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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 99th Annual Monroe Chamber of Commerce Meeting and Banquet is scheduled for Thursday,

The LSU AgCenter will host a forestry forum Jan. 17 at the West Monroe Convention Center during the North Louisiana Agri-Business Council Ag Expo.

A new report by the nonpartisan think tank The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) says that Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act is like “Medicare for All Lite,” which has created nothing but “disastrous results.”

A series of English as a Second Language (ESL) class will be held at the West Monroe Community Center, beginning on Jan. 6, 2020.

A Mangham contractor who claims a former Second Circuit Court of Appeal judge and his law clerk mishandled his $20-million lawsuit against the state continues to defend his subpoena for criminal investigative documents that could shed light on the controversy.

A Start woman lost her life in a vehicle crash in Richland Parish last week.

Deputy Shane Harvey, a 14-year veteran of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 after a lengthy illness.

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration and State Treasurer John Schroder are in a dispute over whether state government can spend money that belongs to people who haven’t claimed it yet.

A Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate who attempted suicide at Angola last week by setting himself on fire died Christmas Eve in a Baton Rouge hospital.

Ouachita Parish Public Library patrons will now have access to stream thousands of award-winning movies, critically acclaimed documentaries, and foreign films through a free e-service called Kanopy.

Holiday recycling will be available in the city of West Monroe this season.

Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana says it plans to close its Monroe retail store and donation center, located at 3158 Louisville Avenue, at month’s end.