Monday marks 49 years since the MV George Prince ferry disaster in St. Charles Parish—the deadliest ferry disaster in U.S. history. In the early morning hours of Oct. 20, 1976, the ferry George Prince ...

Maurice Wattigney doesn’t recall his father, Louis “Toby” Wattigney Jr., talking about the Luling ferry disaster all that often. But when he did, the son could see the trauma in his dad’s eyes and ...

St. Charles Parish residents, many of whom lined the levees after the Oct. 20, 1976, Luling ferry disaster, will come together again on Saturday to remember. Parish officials will dedicate a memorial ...

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