Monroe (Louisiana)

Kathy Renee Starr

Enid, OK — The funeral for Kathy Renee Starr, 49, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, at Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Brad Mendenhall will officiate. She was born Sept. 1, 1958, in Little Rock, Ark., to...

Biofuel -- new avenue for La. agriculture

Renewable energy seen as bright future at state ag-industry conference By Bob Moser The (Lafayette) Daily Advertiser Feb. 27, 2008 MONROE — Louisiana has the fertile land, crop variety, trade routes and petro-fuel expertise to...

Murray Otis Bridges, 69

Murray Otis Bridges, 69, of Oakland passed away Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 at his residence. He was born December 27, 1938 in Bastrop, La. to the late Otis and Pauline (McCain) Bridges. Mr. Bridges was a retired pharmacist for John...

Early August Quick and Dirty Conference Predictions

Sun Belt FAU should win in it again and be the representative in the New Orleans Bowl. Troy will compete with them for it as they do every year. Louisiana Lafayette and Louisiana Monroe will be right behind them. FIU and North...

CenturyTel Reports Second Quarter 2008 Earnings

MONROE, La., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Second Quarter Highlights (Excluding nonrecurring items reflected in the attached financial schedules) (In thousands, except per Quarter Quarter share amounts and subscriber Ended...

CenturyTel posts lower 2Q profit

MONROE, La. - Regional telecommunications service provider CenturyTel Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit declined 18 percent from a year ago, when results were boosted by a benefit of $49 million from a settlement....

Community Financial Insurance Adds Credo as Senior VP

Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...

Off-duty Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputy arrested

Associated Press MONROE, La. -- An off-duty Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputy was arrested by a state trooper on several charges, including drunken driving. Troopers say 28-year-old Douglas R. Stewart of West Monroe was booked...

La.-Monroe's top player arrested, expelled

MONROE, La. -- Regena Jackson, a leading scorer for Louisiana-Monroe last season, was arrested early Saturday for firing a gun from an apartment balcony, a university spokeswoman said, and was expelled from school. The...

Zayo Acquires Network and CLEC Operations in Five Markets

Zayo Group has completed the acquisition of the network and associated competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) operations in five markets from CenturyTel. Zayo Group is a provider of telecom services consisting of bandwidth,...