West Monroe News

Metro Narcotics agents arrested a former Monroe police officer and two others Thursday afternoon on drug charges.

SHREVEPORT - The man who was killed when an 18-wheeler careened across Interstate 20 and crashed into his pickup has been identified as 49-year-old Lanny W. Franks, of West Monroe, according to the Caddo Parish ...

Louisiana State Police and Food and Drug Administration agents executed a sealed federal search warrant Thursday at an office building located at 3602 Cypress St.

State police and agents with the Food and Drug Administration are executing a search warrant at 3602 Cypress Street in West Monroe .

Area Legislators expressed mixed feelings this week after Gov. Bobby Jindal nixed some $600,000 in state appropriations that were targeted for northeastern Louisiana parishes.

Voters will decide just three local elections in the fall election cycle. That's the case following the close of qualifying, which took place July 9-11. In contested elections locally, Monroe City Court Judge ...

Local elected officials turned out in numbers Wednesday to qualify for the Nov. 4 general election.

KENNER, LA U.S. Senate candidate John Kennedy this morning rolled out his campaign for US Senate against Mary Landrieu with a week long bus tour across Louisiana called "Stand Up Louisiana." From July 8-11, the ...

The price tag on construction of the proposed fourth Ouachita Parish bridge will likely be $100 million more than expected, according to a state feasibility study scheduled to be completed within the next ...

Louisiana Tech sophomore golpher Clinton Shepard has been in a slump of late, but it's safe to say he's broken out of it.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury took the first step Monday toward eliminating West Ouachita Sewer District No.

Monroe city officials on Thursday presented $500,000 to northeastern Louisiana legislators.

Ron Coody lives in Istanbul, Turkey, where gas is $10 a gallon, and there's a tinge of anti-Americanism, so anytime his family of seven returns to the United States, it's a treat.

Qualifying moved briskly on Wednesday as candidates for local offices turned out in droves to officially throw their hats into the ring for the fall elections.

After more than 10 years in Kiroli Park, West Monroe's annual Christmas lights display will have a new home in the upcoming holiday season.

State Treasurer John Kennedy wants to take the reforms that have swept across the state to the nation's capitol.

Kaytlin Rogers has enjoyed competing in an air-conditioned arena for the past three years.

West Monroe police arrested an Arizona man after they discovered during a wreck investigation he was an illegal immigrant.

What started as the brainchild of two women as a way to celebrate the Fourth of July has become a Monroe institution.

The Chief Tusquahoma chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a program about the history of West Monroe featuring Larry Foreman of the Ouachita Parish Public Library.