Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

There are some things, that no matter how long an individual lives, that person will remember that particular instance for the rest of their lives. It takes on a different( and maybe special) if that instance happens when that individual is very...

Officers of the Monroe Police Dept. arrested a suspect who was alleged to have been involved in an automobile chase where shots were fired during the encounter. Officers would arrest a suspect identified as 36-year-old Isaac C. Bradley as the driver...

It wasn’t for the faint of heart. It was words that needed to be said and heard in hopes that mistakes made by a school board or any school board in America would not happen again. But at a school board meeting on November 14, 2023, Monroe City Schoo...

One may think of lawyers in general during times when we might need one. They are essential to ensuring our rights are protected when one has to go through civil or criminal cases. Lawyers, like judges, are held to the highest standards to ensure...

In an earlier article, this reporter wrote that new House Speaker Mike Johnson, over time, may lament wanting his new position as speaker. In that article, this reporter paraphrased what Star Trek icon Mr. Spock in an episode, said about wanting...

Allocate tax money where it's needed most, especially as southside schools grapple with innovative techniques and a one-size-fits-all mentality. The Monroe City School system acknowledges the greater needs of its low socioeconomic schools but falls...

Details from a deadly confrontation between Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies and an Ouachita Parish man were recently released. As the Monroe Dispatch went to press last week, it received reports of a deadly shooting by deputies of a l...

Say what you will about Donald Trump, he is willing to push the envelope as far as possible just to see how far he can get things to go his way. If one wants to see what “privilege” is all about, see Trump’s picture next to the word. A prime examp...

By the time these words will be read, Dr. Brent Vidrine should be retired as head of the Monroe City School District after being at the post for ten years. People will remember him in their own way, but he certainly will be remembered as someone who...

Louisiana is known as “The Sportsman’s Paradise" state for its hunting and fishing areas and also if you want to do some alligator hunting. If you are really a “tough guy” you can try a little alligator wrestling. Just kidding. But serious...

Louisiana is going to be in the news a lot over the next 12 months. Jeff Landry will step into the governor’s mansion next year taking the state into God knows where. In Washington during what will be a historic election year if Donald Trump b...

Former vice-president Mike Pence recently announced that he has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. The announcement by the former vice president appears to have caught some veteran campaign watchers by surprise, as the former candidate was...

There were probably some concerned citizens whose children attend Monroe City School wondering when the day would come when the Monroe City School Board would take some form of action against Superintendent Brent Vidrine. The embattled...

The wait is over. After three weeks of chaos, name-calling, and backstabbing, the House of Representatives elected Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson to be the next House speaker. Now comes the hard work of governing. It will not be easy. The big que...

It took him eight years to get where many will say that he’s always wanted, and on Saturday, October 14, 2023, Jeff Landry made it to the mountaintop of Louisiana politics when he won the governorship outright with 52% of the vote. The outcome of t...

As the nation and the world “watch’ democracy in action, there must be some leaders elsewhere around the world wondering what is wrong in America. Besides knowing that America has a multitude of problems/issues that her political leaders can’t seem...

The investigation of a school board employee for possible misconduct took a dramatic turn when sources told the Monroe Dispatch that the Monroe City School Board has hired an independent investigator. The board met for the second time last week on...

It happened again. The nation of Israel came under attack allegedly from the terrorist group Hamas by a barrage of rockets and other artillery that shocked the world on how the attack was carried out. The attack caught the nation’s leaders c...

Things are still tight-lipped at the Monroe City Schools Board concerning what, if anything, will come from the revelation that Superintendent. Brent Vidrine is the “person of interest" in an ongoing misconduct investigation. The board met on Tuesday...

Remember the story of the “Three Little Pigs”? Of course, you do. The Big Bad Wolf threatened to blow down their houses so he could devour them in the end, which sort of reminds one how the recent looming government shutdown played out. There wer...

Disclaimer: All persons are presumed until proven guilty. A Morehouse Parish woman had the kind of day that none of us would want to happen to anyone. According to local and parish officials, an incident that happened on September 25, 2023, left the...

Is it possible for the state of Louisiana to elect a second Democrat to sit in the Governor’s Mansion following the departure of John Bel Edwards? Theoretically, maybe. Realistically? Don’t bet the house on it. But as the old expression goes, pol...

When conservative political leaders in some state legislatures started passing laws that severely limited what teachers/instructors could say in classes about the history of Black Americans, it ignited a fire that was not about to be put out. We all...

School has been in session for over a month, and the biggest news to report has been the firing of several high school football coaches and the almost suspension of a school superintendent. Football season practically dominates school activities,...

One of Carroll’s High School’s biggest events may not be happening at the school. Carroll’s annual football homecoming, initially slated to be played Friday night on October 20, will be played on Saturday, October 21. Most alumni and fans alleg...

There are still many Trump supporters who really believe that Donald Trump will win the 2024 presidential election. And there are Trump supporters who want to believe that he will win but know deep down inside that the tide is against him...

It was on a Tuesday, September 9, 2023, Monroe City School Board meeting when board president Bill Willson made an announcement concerning a school employee that he said was under investigation. Willson, in a statement to fellow board members without...

Disclaimer: All persons are innocent until proven guilty. A local teenager who allegedly stole a school bus in Ouachita Parish recently and was arrested in Texas was released to his father after he was apprehended by law enforcement officials in...

Have any of you ever wanted a job so bad but after a while, you regret taking it? Some, if not most of you would say “yes”, while the rest would find another job or “deal” with the one that you have. With that sentiment is probably how Republi...