Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement District reports that a mosquito pool near Hidden Lakes Subdivision in West Monroe tested positive for West Nile Virus.

The mosquito pool was collected on Thursday, November 7.

The Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement District will not be able to conduct evening spraying for mosquitoes due to forecasted weather conditions. 

They advise when working outdoors, everyone should take protective measures that include wearing long-sleeved shirts, long pants and the use of an EPA approved repellant. 

Monroe Medical Center diverted people from entering the emergency room as part of safety measures Sunday.

After a patient entered with flu-like systems, the hospital was forced to initiate its Ebola protocol after learning that the patient had traveled to Africa according to officials.

The Louisiana Office of Public Health was notified by the hospital. The hospital learned that the patient had been to parts of Africa where the virus had not been found and decided that he did not carry the virus. 

Police in Louisiana have charged a 19-year-old who they say shot a 2-year-old girl in the head as she sat in the back seat of a car this weekend.

Republican Eddie Rispone says he’s disappointed at losing the Louisiana governor’s race but he’s thankful for his family and supporters and vowed to continue to work to improve the state.

Rispone spoke late Saturday in Baton Rouge after losing to the incumbent, Democrat John Bel Edwards.

He called on supporters to give a round of applause for President Donald Trump, noting that the president came down three times to the state to campaign.

Speaking of the president, Rispone said: “That man loves America and he loves Louisiana.”

Louisiana voters settled the nation’s last 2019 gubernatorial contest Saturday, giving the Deep South’s only Democratic governor a second term, rather than replacing him with a Republican businessman favored by President Donald Trump.

Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards overcame a strong challenge from Republican businessman Eddie Rispone, who had hoped Trump’s coattails would help him secure a victory in the crimson state where the president remains popular.

Louisiana voters will settle the nation’s last 2019 gubernatorial contest Saturday, deciding whether to give the Deep South’s only Democratic governor a second term or replace him with a Republican businessman favored by President Donald Trump.

Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards faces a strong challenge from Republican businessman Eddie Rispone, who is hoping Trump’s coattails help him secure a victory in the crimson state where the president remains popular.

A man walking across the Thomas Road overpass had a seizure and fell onto the median of I-20 Thursday morning.

Police say it happened around 9:00 a.m.

Traffic was momentarily stopped while first responders came to his aid.

The man was not identified and was taken to Glenwood Regional Medical Center for his injuries.

Richwood will vote on Saturday on a property tax which would be used to pay for a new lighting project on Hwy-165 south.

If the vote passes, the tax would be a yearly $26.25 fee for each piece of property owned by residents.

The funds raised off of the tax would be used on lights from Winnsboro Rd to Richwood high.