West Nile returns
by Michael DeVault - posted Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 1:54 pm

A potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus has returned to the parish for another year, according to the state Department of Health and Hospitals.

A test pool in Monroe's Garden District neighborhood has tested positive for the West-Nile virus, Ouachita Parish Mosquito Control announced Friday.

Mosquito Control director Shannon Rider said the pools were collected between May 23 and May 25.

For a complete look at this developing story, pick up the June 6 print edition of The Ouachita Citizen.