West Monroe News Archives

COADE announced today that the company has donated 43 seats of CADWorx Plant and 43 seats of CADWorx P&ID to Louisiana Technical College , Region 8, Delta Ouachita Campus, in West Monroe, Louisiana, to train students on using software for plant design and process and instrumentation diagram applications.

University of Louisiana at Monroe police arrested a West Monroe man early Sunday morning after he reportedly admitted to owning marijuana and an open bottle of Jagermeister that was found in a car in which he was a passenger.

Friends and family laid to rest Wednesday one of the most respected men in the law enforcement community.

A West Monroe construction company could secure almost $3 million in federal stimulus money, according to the state.

Area fishing fans are in for a treat Saturday when West Monroe product Jim Dillard, one of the nation's top pro fishermen, comes for a visit.

A number of state employees could be left biting their nails Monday, not knowing whether they'll have a job after July 1. That's the assessment state Sen.

KNOE has learned Ouachita Parish firefighters are on the scene of what is described as a "major" brushfire in a remote section of woods in West Monroe.

Local officials could announce by late next week how to pay for a $15-million incentives package local governments pledged to help lure V-Vehicle to Ouachita Parish.

Louisiana's Joint Legislative Budget Committee will consider whether to approve Gov.

Even though officials say it will be at least six months before a startup auto plant in Ouachita Parish begins taking job applications, investor James Davison says his unrelated company has been flooded with calls from people who want to work there.

Local law enforcement expects to get some federal help in its fight against gangs.

West Monroe boxing coach Sparky McDuffie has been boxing almost as long as he can remember.

Earlier this month, Ouachita Parish's three largest governments had just three days to approve cooperative endeavor agreements that would commit $15 million in local funding toward the new automotive manufacturing facility.

Local officials will begin work immediately to review financial options to facilitate the $15 million local incentive package that helped lure V-Vehicle to the former Guide plant.

Two years ago, Charles and Rebecca Frye made a life-changing decision. Instead of uprooting their young family and moving to Austin, Texas, to further their professional careers, the Homer natives decided to stay in West Monroe, start their own design firm, Deltablend Design, and raise a family.

Burl D. Hatfield, 20, 148 Hickory Bend Road, West Monroe was charged early Tuesday with aggravated battery, domestic violence and simple battery.

West Monroe Mayor Dave Norris received confirmation that the state plans to spend an additional $4.7 million on the Sparta Reuse Project.

Ouachita Parish deputies investigating a 'physical altercation' complaint at 104 S. Fairlane Drive in West Monroe early Wednesday morning arrested a couple living at the address.

A proposal to roll back tax cuts approved by the Legislature last year hit a road block again, this time at the hands of House Speaker Jim Tucker.

A lunch-hour wreck at the intersection of Lincoln and North Seventh Streets in West Monroe sent the driver of a blue Nissan Maxima and a passenger to Glenwood Regional Medical Center after they were knocked unconscious.

Legislators need to do a better job handling taxpayer funds but they're "doing the best we can" to compensate for a projected $1.4-billion budget shortfall, according to state Sen.

New business would potentially bring in 1,500 jobs Several local governmental entities met Friday to support funding of up to $15 million to help lure an undisclosed company to the former Guide Plant in Monroe.

West Monroe's Payten Thurmon not only has managed juggling being an artist, musician, writer and fashion designer, but she still finds time to play with her older brother.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Criminal Investigation Division, along with local, state and federal partners, arrested Jeffrey Pruett, 57, on 17 felony charges involving violations of his water discharge permit.

West Monroe Police Chief Christopher Elg has been working double duty, and he wouldn't have it any other way.

West Monroe's Parks and Recreation Department has a new leader and a new direction.

A West Monroe couple were arrested shortly after midnight today after members of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office SCAT team searched their apartment and found drugs for which they did not have prescriptions.

Jaymie McKinney of West Monroe was excited about getting to fight former LSU fullback Shawn Jordan in front of his hometown crowd at the Monroe Civic Center as part of the Bellator Fighting Championships IX event on Friday night.

A West Monroe man was charged with second-degree murder Thursday afternoon after he reportedly shook his two-month old son, causing severe brain damage to the child and leaving him on life support in the intensive care unit at St.

Jared Austin Burley, 19, of 145 Barr Lane, West Monroe, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a warrant accusing him of one count of pornography involving juveniles.

Downtown Monroe will be the site of a Gallery Crawl on this Thursday, June 4. The downtown trolley will be operating through the evening.

The driver of a vehicle pulling a trailer that was crossing in an out of lanes on Interstate was arrested Monday night on drug and traffic violations.

Ouachita deputies Sunday charged a Tinsley Road, West Monroe man for attacking a man with a bat.

Bond for a 35-year-old man charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile is $750. An arrest affidavit states a Ouachita Parish deputy was sent to the 200 block of Sandal Street in West Monroe in response to a complaint from a woman who said she gave her 15-year-old daughter permission to ride up the road to a store with an older ...