http://www.ouachitacitizen.com/ RSS Feed of The Ouachita Citizen en-us Copyright 2013 The Ouachita Citizen Sat, 18 May 2013 23:44:56 CDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12434 SHREVEPORT -- The attorney for former Monroe City Councilman Arthur Gilmore Jr., who was convicted of racketeering Thursday in U.S. District Court, said his client would continue fighting. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12434 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:42:25 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12433 A Ouachita Parish grand jury returned indictments against Todd R. Newton Thursday, charging him with one count of intimidating witnesses and several other misdemeanor counts. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12433 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:12:49 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12432 SHREVEPORT -- Former Monroe City Councilman Arthur Gilmore was found guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12432 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:10 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12431 Officers with the West Monroe Police Department arrested a 70-year-old Monroe man last Saturday on charges of urinating in public and disturbing the peace by intoxication. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12431 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12430 A West Monroe man who caused a disturbance at Waffle House on Thomas Road last Sunday resisted arrest and was grounded by a West Monroe police officer's "straight arm bar take down." http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12430 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12429 West Monroe police responded to a dispatch last week regarding a Tallulah man who started a physical confrontation with a woman outside the West Monroe police station at 2301 North 7th St. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12429 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12428 A Ruston man was arrested last Sunday for DWI after West Monroe police noticed the man driving fast on Bridge Street, making an improper lane change and nearly striking another vehicle on Stella Street. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12428 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12427 SHREVEPORT — Closing arguments were scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday (today) in the extortion and racketeering trial of former Monroe City Councilman Arthur Gilmore Jr. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12427 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12426 Retirement contributions will consume some 13 percent of the city of West Monroe's general fund budget in the fiscal year that begins July 1, but the city's accumulated surplus will rise to about $6.9 million over the next year. samhannajr@samhannajr.com (Sam Hanna, Jr.) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12426 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12425 In spite of protests from Mayor Jamie Mayo, the Monroe City Council introduced a measure Tuesday to limit the terms of interim city department heads appointed by the mayor. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12425 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12424 The Monroe City Council's regular meeting Tuesday night broke down into a heated debate between Mayor Jamie Mayo and Councilman Ray Armstrong as the two argued over whether to assign a "rating" to events held at city facilities. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12424 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12423 The town of Sterlington missed the deadline to constitutionally challenge a 1-cent sales tax the Ouachita Parish Police Jury has levied throughout the parish except in Monroe and West Monroe for more than three decades. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12423 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12422 A Florida man transporting 382 pounds of marijuana from Arizona to Florida was nabbed along Interstate 20 Saturday by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12422 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12421 A West Monroe man was arrested last week on charges of theft and disturbing the peace after the man told police he was "f---ed up" from smoking synthetic marijuana. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12421 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12417 By John Maginnis & Jeremy AlfordLaPOLITICS.com http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12417 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12416 Neville High School Principal Brent Vidrine was named superintendent of Monroe City Schools last week. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12416 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12415 Ruby Hellen Jones NationsRuby Hellen Jones Nations, 82, of West Monroe, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013. Her funeral was at 10 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe. Interment was at Alexandria Memorial Gardens in Alexandria.Visitation was Sunday. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12415 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12414 Greater Ouachita Water Co. has no right to challenge the town of Sterlington's annexation of property along U.S. Hwy 165 since Greater Ouachita is not a citizen or a public body, said Sterlington Mayor Vern Breland. sports@ouachitacitizen.com (Zach Parker) http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12414 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12406 A standoff between a West Monroe man and deputies with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office ended before 11 a.m. Wednesday after deputies gassed the man's residence and found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12406 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12395 SHREVEPORT -- The defense attorney for former Monroe city councilman Arthur Gilmore tried Tuesday to show that his client did not take bribes from the government's key witness, Monroe businessman Eddie Hakim. http://www.ouachitacitizen.com//news.php?id=12395 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:38:53 CDT