Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of criminal trespass and resisting an officer last week after authorities received a suspicious person complaint outside a business on Arkansas Road.
Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of criminal trespass and resisting an officer last week after authorities received a suspicious person complaint outside a business on Arkansas Road.
Monroe police arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple assault on a police officer last week after authorities questioned the suspect as part of another investigation.
Monroe police arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple battery of the infirm earlier this month after authorities received a complaint of a disturbance at a home on Nory Lane.
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeal reinstated a Monroe man’s commercial driver’s license last week after finding that a local judge erred by disqualifying the man’s commercial driving privileges on the basis of a sheriff deputy’s contradictory testimony.
The Monroe City Council is expected to entertain a motion appointing City Councilman-elect Doug Harvey to complete the unexpired term for District 1 at the City Council’s meeting on Tuesday.
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Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo chastised local businessman Friday Ellis last week, claiming the mayoral candidate lied in his campaign announcement about his previous work for the city of Monroe.
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Four newly elected senators from Northeastern Louisiana gained assignments last week to a combined 10 committees in the state Senate, including the Senate’s “money committees” where decisions are made about how to spend taxpayer dollars.
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Monroe Police Chief Eugene Ellis announced last week his plans to retire Feb. 1 after serving for 33 years in the department.
Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop F began investigating a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Hwy 80 near Calhoun Middle School before 4 p.m. on Jan. 16. This crash claimed the life of a West Monroe teenager and a Choudrant man.
At a special called meeting in Baton Rouge last week, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) considered upcoming steps in selecting the next State Superintendent of Education.
Anthony John Anzelmo
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s detectives are investigating two deaths that occurred Saturday, involving an infant and an adult, at a residence on Wallace Dean Road in West Monroe.
Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop F began investigating a single-vehicle crash on LA Hwy 33 in Farmerville on Jan. 19 after 5 p.m.
Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of simple burglary last week after authorities received a burglary complaint on Bennett Lake Drive.
Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Monroe man on suspicion of disturbing the peace last week after authorities received a complaint from a local church about a suspect disrupting the service.
Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a West Monroe man on suspicion of soliciting for prostitutes and simple battery last week after the suspect's Uber driver reported the suspect's inappropriate remarks.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it is against the law to sell tobacco products, e-cigarettes and other vapor smoking products to any person under the age of 21.
Extremely dark-tinted windows on a vehicle driven by a Union Parish resident resulted in an arrest for illegal carrying of weapons.
On Jan. 12 just before 9 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop F responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 557 near Red Cut Road.
The National Right to Life Committee and Louisiana Right to Life recently filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Louisiana’s Act 620 “Unsafe Abortion Protection Act,” which requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges with a local hospital.
Monroe police arrested four juveniles on suspicion of vehicle burglary last week after authorities received a suspicious person complaint on Valencia Avenue.
The six members of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury, including three new members, took the oath of office Monday night and accepted their new responsibilities on parish committees and local boards of directors.
Monroe businessman Douglas Harvey was elected to represent District 1 on the Monroe City Council after not drawing any opposition during qualifying last week.
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The Monroe City Council voted earlier this week to spend nearly $500,000 on a new facility where the city’s transit system buses could be washed.
In special inaugural ceremonies in the Louisiana State Senate Chamber, members of the 2020-2024 State Senate took the oath of office and were officially seated as State Senators. Among the 39 members are 20 new State Senators, including nine who are beginning their first term in the Louisian…
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University of Louisiana-Monroe President Nick Bruno informed university employees and supporters on Tuesday he planned to retire no later than June 30, after serving nine years in the university’s top post.
Timothy ‘Timmy’ Antley
CASA of Northeast Louisiana is holding a new volunteer training class beginning January 30 in Ouachita Parish to ready volunteers to serve local children currently in need of an advocate.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury accepted a some $1.7 million bid this week from a West Monroe contractor to build a new fire station on Whites Ferry Road in West Monroe.
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Monroe businessman Stanley Palowsky III recently withdrew his motion to recuse ad hoc Judge Jerome “Jerry” Barbera from presiding over his ongoing lawsuit against local judges and a law clerk.
Through a partnership with RIP Medical Debt, First West and the attendees of the recent Northeast Louisiana Christmas Celebration will help eradicate $3.5 million in medical debt in Ouachita Parish.
In 1931, Gov. Huey P. Long and architect Leon Weiss, left future generations a glimpse into the past in the walls of the Louisiana State Capitol building. Today, a bit of that history was uncovered.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, or LABI, recently announced that Mitch Rabalais will come aboard as Communications Manager at the end of January.
The West Monroe Correctional Center is expected to close in spring 2020.
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BATON ROUGE — If Anadarko Petroleum Corp. allowed certain employees to over-bill on environmental remediation projects, could the company or its stock prices have benefited from knocking off millions of dollars in false remediation costs?
Rep. Clay Schexnayder on Monday was elected speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
John White announced last week he is stepping down from his role as Louisiana’s State Superintendent of Education, a position he has held since 2012.
A traffic stop by a Union Parish sheriff’s patrol deputy has resulted in the arrest of two adults and a juvenile on narcotics charges.
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Wossman High School's head football coach, Dean Smith, was relieved of his duties this morning, The Ouachita Citizen has learned.
Hollis Jewell Wood Arnold
Katie Corkern is a mother of three sons in Amite. One of her sons is Connor, 13, who has a birth defect in his brain. For most of his life, he has experienced between 50 to 200 seizures each day.
A tip received by a Union Parish sheriff’s deputy about suspicious activity on property along Williams Colony Road near Downsville has led to the arrest of one man on weapons and drug charges.
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After nearly three years, a local non-profit dedicated to improving conditions for homeless animals has raised some $1.1 million to build a new facility for the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter.
Chresancio “Chee-Chee” Jackson announced last week his plans to become a candidate for the District 5 office of the Monroe City Council.
Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office recently filed Louisiana’s legal brief in defense of Act 620, the state’s admitting privileges law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The passenger in a car stopped by a Union Parish sheriff’s deputy ended up being arrested on a drug possession charge.
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A West Monroe businessman seeking to liquidate assets and erase his debt now faces a motion for contempt and sanctions in federal bankruptcy court in the wake of state court lawsuits and federal authorities investigating his two home health agencies.
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Mayor Jamie Mayo says his administration’s focus during the new year would be on an initiative called “Operation Ceasefire” but neither the mayor nor the police department could provide specifics on what the initiative might entail.
Possible criminal charges are pending following the death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Deputies and Department of Corrections investigators are investigating the death of 32-year-old Major Jones.
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