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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Recall Defeated
Brown says Richwood will have to pay over $6,000 for failed recall election On Saturday, 254 voters in Richwood cast votes in a battle to remove Mayor Gerald Brown from office. With a 13% turnout, only 101 voters voted in…
As Richwood Recall election looms, war of words continues
As Richwood voters prepare to decide the political fate of incumbent mayor Gerald Brown Saturday in a special recall election, the war of words between the mayor and the majority of his board of aldermen continues. Last week, in a…
Richwood recall looms next week, Brown defends Mayo services
Richwood voters will go to the polls next week to decide whether to recall Mayor Gerald Brown. Last week the board of alderman tabled budget submitted by the mayor, until its next meeting which will be after the recall election.…
As Richwood mayoral recall approaches, leadership standoff continues
As the December 11th recall election approaches for Richwood Mayor Gerald Brown, the majority of the town’s aldermen are in opposition to just about anything the mayor proposes.  Wilbert Reed, mayor pro-team of the Richwood Board of aldermen, says…
Richwood gives Mayo $15,000 contract, but may snatch it back
Former Monroe Mayor James Mayo, landed a second contract last week, that could add $15,000 to his consultant coffers. Last week the Richwood Board of aldermen voted 4-1 to approve a contract between the Town of Richwood and…
Richwood aldermen concerned over police chief’s ethics, expenses
The police chief of Richwood has been arrested for domestic violence in another parish and is a suspect in another violent behavior complaint, but he remains in charge of the Richwood police department, a fact which has caused a rift…