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West Monroe, Louisiana is located in Ouachita Parish. Zip codes in West Monroe, LA include 71291, 71294, and 71292. The median home price in West Monroe is $146,200. More West Monroe information.

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13 hrs ago | The Town Talk

Lawmakers hope to block plan for abortion clinic in New Orleans

Louisiana lawmakers are looking for ways to create roadblocks for Planned Parenthood's construction of a new facility in New Orleans that would provide abortions and health-care services for women.

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17 hrs ago | The Town Talk

Louisiana Senate panel rejects new school funding formula

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.

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22 hrs ago | NOLA.com

Fee schedule for Early Steps program backed by Senate health panel

The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare approved a measure Wednesday building a cost participation schedule for a program providing therapy services to developmentally disabled toddlers and infants under the age of 3. House Bill 375 by Rep.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Denver Post

"Duck Dynasty" stars make a call on Castle Rock for school benefit

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.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Times-Picayune

Les Miles makes impact on West Monroe's Cameron Robinson, mother too

Miles would love to add Robinson, a consensus five star, to a recruiting class that's already ranked No.

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Tue May 14, 2013

KARD

Woman Arrested For Threatening Husband, Child with Box Cutter

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.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Times

Notes from the Legislature's regular session

BATON ROUGE -- Local school districts could choose their own textbooks rather than having to follow a state-approved list in order to use state dollars to pay for them, under a bill that received approval from the House in a 73-22 vote.

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KARD

PAWS of NELA 10th Anniversary Celebration

PAWS of Northeast Louisiana, a local organization striving to help homeless animals in the region find good homes, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the organization's existence this Thursday, May 16th.

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KARD

Police: Suspects Bring Child Along While Shoplifting

West Monroe Police Detectives need your help in identifying local shoplifting suspects.

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KARD

Ouachita Parish Public Library Gears Up for Children's Book Week

The Ouachita Parish Public Library is participating in the nearly 94th Annual Children's Book Week, May 13-19, with a week-long celebration of the children and young adult authors and illustrators of Louisiana, hosting two young adult authors and a children's author at two of their branches.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The News-Star

Textbook bill draws criticism

Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, said Friday his bill to give local school districts more flexibility in selecting textbooks has been wrongfully characterized as being about teaching creationism in the classroom.

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Sat May 11, 2013

The News-Star

Bunn and Austin

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cox and Mr. Jeffrey Bunn of West Monroe, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to Jonathan David Austin, son of Mr.

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The News-Star

Police arrest man accused of 3rd DWI

Calvin Browhow, 55, of 2710 Bennie Breece St., West Monroe, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on charges of driving while intoxicated , driving under suspension, no turn signal and an open container.

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The Gazette

Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses

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.

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Fri May 10, 2013

The News-Star

Prep Baseball: State tournament updates

After downpours in the New Orleans area, West Monroe is still unable to resume its game against No.

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The News-Star

Crawfish, music keep seniors smiling

Some got up and danced in the aisles to songs of yesterday while many sat laughing and talking with friends in a packed West Monroe Convention Center.

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The Town Talk

Bills to revamp La. early childhood education advance

Proposals to tie public funding to student performance and issue letter grades to Louisiana's public and private early childhood education programs are finding easy passage through the Legislature.

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Ouachita Citizen

PJ approves Brown for homeland security post

Monroe native Archie Neal Brown will take up the duties of homeland security director for Ouachita Parish after Tracy Hilburn resigned from the position March 31.

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Ouachita Citizen

Woman disturbs peace in drunken manhunt

West Monroe police responded to a call Monday night at Motel 6 where a white female was screaming at customers about someone raping her daughter.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The News-Star

Police arrest man with illegal prescription

Larry Hendrix, 34, of 114 Patsy Ann Drive, West Monroe, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on a possession of Clonazepam charge.

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