Monroe News

For several years, you could see Paul Jansen playing violin and guitar in various bands around Denver.

The A&E hit reality show "Duck Dynasty" is intended to get the "message of God out there," according to Sadie Robertson, granddaughter of show patriarch Phil Robertson.

The Rev. Norman J. Farve will be installed on March 30 as president of the Ministerial Alliance of Greater St. Tammany .

Snow days taken earlier this year will cost Monroe area students a few more minutes in class each day in some districts or an additional day of school in others.

In the coming weeks, lawmakers will come to grips with education reform, especially whether to keep or abandon Common Core Standards.

A relatively new Christian outdoor organization, Trail Life USA, is starting to take root across northern Louisiana.

Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo dropped two big surprises during the state of the city address Thursday: his plans to build a new arena, and that he is a distant cousin of entertainer Jennifer Hudson .

Common Core standards and a related standardized test are top issues for parents as Louisiana lawmakers convene Monday.

The reported discovery of Facebook messages on a phone led to a Monroe couple being arrested Friday afternoon.

Monroe police are investigating three robberies over the last two days including involving an 11-year-old suspect.

A West Monroe woman was arrested late Friday night after reportedly coming close to causing a head-on traffic accident and having a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit.

The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, not far from the airport of Monroe, Louisiana, is a plain building at the first sight.

State Reps. Frank Hoffmann, Bubba Chaney and Katrina Jackson talk with Ouachita Parish Schools Superintendent Bob Webber, far left, at the Call to Prayer for the legislative delegation at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Friday.

On Wednesday, The News-Star reports investigators with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office Special Victims Unit arrested David Allen Boland on one count of video voyeurism of a juvenile.

An engaged couple was arrested Tuesday evening following a domestic disturbance during which the woman reportedly ran the man's car off the road.

A teenager was wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening in Monroe. According to Sgt.

A letter posted to Facebook by City Council Vice Chairman Ray Armstrong suggests a fight between the mayor and the council could be brewing over funding for Gardner Denver Thomas.

Community groups, churches and civil rights organizations - particularly in the South - are making a determined effort to enroll more African-Americans for health care under the 2010 Affordable Care Act Community groups and civil rights organizations are scrambling to sign up African Americans for health insurance, particularly in the South, ahead ... (more)

A man who reportedly ran a stop sign in Monroe led police on a chase before running off into a ditch and trying to flee on foot.

According to Louisiana State Police, this vehicle which was traveling east bound on I-20 sideswiped another vehicle then continued through the median where it struck an 18-wheeler that was traveling west - EMERALD MCINTYRE/ THE NEWS-STAR According to police, a vehicle driven by Thomas Gilmer, 57, of Monroe, was traveling eastbound on I-20, when it ... (more)