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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)

A Monroe man, arrested Friday after he reportedly sent hundreds of obscene text messages may have been involved in similar cybercrimes in another state.

Louisiana State Police say 57-year-old Thomas Gilmer of Monroe has died in the fatal wreck wreck on Interstate 20 between Rayville and Start.

West Monroe police officers were dispatched to Wal-Mart at approximately 8:30 p.m. in reference to seven black males causing a disturbance in the store, throwing items and using profanity.

MONROE -- 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 A-list entertainer Jennifer Hudson.

Several local students have been recognized by the University of Arkansas for their academic achievements during the 2013 fall semester.

Charles Kincade, a Monroe attorney, has been appointed to the Louisiana State Bar Association House of Delegates by LSBA President Richard Leefe.

Editor's Note: In the coming weeks, we will share some of our favorite columns written by the late Wiley Hilburn, longtime News-Star columnist and professor emeritus at Louisiana Tech University.

Sheng Winson Wang, a resident of Monroe, recently was named to the Dean's List at Boston University for the fall semester.

University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Education alumni Anthony Trombatore of Monroe and Kendra Slover of Vidalia recently were recognized by the National Association for Alternative Certification.

We were so proud of our area's young ladies in the royal court. My stunning niece Cate Creed had the best time as a Washington Mardi Gras princess along with Congressman Vance and Kelly McAllister's beautiful daughter, Princess Anna Claire and Monroe's Betty and Walter Hastings' granddaughter, gorgeous Princess Elizabeth Jane Sherman who was Cate's ... (more)

Anna George of Monroe was named to the dean's list at Logan University at the end of the college's fall trimester.

The following crimes were among those reported to the Monroe and West Monroe police departments and the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office from noon Thursday through noon Friday.

The 11th Annual Lenten Fish Fry at the Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Louisiana at Monroe will kickoff Friday and will continue on Fridays, March 14, 21, March 28, April 4 and ending on April 11. "This is our primary fundraiser for the entire year as it helps to continue our mission of encouraging our students both academically and ... (more)