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If it takes a little longer, then that's fine because we just want it done correctly." The plan is being developed by consultants Jay Garner of Competitive Strategies Group, based in Atlanta, and Angela Kemper. Two years ago, Garner developed an economic...
Tags: Ouachita Parish, western ouachita, Newton, West Monroe's Economic Development, Eric Hale, DRC, developers plan, economic developers, visioning project, Monroe, Monroe Louisiana, Ouachita Parish Louisiana, Monroe Louisiana metropolitan area
A Hebert woman was accused of smashing a vodka bottle against her boyfriend's face. Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies charged Elizabeth Cribbs, 33, with aggravated second-degree battery. Cribbs' arrest affidavit indicated she was also arrested on warrants...
Tags: Elizabeth Cribbs, Monroe, Evidence law, Affidavit, Law Crime, Human Interest
Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies said a Calhoun man grabbed his wife's neck when she refused to let him in bed. Mikel Auttonberry, 43, was charged with domestic abuse battery, arrested and taken to Ouachita Correctional Center. According to an arrest...
Tags: Christopher Hamilton, domestic abuse, Monroe, Social Issues, Law Crime, Mikel John Obi, Ouachita Parish Louisiana, Monroe Louisiana metropolitan area
But the pet you buy today may be the one you want to rid yourself of by Jan. 1. There are plenty of financial and lifestyle commitments that many people overlook when deciding to buy a pet, according to an area animal shelters director. "They have to...
Tags: Monroe, Pets, Animal shelter, Pet, Social Issues, Pet Emergency Management, Human Interest
She said she finished reading the 2,074-page Senate Health Reform Bill at 6 p.m. Saturday and condensed it to four bullet points for Sunday editions of The News-Star. Pretty good, huh? She overlooked pertinent parts of the proposed legislation that create...
Tags: landrieu, medicare, senate, mary, Mary Landrieu, health care, Monroe, United States National Health Care Act, United States public debt, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States federal budget
A grandmother was charged with cruelty to a juvenile and criminal neglect of family early Friday after her 3-year-old child was found crying and wandering in the parking lot of Walmart in Monroe. A Monroe police report said Emma Williams, 47, of Bastrop...
Monroe police late Thursday arrested Josie Tribble, 50, 511 S. Fourth St., Monroe on charges of open container and introduction of contraband into the Ouachita Correctional Center. An arrest affidavit said officers stopped a vehicle in the 1200 block...
Tags: Josie Tribble, Monroe, Tribble, Arrest warrant, Monroe Louisiana, Louisiana African American Heritage Trail, Ouachita Parish Louisiana, Warrants, Criminal law, Monroe Louisiana metropolitan area, Law Crime
Monk, 20, on charges of simple battery, criminal trespass and intoxication after he slapped a woman at a Sterlington Road address. An arrest affidavit said the victim reported that when she asked Monk why he was sitting in her car at 2903 Sterlington...
Tags: Monroe, Tort law, Battery, Trespass, Crimes, Public intoxication, Real property law, Suspect, Criminal law, Law Crime
With the Christmas and New Year's holidays just around the corner, safety officials say people need to take extra care to keep their families safe. For example, Red Cross emergency services director Carroll Babb said people should make sure their Christmas...
Tags: Charlie Simmons, Carroll Babb, Billy Crawford, Kenneth Green, space heaters, Monroe, Environment, Fire safety, Fire prevention, Home appliances, Christmas tree, Fire protection, Disaster Accident, Space heating, Fireplaces
Updated 5 minutes ago Mapp Ivey lost four starters and 80 percent of his scoring and rebounding off last year�s Social Circle girls basketball team that went 21-6 and made it all the way to the Class A Elite Eight...Not so fast, says the second year Lady...
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