Morgan City News

Want to help out folks in need this holiday season? The local Salvation Army is looking for volunteer bell ringers to help raise money this holiday season.

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A 12-member jury convicted a resident of Bayou L'Ourse in Assumption Parish on two counts of aggravated rape of an 11-year-old girl in 2005 and 2006, prosecutors said Friday.

Although it's not likely to be a threat to Louisiana, state officials are watching the storm that was Hurricane Ida for possible strengthening when it moves into the Gulf of Mexico.

Two men from St. Mary Parish pleaded guilty Monday on unrelated drug charges. Harold Willie Francois, 29, of Morgan City, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor, according to a news release from the 16th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

Central Louisiana's road improvement needs far outweigh the available funding for the projects.

"That's all we've got up there," said Smith, who took the Day 1 lead in the third Central Open of the season.

With a thundering splash, a local boat company welcomed a new ship into the world Tuesday.

Alaina Catherine Kraus of Lafayette, Louisiana and Paul Vincent Saltaformaggio of New Orleans, Louisiana will be united in holy matrimony on December 4, 2009 during an evening ceremony at Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church in New Orleans.

The owner of the Evangeline Downs race track-casino has closed a $106.8 million deal to buy the Amelia Belle riverboat casino near Morgan City.

BATON ROUGE - The current sales tax imposed on gasoline is not providing enough revenue to finance needed highway construction and repairs, a legislative panel was told Wednesday, so an alternative source or increased funding is needed.

His name hasn't been released, apparently to protect the innocent, but a troubled baby black bear was recently found on the side of the road in Morgan City.

Cleaning the Gulf of obsolete platforms is the goal of the Southern Recycling's Morgan City, Louisiana facility.

A single vehicle crash on LA 20 at US 90 claimed the life of a Morgan City man in western Terrebonne Parish.

The driver of a white Pontiac G6 died Saturday after striking a GMC Yukon on Bayou Dularge Road near the Dularge Overpass.

An orphaned black bear cub was rescued in the Morgan City area Oct. 22 and will spend the winter at a rehabilitation facility in Tennessee, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.

It was nearly two years ago that I first told you of a creature feature called The Platform starring William Forsythe and Art LaFleur about a crew trapped aboard an oil rig with a mutant monster.

Bob and Ginger Bourg of Rayne are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Ms.

Fast Eddie Too, owned by Jim Sechler and driven by Dan Kanfoush, holds four world speed records, as well as divisional, national and Canadian championships.

The car driven in a deadly Gibson crash Sunday morning had been abandoned on a nearby highway by a 23-year-old woman that same weekend, police said.