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• 2 Your Town Morgan City: How oil became a billion-dollar industry in Morgan City dates back to the '40s Play Video

  August 28, 2025 8:00 AM

  MORGAN CITY — Oil has been the main moneymaker in Morgan City for nearly 80 years. Roger Beaudean, the executive director of the Atchafalaya Intracoastal Coalition, said it all started in 1947. "In 1947, the first offshore oil well was drilled by Kerr McGee, and it was actually... more »

• Pat Shingleton: "The Blizzard Hall of Fame and Astrologers..."

  December 26, 2019 10:51 PM

  Acts of God, The Old Farmer’s Almanac compiled a list of events that were placed into The Blizzard Hall of Fame. On December 26, 1778, nine German mercenaries froze at their posts in Newport, Rhode Island that later became known as the Hessian Storm. As it struck southern New England,... more »