Kaitlin Maness

The Ouachita Parish School Board agreed Tuesday to distribute some $291,184 of the school system’s current timber sale profits to eight parish elementary schools, giving them each some $36,398 respectively to buy playground equipment or fund various safety measures.

Glenwood Regional Medical Center has started preparing for new ownership in spite of several delays in its sale in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, hospital officials say.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury agreed earlier this week to revise the Ouachita Parish Coroner’s office budget for fiscal year 2024 to include additional personnel expenditures while also trimming the office’s spending by $187,000.

The church that Mark Taylor, or Mr. TaylorMade, attended as a child in Rayville did not allow music but Taylor would soon find himself drawn to a keyboard—and his life-long passion—behind the doors of another church in Oak Ridge.

Gov. Jeff Landry commended northeastern Louisiana for its economic development efforts and teased a major announcement regarding the area later this year, during the annual state of the state luncheon last week.

State House Speaker Phillip DeVillier says the next obstacle for Louisiana to overcome is tax reform as a projected $340-million deficit looms over lawmakers’ heads for 2025.

The Ouachita Parish School Board adopted a $155-million spending plan Tuesday for the school system’s general fund for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

Residents of McHenry Gin Road in Monroe attended the Ouachita Parish Police Jury’s meeting Tuesday to oppose a new solar farm development on U.S. Hwy 165.

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson toured the Clarke M. Williams Innovation Campus last week and shared his vision for northeastern Louisiana, including the potential development of an artificial intelligence (AI) data center as well as the expansion of the state’s energy industry.

Local and state officials gathered in the town of Richwood last week to celebrate the completion of a $2.9-million roadway lighting project along U.S. Hwy 165 that has been in the works for the past eight years.