LA 34 Jonesboro Rd at the railroad grade crossing will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct.1, to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct 2.

Monroe residents under the Lakeshore Swartz Water System (LSWS) are expected to receive water from a different source possibly beginning on Oct. 12.

The City of West Monroe is seeking input from its residents and business owners about the quality of broadband services within the city limits.

Ned White, owner and president of Riverview Farm and Land Company in Monroe, says he plans to challenge state Sen. Stewart Cathey in 2023.

Judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in Brown Auditorium on the University of Louisiana-Monroe campus on Sept. 20.  

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a house fire that occurred in Delhi last week and killed an elderly couple.

Louisiana Watershed Initiative Region 3 plans to host an informative workshop on the Community Rating System on Oct. 14 at the West Monroe Convention Center’s Trenton Room from 9 a.m. to noon.

Louisiana State Police Troop F responded to a single-vehicle crash last week that killed 18-year-old Hunter Graham of Winnsboro, who was not wearing a seatbelt.

Louisiana State Police Troop F responded to a two-vehicle crash last week that killed 72-year-old Beverly Justice of West Monroe.

The Louisiana Department of Education has named the members of its 2022-2023 Teacher Advisory Council, including one Ouachita Parish educator, Allison Davis, a math teacher at Ouachita Parish High.

Louisiana Economic Development is now accepting nominations for the 44th annual Lantern Awards.

The Louisiana Association of Museums hosted its annual meeting and conference Sept. 11 to Sept. 13 in Monroe. 

Eleven locations in Ouachita Parish tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement District.

Louisiana has submitted a plan to spend an expected $73 million in federal funds to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations along the state’s major highways over the next five years.

The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) and the Louisiana Department of Health deployed a four-person drinking water engineering team to Jackson, Mississippi, last week to assist with their daily operations. 

A Louisiana commission charged with collecting sales and use taxes for remote sellers lacked adequate assurance over internal controls and failed to perform timely bank reconciliations in 2021, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reported last week.

Louisiana’s Transportation Trust Fund is expected to lose more than a half billion dollars in revenues over the next decade due to increasing fuel efficiency and electric vehicles, according to a recent report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced $35 million in grants last week going to 10 parishes over the next two years to expand broadband to nearly 15,000 locations.

A $9-million project building a bridge and dam at Cheniere Lake in western Ouachita Parish encountered a new flood of delays after the recently built dam suffered a breach.

The Louisiana Department of Health last week announced it is now able to expand eligibility for JYNNEOS, the monkeypox vaccine, thanks to increased supply.

Nine locations in Ouachita Parish tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement District.

Origin Bank locations in Ouachita, Lincoln, Morehouse and Union parishes are accepting donations of bottled water to be donated the Jackson, Miss., community, which has been without clean water since August because of a failing water system.

Pelican State Credit Union has partnered with Wossman High School to fundraise through their School Pride Debit Card Program.

The Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter is requesting donations from the community. The shelter is in need of puppy food, dog food, canned cat food, cat litter and bleach.

Louisiana Superintendent Cade Brumley wants the state’s school leaders and athletic associations to know President Joe Biden’s proposed Title IX rules on sexual orientation and gender identity are not currently enforceable.

State Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the distribution of red grouper harvest in the Gulf of Mexico between commercial and recreational fishermen.

Louisiana plans to use a $25 million grant to plug, cap and reclaim up to 900 orphaned oil and gas wells across the state in the first phase of a $4.7 billion federal program included in last year's infrastructure law.

Louisiana students ranked in the middle of the pack nationally in a new study on student debt released last week.