treasurer John Kennedy laid out his five goals for Louisiana for the next four years Thursday during his speech at the Morgan City Rotary Club’s luncheon at the Petroleum Club ...
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Found body identified as missing Bayou Vista man
A body found in a cane field on La. 317 near Centerville has been identified as that of a Bayou Vista man reported missing in early November. The body has been identified as that of Mark James Bert...
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Many holiday events on tap
Multiple local Christmas festivities are on tap during the next week, beginning with Santa’s Block Party in downtown Morgan City on Saturday. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and featu...
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U.S. 90 crash kills one, injures second Tuesday
A two vehicle crash on U.S. 90 near Centerville Tuesday night injured one man and killed another, according to reports from State Police Troop I. A chemical spill from the accident at around 10 p.m...
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Student donations
The Beta Club at B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School in Baldwin held a canned goods drive Nov. 1-8 in response to a news article that the Emergency Aid Center, a United Way of South Louisiana agency,...
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Shooting suspect surrenders to MCPD
The man wanted for a Second Street shooting turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon. Jeremy Herron, 31, of Sparrow Street in Labadieville was arrested at 1:18 p.m., charged on warrants fo...
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Keeping the city beautiful
Clean-Up Day this month was sponsored by the Franklin Republican Women. Although the morning was quite cool, everyone took advantage of the opportunity to again clean the downtown area of Main Stre...
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Drowning victims recovered in Amelia
An area resident was one of two people who drowned after the boat they were in capsized in Bayou Boeuf near the Amelia Belle Casino early Saturday. Huey Comeaux Jr., 44, of Amelia and Linda Fountai...
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Career Day at WSMHS
West St. Mary High School held its Third Annual Career Expo on Thursday, Nov. 17. More than 20 businesses from throughout the parish attended the event to provide career information to juniors, sen...
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