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Franklin News
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- Ben Franklin students learn about weather
Contributed photo On Dec. 18, Justin Loew of WAOW Channel 9 visited Barb Clementi's classroom via her student teacher, Amy Davenport, at Ben Franklin Junior High School in Stevens Point.
- Tower at Ben Franklin gets go-ahead
A conditional use for a cell phone tower near Ben Franklin Junior High School got the full approval at Monday's Common Council meeting.
- St Mary teen arrested after bringing gun to school
FRANKLIN - A St. Mary Parish teenager has been arrested after he brought an unloaded, small-caliber handgun to school.
- N.O. public school ranked one of nation's top 16
Ben Franklin High School was rated at the 16th best public high school in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, according to an article and rankings that were published on the magazine's web site Thursday.
- Ben Franklin ranked 16th of U.S. schools
Benjamin Franklin High School ranked 16th in the nation in a U.S. News & World Report listing of the country's best public high schools, released Friday.
- The High School That Beat Katrina
Benjamin Franklin Senior High School was on the short list of New Orleans public schools still standing after Hurricane Katrina.
- Police Beat
St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people Monday : Joseph Harry Hill Jr., 25, 1239 Daly Street, Opelousas, arrested by Franklin Sheriff's Office on bench ...
- Police and fire briefs for Nov. 22, 2008
Police arrested on counts of stalking and simple assault Thursday for allegedly stalking and threatening a woman.
- Military news
Air Force Airman 1st Class Cody B. Barrow has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, and has earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the ...
- Locals appointed to I-49 task force
Several local elected officials and business leaders have been appointed to a task force that would study the costs and benefits of extending Interstate 49 from Lafayette to New Orleans.
- Disaster Recovery Center Opens In Franklin and Extends Operation in...
A Disaster Recovery Center will open Friday, Oct. 17 in Franklin to assist residents who had damage or losses from hurricanes Gustav and Ike, according to Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency ...
- Push restarted for I-49 corridor
The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce is poised to be the driving force behind completion of the Interstate 49 corridor southward from Lafayette.
- Ben Franklin gets thumbs up in energy audit
Ben Franklin Junior High School is energy efficient in several areas, a recent audit shows.
- Jobless claims from storms hit 60,000
More than 60,500 workers who say they have been left jobless by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have filed for unemployment benefits as October deadlines loom for applying for the aid, state officials said Wednesday.
- Franklin Laundry Mat Shootout
A woman is in jail, after a shoot-out at a Franklin laundrymat. The shootout took place at the corner of Eagle Street and Iberia Street.
- Hurricane wreaks havoc on Texas
Ike, a massive hurricane that has idled more than a fifth of the US oil production, came ashore at the barrier island city of Galveston as a strong Category 2 storm at 2:10am with heavy rains and sustained 110 ...
- Parishes Effected By Ike
American Red Cross/ Parish shelter hosting about 49 residents. Search and rescue mission are ongoing.
- La. homes flood as Ike stirs water 30 miles inland
Southwest Louisiana was spared a direct hit from Hurricane Ike, but a 16-year-old drowned as coastal areas were inundated with a storm surge that crawled some 30 miles inland, flooding tens of thousands of ...
- Sheriff's deputies in La.
Twenty Oklahoma County sheriff's deputies today are helping with evacuations in Franklin, La., after a levee was breached.
Franklin Classifieds
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City DescriptionFranklin is a city in and the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,354 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Franklin, named for Benjamin Franklin, was founded in 1808 as Carlin's Settlement, and became the parish seat in 1811. The town was incorporated in 1820. Though early settlers included French, Acadian, German, Danish and Irish, the town’s culture and architecture is heavily influenced by the unusually large numbers of English that chose to settle there after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Numerous large sugar plantations arose in the area, and with the development of steamboating, Franklin became an interior sugar port.
By the 1830s, Bayou Teche was the main street of Acadiana, with one plantation after another. The area’s sugar cane planters were among the South’s wealthiest agriculturists. This is reflected in the grand plantation homes and mansions they built in Franklin and the surrounding countryside. Most of these magnificent structures are still standing and well preserved, giving Franklin its unique architectural flavor. Franklin’s Historic District is listed in the National ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- St. Mary Parish
- Louisiana
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