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Fulks propels Louisiana to 84-67 victory over UL Monroe
February 17, 2023 GMTLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Themus Fulks had 17 points and Louisiana rolled to an 84-67 victory over UL Monroe on Thursday night.
Fulks added three steals for the Ragin' Cajuns (21-6, 11-4 Sun Belt Conference).
Moore’s 31 lead South Alabama over UL Monroe 72-64
February 4, 2023 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Isaiah Moore's 31 points led South Alabama over UL Monroe 72-64 on Saturday night.
Moore added six rebounds for the Jaguars (11-13, 5-7 Sun Belt Conference). Tyrell Jones scored 13 points and added six rebounds.
Thursday’s Scores
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Pinckney’s 24 lead Southern Miss over UL Monroe 65-60
January 7, 2023 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — DeAndre Pinckney's 24 points helped Southern Miss defeat Louisiana Monroe 65-60 on Saturday.
Pinckney had 11 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (14-3, 3-1 Sun Belt). Austin Crowley scored 21 points while shooting 8 for 11, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc, and added six rebounds.
Huefner scores 18, Sam Houston beats Louisiana-Monroe 79-53
December 15, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Cameron Huefner’s 18 points helped Sam Houston defeat Louisiana-Monroe 79-53 on Wednesday night.
Huefner shot 7 for 11, including 4 for 5 from beyond the arc for the Bearkats (8-2).
Thursday’s Scores
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Ex-cop sentenced to 6 1/2 years for kicking suspect in face
December 7, 2022 GMTSHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A former north Louisiana police officer has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for kicking a suspect in the face in 2020, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
Monday’s Scores
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Baffuto’s 20 lead UL Monroe over Champion Christian 101-46
December 3, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Victor Baffuto scored 20 points as UL Monroe beat Champion Christian 101-46 on Saturday night.
Baffuto shot 7 of 15 from the field and 6 for 8 from the line for the Warhawks (3-6).
Monday’s Scores
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Gore Jr.’s career day leads Southern Miss past UL Monroe
November 27, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Frank Gore Jr. ran for a career-high 199 yards and a key touchdown and Southern Mississippi became bowl eligible by defeating UL Monroe 20-10 on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles (6-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) qualified for a bowl for the 19th time since 1997 and will return to the postseason for the first time since 2019.
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Crawford scores 17 as Louisiana Tech defeats UL Monroe 79-58
November 22, 2022 GMTRUSTON, La. (AP) — Isaiah Crawford scored 17 points and Louisiana Tech defeated UL Monroe 79-58 on Monday night.
Crawford added eight rebounds for the Bulldogs (2-2). Keaston Willis shot 4 for 11, including 3 for 8 from beyond the arc to add 13 points.
Vidal’s 242 yards lead Troy past UL Monroe 34-16
November 20, 2022 GMTTROY, Ala. (AP) — Kimani Vidal rushed for a career-high 242 yards, Antonio Showers returned a fumble 13 yards for a touchdown, and Troy defeated Louisiana-Monroe 34-16 on Saturday.
Vidal's fourth career 100-yard game included two touchdown runs of five yards.
Friday’s Scores
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North Louisiana school district’s chief announces retirement
November 18, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — The superintendent of a northeast Louisiana school district has announced plans to retire.
Ouachita Parish Superintendent Don Coker told the parish School Board on Tuesday that he's leaving July 4, 2023, The News-Star reported.
No. 15 TCU starts fast in 95-60 win over Louisiana-Monroe
November 18, 2022 GMTFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Emanuel Miller had 16 points despite missing pregame shootaround with flu-like symptoms and JaKobe Coles scored 15 as 15th-ranked TCU rebounded from a bad home loss by overwhelming Louisiana-Monroe 95-60 on Thursday night.
Tuesday’s Scores
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Metskhvarishvili sparks ULM past Central Baptist 105-56
November 15, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Nika Metskhvarishvili had 15 points in UL Monroe’s 105-56 win against Central Baptist on Monday night.
Metskhvarishvili added five rebounds for the Warhawks (2-1). Victor Baffuto scored 14 points while shooting 6 of 6 from the field, and added nine rebounds.
Drake’s 2 TDs on defense helps ULM edge Georgia State 31-28
November 12, 2022 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Linebacker Quae Drake scored two touchdowns to help Louisiana-Monroe edge Georgia State 31-28 on Saturday.
Calum Sutherland's 54-yard field goal pulled UL Monroe within 28-23 early in the fourth quarter.
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UL Monroe rolls to a 111-59 rout of Dallas Christian
November 11, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Tyreke Locure scored 19 points as UL Monroe beat Dallas Christian 111-59 on Thursday night.
Locure also had seven rebounds, eight assists, and three steals for the Warhawks (1-1).
UL Monroe comes from 21 down to beat Texas State, 31-30
November 6, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Malik Jackson scored on a 3-yard run early in the fourth quarter to give Louisiana-Monroe the lead, and Texas State missed a field goal with seven seconds left as the Warhawks held on for a 31-30 victory on Saturday night.
Christie Sides hired as Indiana Fever’s new coach
November 4, 2022 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christie Sides is the new coach for the WNBA's Indiana Fever, the team announced Friday.
The former Fever assistant returns to Indiana after a one-year stint as an assistant with the Atlanta Dream.
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Jones scores 3 TDs in Army’s 48-24 victory over ULM
October 22, 2022 GMTWEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Jemel Jones scored a career-high three touchdowns and Army rallied in the second half to beat Louisiana-Monroe 48-24 on Saturday.
Jones, who began the year as the third-string quarterback, started his second straight game and rushed for 96 of Army's 441 yards on the ground.
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Bradley, Lee lead South Alabama over ULM 41-34
October 16, 2022 GMTMOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Carter Bradley threw three touchdown passes, Marco Lee ran for two scores and South Alabama beat Louisiana-Monroe 41-34 on Saturday night.
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David Lee, judge who oversaw school funding case, dies at 72
October 10, 2022 GMTMONROE, N.C. (AP) — A memorial service will be held this month for Judge David Lee, who presided for several years over a far-reaching North Carolina school funding case and ordered last year that taxpayer money be spent on student inequities.
McCall, Brown spark Coastal Carolina past UL Monroe 28-21
October 9, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Grayson McCall and Jared Brown hooked up for a go-ahead 56-yard touchdown and Coastal Carolina remained unbeaten with a 28-21 victory over UL Monroe on Saturday night.
CJ Beasley had two short touchdown runs to stake Coastal Carolina (6-0, 3-0 Sun Belt Conference) to a 14-7 lead after one quarter.
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UL Monroe rallies in fourth quarter, beats Louisiana 21-17
September 25, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Chandler Rogers and Malik Jackson had fourth-quarter touchdown runs and UL Monroe rallied to beat Louisiana 21-17 on Saturday night.
Momentum swung the Warhawks’ way when Rhys Byrns recovered a fumble after a loss of 23 yards on a Louisiana punt attempt, giving UL Monroe (2-2) the ball on the Ragin’ Cajuns’ 8-yard line.
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No. 2 Alabama opens SEC play against heavy underdog Vandy
September 22, 2022 GMTNick Saban wants more of the same from Alabama players in at least one regard.
Young, No. 2 Alabama roll over Louisiana-Monroe, 63-7
September 18, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama scored on a long touchdown pass, a pick-six and a blocked punt.
And that was just the first six minutes.
Bryce Young passed for three touchdowns and rushed for a fourth, Will Anderson Jr.
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Fire kills couple, ages 77 and 78; space heater may be cause
September 16, 2022 GMTDELHI, La. (AP) — A space heater may have touched off a blaze that killed a Louisiana couple in their 70s, the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office said Friday.
Bodies believed to be those of the 77-year-old woman and 78-year-old man who owned the house in Delhi were found in separate bedrooms early Wednesday, a news release said.
No. 2 Alabama hosts Louisiana-Monroe after Texas squeaker
September 15, 2022 GMTLouisiana-Monroe (1-1) at No. 1 Alabama (2-0), Saturday, 4 p.m. ET (SEC Network)
Line: Alabama by 49 1/2 according to Fanduel Sportsbook.
Week 3 Preview: ’Bama, Baylor out to avoid more Sun upsets
September 15, 2022 GMTTwo more Sun Belt teams get their shots at ranked teams Saturday, a week after two top-10 teams lost to Group of Five programs on the same day for the first time in the College Football Playoff era.
No. 2 Alabama hosts Louisiana-Monroe after close call
September 15, 2022 GMTNick Saban doesn’t have to give his players a history lesson.
The Alabama coach need only point to last weekend’s Sun Belt Conference stunners ahead of Saturday’s game against Louisiana-Monroe, incidentally the architect of the most humbling loss of his tenure in Tuscaloosa.
Rogers’ 4 TDs leads Louisiana-Monroe past Nicholls 35-7
September 11, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Chandler Rogers threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another score as Louisiana-Monroe rolled to a 35-7 victory over Nicholls on Saturday night.
Rogers was 20-of-25 passing for 253 yards and threw at least one completion each to 10 separate receivers.
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Playing Marilyn Monroe was life-changing for Ana de Armas
September 9, 2022 GMTVENICE, Italy (AP) — Andrew Dominik had been trying to make a movie about Marilyn Monroe for over a decade.
The film wouldn’t be a biopic, but an experiential portrait delving into the psyche of Marilyn Monroe and Norma Jeane.
Ewers’ QB debut at Texas included touchdowns, towed car
September 5, 2022 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers had quite the debut as Texas quarterback, even if it was a little rough around the edges.
The freshman threw his first interception before his first completion.
Ewers with 2 TD passes in Texas debut, a 52-10 win over ULM
September 4, 2022 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers passed for 225 yards and two touchdowns in his debut at quarterback for Texas and the Longhorns rolled over Louisiana-Monroe 52-10 Saturday night in the season-opener for both programs.
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Texas and new QB Ewers open season hosting ULM
September 1, 2022 GMTLouisiana-Monroe (0-0) at Texas (0-0), Saturday, 8:05 p.m. ET (Longhorn Network)
Line: Texas by 37 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Storms blamed in deaths of 3 in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
August 31, 2022 GMTMONROE, Mich. (AP) — Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman in Ohio.
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Suit alleging off-camera jail beatings revived
August 19, 2022 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for a lawsuit to proceed against guards and officials at a privately run north Louisiana jail where an inmate died with a fractured skull in 2015.
Trial delayed for man accused of killing Taiwanese woman
August 2, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — A trial has been delayed again for a man accused of fatally stabbing a Taiwanese woman who had just received a graduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe .
Beating victim cleared as Louisiana trooper awaits trial
July 28, 2022 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana has dropped its case against a Black man whose severe beating before his arrest in 2019 led to criminal charges and lawsuits against a state trooper.
Lockup for ‘high risk’ youth going up in northeast Louisiana
July 25, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — A $25 million facility for juvenile offenders deemed to be “high risk” is being built in northeast Louisiana at the Swanson Center for Youth at Monroe.
The News-Star reports that the Swanson center has a history of escapes and violence, a point noted by some critics of putting the new facility there.
Ex-Louisiana officer pleads guilty in excessive force case
July 1, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — A former north Louisiana police officer pleaded guilty Friday to kicking a man in the face as he lay on the ground with his hands behind his back during an arrest in 2020, federal prosecutors said.
La-Z-Boy: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
June 21, 2022 GMTMONROE, Mich. (AP) _ La-Z-Boy Inc. (LZB) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $57.5 million.
The Monroe, Michigan-based company said it had profit of $1.33 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.07 per share.
Abortion bill, confederate holiday removal signed by Edwards
June 21, 2022 GMTBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill that would make doctors who perform abortions subject to prison terms of one to 10 years — a measure that would take effect when and if the 1973 Supreme Court decision establishing abortion rights is overturned.
Miss Louisiana Organization kicks off 58th annual pageant
June 14, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Contenders vying for the title of Miss Louisiana 2022 are in the City of Monroe this week for the 58th annual competition.
Twenty-nine women were introduced by the Miss Louisiana Organization at a news conference Monday at the Jack Howard Theatre in the Monroe Civic Center, The News Star reported.
West Monroe to host first fair since 1970s
June 11, 2022 GMTWEST MONROE, La. (AP) — For the first time in decades, the City of West Monroe is hosting a fair.
The city used to host such a big, family-friendly event back in the 1970s known as the Ouachita Valley Fair.
Former U.S. Rep. John Cooksey of Louisiana dies at 80
June 8, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Cooksey, who served three terms representing Louisiana in the House and treated thousands as an eye surgeon, has died at the age of 80.
Cooksey, a Republican who served the 5th District from 1997 to 2003, died Saturday.
North Carolina man gets death sentence in daughter’s killing
June 4, 2022 GMTMONROE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to death for the 2019 murder of his teenage daughter, according to the local prosecutor's office.
The Union County District Attorney's Office said in a news release Friday that a jury handed the sentence down after about three hours of deliberations following the three-week trial of 35-year-old Joshua Lee Burgess.
Man, 4-month-old baby killed in North Carolina shooting
May 30, 2022 GMTMONROE, N.C. (AP) — A man and a 4-month-old baby boy are dead following a shooting in North Carolina, police said.
Officers responded to a home in Monroe just after 10 p.m. Sunday. WSOC-TV reports that police found 25-year-old Darion McClendon and 4-month-old Da’mari McClendon dead at the scene.
2 mothers getting masters degrees when their kids get BAs
May 14, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Two women are getting graduate degrees from a Louisiana university on the same day their children are graduating.
Shannon Dozier Ballew, of Monroe, and Krisha Williams, of Many, each received a Master of Arts in teaching on Saturday from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
3 years on, Ronald Greene’s family still waiting for justice
May 11, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Three years ago, when a beaten and bloody Ronald Greene drew his final breath on a rural roadside, his death in Louisiana State Police custody seemed destined for obscurity.
Family members were told — falsely — that he died in a car crash after a high-speed chase.
Battle to be Longhorns QB the talk of Texas this spring
April 23, 2022 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The biggest position battle in the Big 12 is at Texas quarterback.
No position carries more expectations in pursuit of getting the once-proud Longhorns back to the top of the league.
Manhunt underway for escaped inmate who killed a coworker
April 21, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Several law enforcement agencies on Thursday searched for an inmate on a work release detail who stabbed and killed a co-worker at the job site and fled, state corrections officials said.
South Carolina man gets 12 years for robbing 3 NC pharmacies
March 31, 2022 GMTASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for a series of armed robberies involving pharmacies in North Carolina, a federal prosecutor says.
Christopher Michaud, 43, of Chesterfield, South Carolina, was sentenced on Wednesday, said U.S.
Driver shot by North Carolina sheriff’s deputy dies
March 18, 2022 GMTMONROE, N.C. (AP) — A driver who was shot by a North Carolina sheriff's deputy as he tried to flee a traffic stop has died, authorities said Friday.
After a Union County sheriff’s deputy stopped a sedan in the parking lot of a convenience store in Monroe on Tuesday, the driver tried to flee and hit at least three department vehicles, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.
Officials: Driver who struck NC deputies’ vehicles shot
March 16, 2022 GMTMONROE, N.C. (AP) — A driver was shot as he tried to flee a traffic stop in North Carolina on Tuesday evening, striking sheriff’s deputies’ vehicles, officials said.
As a Union County Sheriff’s deputy initiated a stop on a sedan in the parking lot of the Sunny Food Mart in Monroe, the driver tried to flee and hit at least three deputy vehicles, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.
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Milwaukee Bradley Tech 84, Milwaukee North 54
Milwaukee Golda Meir 70, Milwaukee School of Languages 54
Julien lifts Louisiana-Lafayette past ULM 79-74
February 20, 2022 GMTLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Kobe Julien had a career-high 26 points plus 10 rebounds as Louisiana-Lafayette narrowly beat Louisiana-Monroe 79-74 on Saturday night.
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Louisiana trial delayed for man also charged in Mississippi
February 18, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prosecutor says a murder trial has been delayed while a defense attorney tries to discredit a piece of evidence.
Quinton Tellis, now 33, was indicted in May 2019 in the 2015 stabbing death of Meing-Chen Hsiao.
Brown scores 26 to lead Louisiana-Lafayette over ULM 78-77
February 18, 2022 GMTMONROE, La. (AP) — Kobe Julien hit the first of two free throws with two seconds left to lift Louisiana-Lafayette to a 78-77 win over Louisiana-Monroe on Thursday night.
Jordan Brown had 26 points and Jalen Dalcourt added 16 points for Louisiana-Lafayette (11-13, 6-8 Sun Belt Conference).