Monroe News

An inmate escapes from the Morehouse Parish Detention Center and authorities need your help finding him.

A month after Louisiana Sen. David Vitter introduced legislation that would end subsidized mobile phone service, one company that provides the cell phones sought to defend it.

In a little more than a week, the University of Louisiana at Monroe will begin ushering in its incoming freshmen and helping them acclimate to college life.

A Monroe man driving over the Lea Joyner Bridge with a 7-month-old child in the car was arrested by West Monroe police Saturday on multiple charges, including first offense DWI.

Ouachita Parish Sheriff Deputies have arrested the man involved in a standoff last week in West Monroe.

That Jeremy Neely is No. 9 in a "Duck Dynasty" photo contest -- out of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of entries -- is no shocker.

World War II veteran and Monroe resident Ken Booth will be presented the French National Order of the Legion of Honor on at 1:30 p.m., Friday, May 31, at the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum.

The Special Crimes Apprehension Team conducted a search warrant at 109 Delwood Dr.

Shaun Best, President and CEO of "Challenged Conquistadors, Inc." will present an informational program, "Ask Shaun" The Value of Wearing a Bike Helmet", on Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 10 am until Noon.

State senators on Tuesday killed a $3.5 billion public school funding proposal submitted to lawmakers by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, because of concerns about proposed changes to payments for special education and gifted students.

On May 20, 2013, at 7:09 a.m., Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop F responded to a single vehicle fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 15 south of Louisiana Highway 841.

This undated photo provided by A&E, shows Willie Robertson, star of A&E s Duck Dynasty, at his desk in his office at the Duck Commander warehouse in West Monroe, La.

A mosquito pool collected in Ouachita Parish has tested positive for West Nile Virus.

Court will resume at 9 a.m. Thursday. Jurors will hear closing arguments in the case before they begin deliberating.

Connie McGee sells a Powerball ticket to Cherri Cook, from Monroe, Wednesday at Louisville U-Pak-It. The jackpot was $360 million before Wednesday night's drawing.

At 2:15 p.m., Monroe Police responded to a battery call that involved a shovel in the 900 block of S. 9th St.

Around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department arrested 22-year-old West Monroe woman, Jimmie Janae Wilburn, for Domestic Abuse Aggravated Assault and Domestic Abuse Battery.

Graduating high school senior girls interested in sorority rush at colleges and universities during the fall or spring terms of the upcoming year may pick up a Rush Information Form at The Cotton Patch, 607 Louisville Ave., Monroe.

Monroe fire fighters responded to a house fire in south Monroe just before noon Monday.

This weekend, May 17th through 19th, the Dragon Boat Races will be held on Bayou Desiard in Monroe.