West Monroe News

An inmate escapes from the Morehouse Parish Detention Center and authorities need your help finding him.

A Monroe man driving over the Lea Joyner Bridge with a 7-month-old child in the car was arrested by West Monroe police Saturday on multiple charges, including first offense DWI.

The West Monroe Board of Aldermen will act on the city's proposed $18.6 million 2013-14 fiscal year budget on June 11.

Ouachita Parish Sheriff Deputies have arrested the man involved in a standoff last week in West Monroe.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed six bills into law Thursday. The bills were the first pieces of legislation to make it to the governor's desk and be approved during the 2013 legislative session.

A West Monroe business is also hoping to leave a lasting impression on folks in Oklahoma.

World War II veteran and Monroe resident Ken Booth will be presented the French National Order of the Legion of Honor on at 1:30 p.m., Friday, May 31, at the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.