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A parade rider throws beads on Joe Cain Day during Mardi Gras in Mobile, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Joe Cain Day, named for a clerk who started Mobile's modern Mardi Gras by dressing up and parading through town in the late 1860s after the Civil War, roared back to life after taking a year off because of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

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MoonPies and Merry Widows: Mardi Gras hits Mobile, Alabama

By JAY REEVES JAY REEVES - Associated Press
Sun,02/27/22-4:58PM, 818 Reads
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s port city danced and squealed to the prime event of its Carnival season on Sunday, a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration what it is — a smaller, toned-down version of New Orleans' mega-party.
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Dec. 7 sales tax proposition does not include salary increases for school board members or the superintendent

Wed,11/20/24-5:54PM, 818 Reads
On the December 7 election ballot is a proposed 1-cent sales tax dedicated to the Washington Parish School System.
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Mark Reginald (Reggie) Simmons, 79

Thu,11/30/23-2:31PM, 818 Reads
Mark Reginald (Reggie) Simmons, 79, a resident of Franklinton passed away Thursday morning November 23, 2023 at his home. He was a 1962 graduate of Franklinton High School before obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree from Southeastern Louisiana University. Reggie then completed his Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University Law School.
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William Wainwright outlines his goals after being formally invested as the 15th president of Southeastern Louisiana University last Friday.

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Wainwright formally invested at SLU

Thu,12/07/23-5:24PM, 818 Reads
William Wainwright, previously president of Northshore Technical College in Bogalusa, was invested as Southeastern Louisiana University’s 15th president this past Friday morning in a ceremony held in the Student Union Grand Ballroom on Southeastern’s campus.
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