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Inpatient revenue hands Foundation July loss
Franklin Foundation Hospital experienced a $235,069 loss in the month of July, according to reports from Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey. Bailey delivered the hospital’s finance report Thursday ...
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Theriot announces for appeal court judge
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Three people were injured in a wreck on U.S. 90 in Patterson on Wednesday.
3 injured in U.S. 90 wreck
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The collision of two vehicles which occurred about noon Wednesday in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 90 in Patterson required all three people involved to be transported by ambula...
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Morgan City’s damaged electric transformer was inspected Wednesday.
Transformer inspected
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Representatives of two insurance carriers inspected the electric transformer that caught fire June 26, leaving the city without electricity for a day. “The two companies each ...
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Crappell charged in missing school funds
By JEAN L. KAESS Former Berwick Town Councilwoman and Berwick Elementary School secretary Penny T. Crappell turned herself in to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department this morning on charges of ...
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Boustany: ‘Conservative leadership’
Congressman Charles Boustany (R-Lake Charles) said sessions have been busy, and some members don’t show up for votes. Boustany participated in a breakfast forum presented by the St. Mary Parish Cha...
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Landry: ‘No more career politicians’
Congressman Jeff Landry, (R-New Iberia) 3rd Congressional District, said Wednesday that issues in Washington have been around for years, even decades. Landry told attendees in a St. Mary Parish Cha...
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City summer programs were success
This summer’s programs sponsored by the City of Franklin were successful all the way around. Arlana Shields, community development director, told the city council Tuesday that the summer dance prog...
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Parish ACT scores dip
By JEAN L. KAESS St. Mary Parish high schools experienced an overall decline in composite ACT scores during the 2011-12 school year. The parish experienced a decline in composite score from 19.8 in...
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Festival poster on sale
By Jean L. Kaess The 2012 edition of the Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival poster has been unveiled and is on sale now. The poster, designed by Zoe Puryear of Bivens in Beauregard Parish, can b...
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Crappell resigns council, school posts
By JEAN L. KAESS Berwick Town Councilwoman Penny Crappell submitted her resignation from both the council and her school system job effective today. “It is with much regret and sorrow that I now su...
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City losing patience with garbage pickup
Patience is wearing thin with garbage pickup service problems in Franklin. Councilman Chuck Autin, a persistent and vocal critic of Progressive Waste Solutions for several months now, said after ar...
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Independence Day
It’s Independence Day in America, and the July 4 celebration is being observed across the United States. On Eastwood Drive, resident Paul Comeaux and his granddaughter, Madeline, again lined the st...
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SWIFTSHIPS SHIPBUILDERS PRESIDENT Calvin Leleux explains how an area of the company’s property succumbed to the bulging waters this spring, flooding the yard with approximately 5 feet of water. The blowout occurred near the bulkhead away from the main waterway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the bulkhead, and Leleux said the Corps has some responsibility for the damage because they didn’t build the bulkhead to 12 feet of mean sea level like he said he asked for. Instead they built it to 10 feet, and he said the water reached approximately 11.5 feet.
Business owners recount flood experiences
SMI Companies Equipment Manager Juan Torres patiently waited. Berry Brothers General Contractors Superintendent Troy Lombardo is thankful. Swiftships Shipbuilders President Calvin Leleux wondered ...
Jul 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Patterson Council works on finances
PATTERSON — The City Council held a special meeting on Thursday concerning finances. Representatives from Government Consultants of Louisiana provided information about their investment advising s...
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Businesses seek post-flood assistance
By GEOFFREY STOUTE Their businesses may be water-free now that the Atchafalaya River and its tributaries have slithered back into their banks following near record high waters this spring, but loca...
Jun 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jones: I-49 work is progressing
State Rep. Sam Jones continues to push for the completion of Interstate 49 while serving District 50 in the legislature. Jones addressed the local business community at the St. Mary Parish Chamber ...
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Harrison
Harrison: State budget pared down
State Rep. Joe Harrison wears many hats when serving District 51 in Baton Rouge. He serves on the appropriations committee, joint legislative committee on the budget and was recently named chairma...
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Gautreaux
Gautreaux: Insurance office in danger
Sen. D.A. “Butch” Gautreaux will retire from representing District 21 after 16 years of public service. Gautreaux discussed current issues when speaking to the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce during a...
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MC flood clean-up continues
MORGAN CITY — Cleanup work from this year’s high water event is ongoing and damage wrought by the high water may last through the summer. Mayor Tim Matte told the city council Tuesday that all jumb...
Jun 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Morgan City accepts audit report
MORGAN CITY — The city received a clean audit report on its 2010 budget, one in which it bolstered its revenues and trimmed its expenditures in the face of rising costs. Gerald Thibodeaux of Kold...
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Agency of the Year
Emergency Aid Center, Inc. of Franklin is the 2011 Agency of the Year for United Way for South Louisiana. At the organization's campaign kickoff and annual awards ceremony in Houma last week, Marth...
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Local groups lose tax-exempt status
The Berwick Housing Authority Resident Council, the St. Mary Industrial Group, and the Morgan City Volunteer Fire Department are among more than 30 eastern St. Mary Parish groups that have lost the...
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La. 87 reconstruction
Work is under way on the reconstruction of La. 87 between Willow Street in Franklin and the Centerville bridge. The project along a 5-mile stretch consists of removal of the existing pavement and c...
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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