Shrimp & Petroleum Festival photo
Charlie Ann Fuhrer and Cecil Hernandez have reigned this year as the 90th Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival king and queen.
The Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival organization has named its 2026 Maid Court as it nears the end of the 90th festival royalty’s reign.
The St. Mary Hospital District No. 2 board meets its first scholarship recipient at Wednesday's meeting. She's Landyn LaCoste, fourth from left. Shown from left are district board members Clarence Robinson and Dr. Bill Cefalu Jr.; the recipient's mother, Jacqueline LaCoste; Landyn LaCoste; Jason LaCoste, the recipient's father; and board members Thane Aucoin, Bill McCarty and Barry Dufrene.
The Review/Bill Decker
Hospital Service District No. 2 voters approved a 9-mill property tax in 2024 for three main purposes: physical improvements to the building that houses Ochsner St.
Summer League 2026
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Toss Bosses 25.5 10.5
50/50 24 12
BDG &R 19.5 16.5
4 Amigos 19 17
The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux invites the faithful to celebrate the Feast of St. Lawrence with a special Diaconate Mass at 6:30 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.
Fletcher Technical Community College celebrated a historic milestone this summer, when 52 students completed the Associate of Science in Nursing program, making the Summer 2026 cohort the largest c
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--Priscilla Gonzales, D-Lafayette
--"Clay" Higgins, R-Lafayette
---Caleb "With a C" Walker D-Lafayette
(Editor’s note: The charges listed here and the narratives that go with them are provided by the police agencies that made the arrests.
The Review/Bill Decker
Juan Villegas of Morgan City gives a youngster a trim during Monday's Kutz 4 Kids at the Siracusa Recreation Center. At the event, organized by TJ Malveaux of Draft Picks Barbershop, volunteer barbers performed free back-to-school haircuts. Books and book bags were also distributed by the Recreation Center staff.
A year of change is ahead for St. Mary Parish public schools, which begin classes for the 2026-27 year Friday.
Sports
Summer League 2026
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Toss Bosses 25.5 10.5
50/50 24 12
BDG &R 19.5 16.5
4 Amigos 19 17
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The beginning of training camp July 29 opened the 60th season for the New Orleans Saints, and I have suffered through all of them.
By JIM BRADSHAW
As part of America's 250th anniversary celebration, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheeries executive staff was honored in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday at the U.S.
Click on the links below to download .pdf versions of the entry forms.
Lifestyle
DEAR ABBY: There are two significant secrets in my family, and as I’m a member of the oldest generation and likely in my last decade, I wonder if they should see the light of day.
LSU AgCenter photo
Aphids, whose sugary excretions provide a growing medium for sooty mold, can be seen on these crape myrtle leaves.
As summer wears on, it’s not uncommon to spy a crape myrtle in the Louisiana landscape whose bark — and maybe even leaves — appears to have grown a powdery, black crust.
By OLIVIA McCLURE, LSU AgCenter
Captain Shawn Garner is shown with the current royalty, Queen Kaina Boyd and King Gregory Andrews.
Submitted photos
The Krewe of Hannibal Carnival Club hosted its annual King and Queen's Luncheon on Saturday at Cafe JoJo's in Morgan City.
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