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  • Deputies: Boy arrested after forklift joyride

    April 17, 2013 12:45 PM

    JEANERETTE - Sheriff's deputies arrested a 13-year-old boy in Jeanerette after they said he stole a forklift and took it for a joyride. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office says the boy took the heavy machinery from a business on Highway 87, crashed through a fence and abandoned it... more »
  • Trooper: Unrestrained Jeanerette man dies in crash

    January 8, 2013 10:10 AM

    JEANERETTE - State police are investigating a two vehicle crash on La. Highway 85 which claimed the life of a 33-year-old Jeanerette man. Troopers say a car driven by Wilbur Alexander was northbound Monday when his car struck a loaded sugarcane cart. Trooper Stephen Hammons says Alexander, who... more »
  • Bicyclist killed in Iberia Parish crash

    October 29, 2012 10:11 AM

    JEANERETTE - A crash involving a bicycle and a car killed a New Iberia teen. The accident happened Saturday night on La. Highway 182 west of Jeanerette. Troopers say the crash involved a bicycle, driven by 17-year-old Jaquil Provost, and a 2011 car, driven by 73-year-old Harold Racca, of New... more »
  • Company to bring more than 100 jobs to Jeanerette

    May 14, 2012 4:23 PM

    JEANERETTE - Jeanerette-based Metal Shark Boats LLC is bringing more jobs to the Acadiana area. Company executive Matthew Unger and Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that Metal Shark has agreed to make a $1.9 million capital investment that will allow it to complete a contract to build 500 response boat-small... more »
  • Body of missing hunter found

    December 28, 2011 4:38 AM

    FRANKLIN, La. - Authorities have found the body of the Jeanerette man reported missing last week. Volunteers and family members were searching for Lynn Landry, 58, in St. Mary Parish when one of the volunteers spotted his body floating in Charenton Beach Lake. Landry's family first reported him... more »
  • Jeanerette planning to lay off city employees

    December 19, 2011 5:36 AM

    JEANERETTE - The city will have to lay off some of its employees, though it's not known yet how many will be terminated. Jeanerette officials have been cutting back on expenses, including trimming the number of hours each week that City Hall is open. Mayor Tim de'Clouet told the Board... more »
  • Jeanerette company gets $192M Coast Guard contract

    November 7, 2011 4:54 PM

    JEANERETTE - Metal Shark Aluminum Boats of Jeanerette has a $192 million contract to replace the Coast Guard's fleet of small port security boats. The company will build up to 500 of the boats, which are about 28 feet long, for the Coast Guard, president and co-owner Chris Allard said... more »
  • Drug trafficker gets life in prison

    March 17, 2010 7:22 AM

    A Jeanerette man, who was a member of a major drug trafficking ring that transported drugs from Texas to Louisiana and other Southern states, has been sentenced to life in federal prison. Kenneth Gary Washington was convicted in October 2009 of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and marijuana, money... more »
  • Salt dome hearing Tuesday

    March 8, 2010 6:47 AM

    St. Mary Parish residents will get the chance to hear more about a proposal to store natural gas in the Cote Blanche salt dome during a public hearing on Tuesday. The hearing will be hosted by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and is part of the permitting process that... more »
  • Mardi Gras parade schedules

    February 16, 2010 5:27 AM

    Baton Rouge Running of the Beauregard Bull, Noon - Old Governor's Mansion New Roads Community Center Carnival Parade, 11 a.m. The New Roads Lions Carnival Parade, 1:30pm Orleans Zulu - uptown, 8:15 a.m. Rex - uptown, 10 a.m. Elks orleans - uptown - after Rex Crescent City - uptown -... more »
  • Gas storage project faces opposition

    February 15, 2010 10:45 AM

    An environmental group wants to stop a natural gas storage project in St. Mary Parish. The Louisiana Environmental Action Network asked the state Department of Environmental Quality to deny a permit for the Henry Gas Storage plan. The report from LEAN says the plans to store the gas in the... more »
  • Jeanerette gets $2.5M loan for water improvements

    December 29, 2009 2:43 PM

    The city of Jeanerette is getting a federal loan for nearly $2.5 million to improve its water system. The money is among nearly $117 million in stimulus grants and loans for water and environmental projects announced Tuesday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The grants and loans are... more »
  • St. Mary Parish deputies arrest suspect at courthouse

    September 30, 2009 8:51 AM

    St. Mary Parish deputies didn't have to go far to nab a suspect, as they arrested a Jeanerette man Tuesday while he conducted business at the parish courthouse. 44-year-old Joey Viltz was charged with making calls to 911 with no emergency. Deputies said while Viltz was in the courthouse... more »

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