The Ouachita Parish School Board secured a historically low interest rate of 2.48 percent on the sale of $21 million in bonded indebtedness to begin facility construction projects in eastern Ouachita.

Monroe businessman Stanley Palowsky III amended his lawsuit against Fourth Judicial District Court officials last week to expand the allegations to include “illegal case fixing.”

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury’s finance committee agreed earlier this week to expand the parish animal control’s operations next year

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury recorded a surplus of almost $682,000 in its general fund for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2019, a recent audit shows.

State Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell's campaign for re-election to a fourth term on the utility regulatory agency faces a challenge from Ouachita Parish Police Jury President Shane Smiley on Nov. 3.

A local judge altered a court ruling in 2015 after the Fourth Judicial District Court’s administrator sent a previously confidential note warning the judge’s proposed ruling could tarnish the court, at a time when the pair were being sued for allegedly conspiring to conceal illegal activity …

Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis says he will not pursue plans to build a new $100-million arena to replace Monroe Civic Center.

Early voting for the Nov. 3 presidential general election and congressional primary election begins Friday and will continue until Oct. 27, except on Sundays, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The city of West Monroe is pursuing grant funding to rehabilitate two streets near Ike Hamilton Expo Center and a replace an aging sewer lift station that often floods during heavy rain storms.

Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Milton Moore III, of Monroe, took the oath of office as chief judge of the appeal court last week.

Voters from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes will entertain two candidates on Nov. 3 to serve as judge for the Division E seat at the Fourth Judicial District Court: West Monroe attorney Walt Caldwell IV and Monroe City Attorney Angie Sturdivant.

In the Nov. 3 election, Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Sharon Marchman will face a one challenge to her re-election bid from Monroe attorney Tommy Hayes IV.

State Rep. Francis Thompson, D-Delhi, was recently selected to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree.

State Rep. Lance Harris last week called on his fellow 5th Congressional District candidate, Luke Letlow, to exit the race and find legal representation in light of recent allegations that Letlow’s campaign tried to ‘buy out’ a Ouachita Parish police juror in the race.

West Monroe officials say they have secured commitments from three businesses to set up shop at the old Trenton Street golf course property once the city finishes some $900,000 in infrastructure improvements.

A Louisiana Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday advanced two measures that would limit the governor’s authority over declared emergencies.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury earlier this week agreed to award a $484,502-bid to Amethyst Construction, of West Monroe, to rebuild Tanglewood Drive in southeastern Ouachita Parish.

State Sen. Katrina Jackson, of Monroe, lead author of the pro-life Love Life Constitutional amendment, spoke at several pro-life rallies across southern Louisiana last week.

Several people last week honored the memory of former Gov. Murphy James “Mike” Foster Jr., who died on Sunday at the age of 90.

The last place Donald “Don” Simpson, Ph.D., imagined he’d be on a hot day in late August was standing on the roof of the home of people he did not know. The new dean of the University of Louisiana Monroe College of Health Sciences, high-powered leaf-blower in hand, removed limbs and debris f…

In spite of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the University of Louisiana Monroe recently announced an increase in enrollment.

Second Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Felicia Toney Williams, of Tallulah, retired from the court on Wednesday, marking the end of a 30-year judicial career.

Monroe City Attorney Angie Deal Sturdivant officially launched her campaign for the Fourth Judicial District Judge, Division E, in the election to be held Nov. 3.

West Monroe native Walt Caldwell has announced his candidacy for judge at Fourth Judicial District Court, which includes Ouachita and Morehouse parishes.

Former Monroe police Cpl. Jared DeSadier recently pleaded not guilty to charges arising out of a police brutality complaint while new court documents show other officers attempted to conceal the incident.

After previously deciding not to name names, Ouachita Parish Police Juror Scotty Robinson last week claimed an area bank president and pastor reached out to him on behalf of 5th District congressional candidate Luke Letlow’s campaign to lure him into exiting the congressional race.