If you get a speeding ticket in the mail from the Town of Richwood’s new automated ticket system, what should you do? Some have paid the $180 fines, but at least one man filed suit to challenge the legality of…
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Funeral services set for Willie Mae Lawrence
Funeral services for well known resident Willie Mae Lawrence will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Greater Antioch Baptist Church. Her official obituary reads as follows: Willie Mae, the second of seven children of the late John Myles…
Funeral for Coach Jesse Burnette set for Saturday
Funeral services for Jesse Burnette, one of the state’s most outstanding basketball coaches, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Faith Harvest Baptist Church. Services are under the auspices of Tenant Funeral Home Burnette ended a…
Fate of local Head Start program to be decided next week
The fate of the Head Start program in Ouachita Parish is hanging by a thread as the government decides whether to renew the local contract. Head Start is operated by Prime Time Family Reading, Inc, based in New Orleans.…
Shelling says state should tread cautiously when changing letter grades
The State Superintendent of Education says he wants to change the standards that give “A” ratings to schools, and one school board candidate thinks he may be right but should proceed cautiously. Brenda Shelling, a recognized expert in educational circles,…
DA: Deborah Smith can run for school board seat
Deborah Smith can legally run for the District 4 seat on the Monroe City School Board. District Attorney Steve Tew said Deborah Smith can run for the seat although she is not a resident of the newly redrawn district because…
Saturday Services set for Hazel Millage Jones, 67
Funeral services for a prominent church “Mother” will be held this weekend. Services for Hazel May Millage Jones, 67, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church. She was a sainted “Mother” of the…