Morgan City News

A 10-week Shipfitting Boot Camp and Training event is being sponsored by the state's workforce training program, South Central Louisiana Technical College and the Gulf States Shipbuilding Consortium in partnership with Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards.

Ms. Hines was processed and held with no bond set at time of press release to appear in 16th Judicial District Court.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrest: -Edwin Burke Jr., 40, of Pacific Street in Berwick, was arrested at 2:58 p.m. Wednesday on warrants for failure to appear for multiple traffic related offenses including driving while intoxicated, careless operation of a vehicle, and driving under suspension.

The power outages in Morgan City and Amelia Wednesday morning were not directly related to the storms that swept through the area.

A tree collapsed and fell into a residence on Lake Palourde Road in Amelia during Wednesday's storm.

Nearly $145,000 in bonuses were paid to four workers of the Morgan City Housing Authority in the 2012 fiscal year.

Severe storms ripped through several parishes Wednesday afternoon. St. Mary Parish saw some of the worst they had to offer.

Teche Federal Bank Board of Directors announced the promotion of Kelli Hayes to banking officer.

A power outage struck the Morgan City area at about 10:40 a.m. and lasted until about 12:20 p.m. after a fault in an Entergy power line caused the feed to Cleco's Bayou Ramos substation to go out, according to a Cleco spokesperson.

A document naming administrative office workers given tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses, of which more than $93,000 exceeded what is allowed under civil service regulations, was presented to Morgan City Housing Authority board of commissioners during a special meeting Monday.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests: Drew Baugher, 23, of Rizzo Street in Patterson, was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Friday on charges of possession of schedule III , possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance.

Three men were arrested Monday in Bayou Vista on multiple drug charges after St.

A man was pronounced dead after he was found with an apparent gunshot wound to the head around 11 p.m. Monday, Morgan City Police Chief Travis Crouch said in a news release from Morgan City Police today.

There are hundreds of children statewide needing a family and are available for adoption.

Cancer survivors open the Relay for Life ceremony late Saturday afternoon with a Survivors Lap in front of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.

A 60-year-old Morgan City man was arrested Friday by Morgan City police on 11 different drug charges after detectives executed a search warrant at a residence stemming from an investigation into a sexual assault and the use of illegal narcotics, according to Police Chief Travis Crouch.

Police are cracking down on motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts by participating in the "Click It or Ticket Campaign," according to a news release from Police Chief Travis Crouch.

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne General Medical Center is offering a free skin cancer screening in May in Morgan City.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrest this morning: Jerrell A. Jones, 21, of 628 Red Cypress Road, Patterson, was arrested Thursday at 5:49 p.m. on charges of simple battery and a warrant charging him with failure to appear on a charge of possession of marijuana.