West Monroe News

West Monroe Mayor Dave Norris thought his city's Sparta Reuse Project had hit a dead end two years ago when he saw the price tag on the facility that would take some of the pressure off the receding aquifer that supplies drinking water to most of northeastern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

"That's all we've got up there," said Smith, who took the Day 1 lead in the third Central Open of the season.

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Kleinpeter Farms Dairy has expanded its ice cream sales into north Louisiana, which will be followed in about a year by sales there of the dairy's milk.

West Monroe High School freshman Hamilton Winters committed to serving others at a very young age.

Seven missionaries from White's Ferry Church of Christ in West Monroe were detained Saturday by Mexican border guards for around 16 hours and a van and trailer full of donated medical supplies is being held by Mexican authorities, according to one of the church's senior pastors.

Residents can visit the following website for information about ROAD CLOSURES: www.opso.net POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES Entergy crews are on standby in the event of loss of power.

A University of Louisiana at Monroe toxicology graduate is coordinating a Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day, a first for Ouachita Parish.

West Monroe coach Don Shows said it is still undecided when the Rebels will play Natchitoches Central.

Tashica D. Dillon, 30, 102 Forest Hill Drive, West Monroe, was booked Thursday on warrants for distribution of Ecstacy, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone and Alprazolam.

Bravo and applause to the West Monroe High School Theater Department, under the direction of Shirley Allen Field, for defying the weather and continuing the 30-year tradition of the annual Fine Arts Audition Workshop.

As flu rates remain high in the state, a handful of providers have begun offering H1N1 flu vaccines in northeastern Louisiana.

The Monroe Civic Center will host the World Tournament of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association in 2011, thanks to the efforts of Monroe-West Monroe Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

What began as theft allegations ended with a prostitution charge and a trip for four to the Ouachita Correctional Center early Friday morning.

It's been 10 years since MercyMe frontman Bart Millard wrote 'I Can Only Imagine,' a personal song about his father's early death that catapulted the group to nothing short of superstardom.

Metro Narcotics agents arrested four people Thursday afternoon suspected of drug activity.

Singles Power Weekend, sponsored by First Baptist Church of West Monroe, begins at $7 p.m. Oct.

'Swing into Autumn,' the Louisiana Big Band dance and fundraiser is from 7-10 p.m. Saturday at the West Monroe Convention Center.

LifeShare Blood Centers celebrates its 30th anniversary this year as the organization recognizes the thousands of blood donors who've helped save thousands of lives over the past three decades.

State Supreme Court candidate Jimmy Faircloth agreed to refrain from using the word "sanction" in some campaign advertisements directed toward his opponent in the Saturday, Oct.