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News
Town pursues USDA funding
A U.S. Department of Agriculture loan may help the Town of Sterlington build its own water treatment facility. |
Huenefelds unveil Millhaven North
A 725-acre tract of land in eastern Ouachita Parish could become the home of retail, business and light industrial development if the plans of one Ouachita Parish family come to fruition. |
ULM moves event to Civic Center
Due to an overwhelming demand for tickets to ULM Lyceum Series Speaker Nicholas Sparks, the event will move to a bigger venue—the Civic Center's W.L. "Jack" Howard Theatre, located at 401 Lea Joyner Memorial Expressway. |
City schools earn clean audit
Monroe City Schools has something to brag about after an auditing firm issued the highest possible audit opinion of the school system's finances. |
'Handwriting on the wall'
Monroe City School Board member Rodney McFarland says the School Board should be prepared for a major change in the immediate future. |
Tempo
Strauss Theatre to present 'Earnest'
Tickets are on sale now for "The Importance of Being Earnest," a collaborative effort between the Strauss Theater Center and The Northeast Louisiana Player's Guild. |
Suit donations sought
For the sixth year in a row, Monroe-West Monroe Business and Professional Women will participate in the Dress for Success Send-One-Suit drive. |
Dianne Cage: Jan. 26, 2012
Howdy to JERRY HIGHTOWER, KENNY CAGLE, KEN WAGLEY, GEORGE LUFFEY, DELTON HEARN, MIKE MULHEARN, JAMES McLEMORE, BURT HATTEN, JOHNNY T. JOHNSON and my favorite uncle, DAVIS BAKER. It is always a treat to run into these guys, makes you feel good! |
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Columns
'If I were the devil'
I was impressed with this article by Paul Harvey, and it's just too good to pass up. I hope you find it, as I did, "Right on Target!"
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Best thoughts come in the morning
My morning walks always stir my memory pool. The beauties of the early mornings give birth to the best of thoughts. Thoughts that returned me to the days at my grandparents' home. My daddy was a country boy who was raised on a little farm a few miles from Crowville, Louisiana until he left to go off to college in the 1930s. |
Region sees continued good real estate numbers
Most have now seen the new cleaners in town called 'Lapels'. They currently operate two stores in Monroe — one on North 18th Street at Forsythe Avenue and the other at Hwy. 165 North. They are now opening their first West Monroe store at 5500 Cypress Street (Hwy. 80) in the Tuscan Square Shopping Center, located just west of the Well Road intersection. |
Knee-jerk reaction to ambitious proposal
It didn't take long for more than a few educators to express their reservations about Gov. Bobby Jindal's wide-ranging proposal to reform K-12 public education in Louisiana. |
Sports
Ouachita salutes football team
The Following players for Ouachita Lions' football team were recognized with awards at the Ouachita Football Awards Banquet held on January 20th at the school's Mann Center: |
Mike Leach reading
I expected the book "Swing Your Sword" by Mike Leach to be an
entertaining read. |
Soccer season enters final week
As the prep soccer season completes its final weeks of regular season action, it is time to look at those teams that have viable shot of making the post season. |
Sterlington takes two
The Sterlington Panthers boys and girls basketball teams find themselves in similar situations as the District 2-2A season reaches its midpoint. |
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