Read energy 3 LSU Tigers and business to compete in coverage Senior Bowl Page 5 Page 6 The Daily Review Icy roads cause U.S. 90 closure across St. Mary By ZACHARY on La. 182 in west St. FITZGERALD Mary Parish, said Duval zfitzgerald@ Arthur, parish homeland daily-review.com security and emergency St. Mary Parish saw a preparedness director. mixture of freezing rain Sleet, freezing rain and and sleet Tuesday night icy road conditions hit that caused officials to the west end of the par- close U.S. 90 throughout ish harder than the Tri- the parish. La. 182 re- City area, he said. Arthur mained opened, though. didn’t know exactly how Schools were closed much precipitation the Wednesday, too. area received, but it was Temperatures reached a a significant amount. low of 18 degrees State Department of Wednesday morning at Transportation and Harry P. Williams Memo- Development officials rial Airport near Patterson, closed U.S. 90 through- according to the National out St. Mary Parish from Weather Service. about 9 p.m. Tuesday Wednesday’s high was ex- due to ice on the road- pected to reach 35 degrees ways, Arthur said. U.S. with sunny weather. 90 remained closed The low Wednesday Wednesday morning. night into Thursday La. 182 remained open morning is projected to in St. Mary Parish and be 23 degrees with no ex- was used as a detour pected precipitation. route, but there were still The biggest issue the some patches of ice. So The Daily Review/Diane Miller Fears parish experienced since motorists were advised to Tuesday evening was use caution when travel- Icicles hang from a road sign Wednesday morning just west of the La. 182 bridge in Berwick. In the back- traffic problems, includ- ing, said Detective Lt. ground, Berwick Police Officer Michael Rodrigue, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Walter Shepherd, and ing several vehicles slid- Traci Landry, spokes- Shawn LeBlanc of Bayou Vista Volunteer Fire Department direct traffic on La. 182 after power outages ing off of the roadways (Continued on Page 12) caused traffic light issues. Source: Panel wants Bannon's take on Comey firing WASHINGTON (AP) — A House Press on condition of anonymity. did not start until later in the morning. not referring to Trump Jr. but rather to panel questioned Steve Bannon on Those key elements bear directly on the His interview follows his spectacular Manafort. Wolff stands by his account. Tuesday, aiming to find out President criminal investigation now underway by fall from power after being quoted in a After the book’s release, Trump quick- Donald Trump’s thinking when he special counsel Robert Mueller, who is book that he sees the president’s son ly disavowed “Sloppy Steve Bannon” and fired FBI Director James Comey, ac- charged with determining if collusion ex- and others as engaging in “treasonous” argued extensively there was no evi- cording to a person familiar with what isted between the Trump campaign and behavior for taking a meeting with dence of collusion between his presiden- the panel was planning to ask the for- Russia and whether the president ob- Russians during the 2016 campaign. tial campaign and operatives tied to mer White House chief strategist. structed justice by firing Comey or by tak- In Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury,” Russian President Vladimir Putin. The committee also planned to press ing other actions to thwart investigators. Bannon accuses Donald Trump Jr., Bannon apologized a few days later but Bannon on other “executive actions” As of early Tuesday afternoon, it ap- Jared Kushner and former Trump was stripped of his job leading the pro- taken by Trump that have drawn in- peared possible that Bannon could be in- campaign chairman Paul Manafort of Trump news site Breitbart News. terest from congressional investigators terviewed all day by the House essentially betraying the nation by Bannon last year had largely avoided prying into ties between Trump’s cam- Intelligence panel — on par with other meeting with a group of Russian law- the scrutiny of congressional investigators, paign and Russian operatives, said the top-tier witnesses who have been called yers and lobbyists who they believed who instead focused much of their energy person, who wasn’t authorized to speak before congressional investigators for were ready to offer “dirt” on Democratic on trying to secure interviews with top on the record about the closed-door marathon sessions. Bannon started with candidate Hillary Clinton. witnesses like Manafort and former na- session and spoke to The Associated the committee at 8 a.m., but questioning More recently, Bannon has said he was tional security adviser Michael Flynn. St. Mary schools name their Students of Year Staff Report Bailey Grace Womack, Bayou Vista St. Mary Parish public school stu- Elementary School dents recently participated in the Miley Ann Hotard, Berwick Students of the Year competition. Elementary School The parish winners are: Mylee Buford, Centerville FIFTH GRADE: Kelsey Brianne Elementary School August, Raintree Elementary School Nicole Robles, Foster Elementary EIGHTH GRADE: Kaitlyn School Waguespack, Morgan City Junior Benjamin Lee Robicheaux Jr., High School. LaGrange Elementary School 12TH GRADE: Bailee Cabrini Ryly Aucoin, Maitland Elementary Hoggatt, Morgan City High School. School The Students of the Year Award Riley Jackson, Norman Elementary Program is designed to recognize out- School standing elementary, middle-junior, Keaton Chaisson, Patterson Jr. and high school students. High School The school system says this pro- Noah Thomas Lange, Wyandotte gram is an excellent opportunity to Elementary School Submitted Photo recognize students from each parish Alyssa Burton, a senior at Central Catholic High School, and Patrick Carmi- who have demonstrated exceptional EIGHTH GRADE: Aniya Gibson, chael, a CCHS eighth-grader, are CCHS Students of the Year nominees. academic achievement, leadership, B. E. Boudreaux Middle School and citizenship. James Klein, Berwick Junior High The Students of the Year Award School Central Catholic, Holy Cross Program is sponsored by the Chloe Marcelle Simpson, name Student of Year picks Louisiana state superintendent Centerville Junior High School through the State Department of Jamari Jaydan Francis, Patterson This year's Student of recognizes students who Education and the State Board of Junior High School the Year nominees at have demonstrated ex- Elementary and Secondary Education. Central Catholic High cellent academic School are 12th-grader achievement, leadership Parish winners will participate in 12TH GRADE: Devan Lynn Alyssa Burton and ability, and citizenship. the regional competition to be hosted Gallegos, Berwick High School eighth-grader Patrick The program is spon- in St. Mary Parish (fifth grade), Rachel LeBlanc, Centerville High Carmichael. sored by the Louisiana Jefferson Parish (eighth grade), and School Fifth-grader Franco Superintendent of St. Bernard Parish (12th grade) Alayna Prince, Franklin High Saleme has been named Education through the during the month of February. School Holy Cross Elementary State Department of Colby Lorenzia Pogue, Patterson School’s Student of the Education and the State Other participants include: High School Year for 2017-18. Board of Elementary FIFTH GRADE: Claire Crochet, Raelyn Nicole Dupre, West St. Mary The Student of the and Secondary Aucoin Elementary School High School Year Awards program (Continued on Page 12) Franco Saleme AccuWeather State Lifestyles Obituaries Contact Us 36 23 (See Page 11) (See Page 11) (See Page 2) (See Page 12) News, Advertising and It will be clear and cold A poll indicates that Take a look at the out- Anderson Circulation High Low Wednesday, with a President Trump would going Nike royalty; find Boudreaux Call 985-384-8370 chance of showers (the beat Oprah Winfrey in birth announcements Gilmore liquid kind) returning Louisiana. from area hospitals. Kern www.stmarynow.com Thursday night. Richard Pitts Verret Wade Page 2, The Daily Review, Morgan City, La., Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Lifestyles Liz Weston: Would a bank payday loan be any safer? 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Protection Bureau an- Center for Responsible ulatory change, it now People borrow relatively nounced a rule that Lending, a consumer ad- may be possible for banks small amounts, typically would require lenders to vocate. to offer small, short-term $300 to $400, and pay a determine borrowers’ Regulators started Talbot’s Photo Express loans that could be a lot fee of $45 to $60 for a ability to repay small-dol- warning banks against Outgoing Nike royalty less dangerous for bor- loan that’s supposed to lar loans — an under- deposit advances. The six rowers. Whether banks last a few days until writing requirement that major banks that offered Dylan Cornes and Gweneth Dohmann will bid fare- their next paycheck. could drive most payday them — Wells Fargo, well when the children’s Krewe of Nike presents its will actually do so re- mains to be seen. Such loans have an effec- lenders out of business. U.S. Bank, Fifth Third invitation-only tableau at 7 p.m.