Gary Mays

A former support staff worker at Monroe High School has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex assault charges.

A Monroe man was sentenced to a consecutive 10-year sentence Oct. 23 on combined charges of burglary and third-degree sexual assault.

MONROE — In one of the only contested county races on the 2024 ballot, a former state treasurer is vying for the Green County treasurer job, along with another prominent woman who also has government experience.

Is she a ‘monster’ in grandma’s death or ‘victim of a frame-up?’

DARLINGTON — The prosecution Thursday, Nov. 7 was still presenting its case in the Lafayette County murder trial of Shannon Bussan, accused of killing an elderly Benton woman in her home in 2023.

The Fowler Dental board members stand right of the sign, while the team is kneeling in front. The Fowler/Kettle family stands to the left.

DARLINGTON — Shannon Bussan, accused of killing an 83-year-old Benton woman in the victim’s home in 2023, was found guilty of the crime by a Lafayette County jury last week and now faces a potential life sentence.

MONROE — The push to eliminate fluoride from the city’s drinking water supply suffered a setback recently, as an ordinance doing just that died narrowly in committee.

MONROE — A rural Monticello man who arranged to have his own boat stolen as part of an attempted insurance scam has pleaded no contest and been found guilty of theft charges in Green County Circuit Court.

MONROE — Public safety officials braced for Thursday’s first snow event of the winter, but it is not just snow that has them nervous — it is the ever-growing threat of striking a deer.