Chris Cooper, the sewer commission chairman who came under fire for a proposed rate increase affecting Patterson and Berwick, resigned that post Thursday.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.
Voters in two St. Mary special purpose districts overwhelmingly approved tax renewals Saturday.
Interim School Board member Lawrence Guillory has won election in District VII.
St. Mary Parish schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday "due to anticipated extreme weather conditions from Arctic air," Superintendent Dr. Buffy Fegenbush said Friday in a press release.
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