Richwood News

Former Richwood Police Chief Wysinger Cleveland is fed up. Since the 1970s, the town's leadership has put up with overgrown and abandoned lots spread throughout the town.

Richwood police arrested a 46-year-old woman Friday after her neighbor accused her of breaking his window with a shovel.

Summer construction and renovation projects at Ouachita Parish school system facilities are on schedule due to the dry weather.

Bids for the construction of a new Richwood Middle School are scheduled to be opened Aug.

Richwood police arrested Derick Freddale Long, 29, 122 Althea Drive, Richwood, Monday after he reportedly picked up his girlfriend and threw her onto the floor before kicking and punching her.

The flood-prone Tanglewood neighborhood in southeastern Ouachita Parish should see some short-term relief from flash floods following the completion of a small drainage-control project by the Ouachita Parish Police Jury.

Former NFL standout Joe Profit learned his life lessons in the streets of Richwood, in the schools of Ouachita Parish, on the football and track fields at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and at his mother's knees.

The survivors of a mother and daughter who were killed by shotgun blasts fired by the daughter's estranged husband are suing the city of Monroe for unspecified monetary damages claiming police were negligent.

Ouachita Parish School Superintendent Bob Webber announced the transfer of Richwood Principal Anthony Killian to the Ouachita Parish Alternative Center and Janet Dollar, current principal of OPAC, to the central office to work with the Title I federal program.

An early morning fire today raged for four hours and reduced a Richwood nightclub to charred beams and ash.

Naomi Bolden, 1104 S. Ninth St. Monroe, was charged at 12:18 a.m. Friday with unauthorized use of a moveable and reckless operation.

Ronald Hodge clapped his hands as he watched the prison choir rehearse songs in Richwood Correctional Center's meeting room.

Four Ouachita Parish schools and two Monroe city schools are in line for state grant money for educational initiatives to help address the dropout issue and give students a successful transition from high school.

Ouachita Parish officials said Friday there will probably be some discussions about ways to possibly prevent the loss of taxpayers' dollars in the aftermath of Thursday's arrest of the man responsible for collecting sales taxes throughout the parish.

Chris J. Cooper, 25, 11 Slater Drive, Monroe, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center before dawn today on charges of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, false imprisonment and resisting an officer by failing to give his name.

This weekend over 60 basketball teams are making their way to Monroe for the Amateur Athletic Union Super Regional Basketball Tournaments.

The construction of two new Ouachita Parish library branches will cost about $4.5 million.

The Community Prayer Partners has formed a partnership with Richwood Mayor Steve B. Hunter to participate in an ongoing cleanup initiative in the town.

Late in the proposal process, when it became clear the Ouachita Parish Police Jury did not have the resources to pursue a federal grant for prisoner re-entry programs, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office changed tack.

Under a large canvas tent in the middle of a Richwood Correctional Center courtyard lined with concertina-wire fencing, an 18-man choir in black robes swayed to the rhythm of its own gospel music.