Monroe News

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)

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.