The Ouachita Citizen

09/25/2025

Sen. Jay Morris also said there is a need for a system that allows the public to easily access accurate information about the criminal justice system. Getting data from various jurisdictions throughout the state can be like pulling teeth, though the work underway by the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board, chaired by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Scott Schlegel, could help make such a system possible.

Louisiana lawmakers are likely to again consider changing the rules around whether criminal defendants must face a jury or only a judge, which would require changing the state Constitution.

09/25/2025

Ouachita Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested a Monroe woman last weekend for crashing a tractor into the front gate of an Entergy plant while suspected by authorities of being intoxicated.

09/25/2025

One in three high school students in the state use a va**ng device, or “v**e,” on a daily basis, while one in five middle school students in the state v**e daily. A “v**e” is a battery-powered device that heats up a liquid, often containing ni****ne, and produces an aerosol for inhalation.

The number of ni****ne v**es, or electronic ci******es, being confiscated weekly from K-12 students from public schools across northeastern Louisiana is on the rise, local experts say.

09/24/2025

“That’s the name he submitted to me,” McFarland said. “It will be voted up or it will be voted down at the next meeting.”

Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis recently appointed Calvin Jones, of Shreveport, to serve as the city’s director of community affairs, city officials disclosed earlier this week.

09/23/2025

Get caught up on all the gridiron action in the parish!

09/23/2025

Sterlington and West Ouachita clash in Week 4. What other games are we looking forward to this week?

North Louisiana and South Louisiana collide in week four.

09/23/2025

"Any learned man or woman can attest that it is impossible to engage in a non-violent, civil discussion with an element of society whose first reaction when confronted with the truth is to stick their fingers in their ears and shout, 'Don’t bother me with the facts! I’ve already made up my mind!'

That’s the radical Left, and as time continues to pass, it is becoming more than apparent that the radical Left cannot function in a civilized society."

The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a noon rally at a university in Utah last week was an alarming, gut-wrenching end of the life of a young man

09/22/2025

https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/sports/lswa-polls-following-week-3/article_a62864ae-5d9c-4987-afc3-b5143652ce87.html

Class 5ASchool, 1st rec, points, Prev. rank1. Karr (11) 3-0 132 12. Catholic-Baton Rouge 3-0 117 23. Ruston 3-0 114 34. Central 3-0 87 55. St. Augustine 3-0 81 66.

09/22/2025

West Ouachita gains more momentum ahead of Sterlington clash:

Getting punched in the mouth is a given Friday night.

09/20/2025

River Oaks' Andrew Robinson and Torrance Cooks have monster performances against Ben's Ford:

When you have limited possessions against an offense that takes its time and milks the clock, you better make the most of them.

09/20/2025

Speaking of Mayor Friday Ellis, City Council Chairman Rodney McFarland said, “He’s anti-black. You better believe he is anti-black.”

Gov. Jeff Landry intervened in a squabble between Mayor Friday Ellis and the Monroe City Council earlier this week, appointing Timothy Williams as Monroe’s new fire chief and sparking racially

09/20/2025

St. Frederick still trying to find its footing against tough non-district slate:

A rigorous non-district schedule continues to provide bumps and bruises for the St. Frederick Warriors.