Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

President Donald Trump appears to be turning up the heat in an effort to reopen the economy sooner rather than later. Last weekend protests by some people in the states of Michigan and Virginia over how their respective governors’ stay at home o...

As each day passes into the next, we see a nation that is continually being divided. What was once supposedly seen as a nation where people could be free, has now turned into a nation where two sides are vying for the hearts and minds of its’ c...

We often find ourselves in situations and places where others don’t want us to be mostly from the decisions/choices that we make. Most of the time, we make decisions/choices based on what we know and from what we hear from others. Sometimes what we h...

As the world continues to search for answers on how to halt the spread of COVID-19 through hand washing, wearing of face masks and social distancing, researchers are looking for that “smoking gun” clue that may signal a cure for the virus. As the...

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury might have a new weapon to use when it comes to getting badly needed resources to meet the parish infrastructure needs. District “A” Juror and former jury president, Scotty Robinson introduced an ordinance at Mon...

President Donald Trump is trying his best to get America back to work despite the fact that America is a sick nation with more people getting sicker by the hour. Don’t believe me? Just ask your mayor or governor and see what they tell you. T...

An unidentified local man died at St. Francis Medical Facility Sunday (March 22)evening, a death that has brought a new uncertainty for residents in the city of Monroe. Though details of the individual’s death were limited, hospital officials did con...

As we go through the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic, we see a frightening world wondering when, yes when, things will end. That answer is known only by God. We can see in the actions, though they be commendable, but for far too many of us, it...

For the last eleven years of Barack Obama’s life, the former President of the U.S. has been hounded and criticized by one individual. That individual is Donald Trump. During the early years of Mr. Obama’s presidency, non-candidate Trump wasted no...

The wheels of the city government continued to roll as the Monroe City Council held its regular Tuesday night, March 24 meeting despite the coronavirus pandemic that has the world in its grip. Leaders in various governments all over the world have ma...

Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo held a press briefing Monday(March 23)morning underscoring the increasing danger of the coronavirus and the effect that it is having in Ouachita Parish and the city of Monroe. Mayo is urging citizens in the city to heed Gov. J...

“I don’t take responsibility at all” are words said by President Trump that will be quoted and written by historians and students of history until the cows come home. Someone will need to remind the nation the last(first?) time a president has said...

Last week The Dispatch published an article detailing the seriousness of the spreading coronavirus and the devastating effects that it is already having in some sections of the country. The states of Washington and California are having difficult...

For the second time in three years, money has been found to be missing at a Monroe City School. An audit conducted by an accounting firm showed several findings in its report to the school board, most noticeably almost $30,000 missing from Roy N. She...

This nation is about to face what could be its most deadly encounter with an enemy that can kill thousands if not millions, yet it continues to be divided. That enemy is a health threat that is showing no signs of abating its presence in nations...

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury passed a resolution to buy certain from the Ouachita Parish School Board (OPSB) Monday night (March 2). The resolution sponsored by Jury President Shane Smiley (dist. E), will “authorize and empower” him to exe...

A request for the records of current and former Monroe Police Department officers took on a new twist at the Monroe City Council meeting Tuesday (Feb.25) night. Monroe resident Nicholas Farrar presented a letter to council members(Eddie Clark was abs...

President Donald Trump is using up a tremendous amount of fuel flying around on Air Force One lately. With no one to challenge him seriously in the Republican primaries, Mr. Trump is holding one campaign rally after another. The president is laying...

The City of Monroe informed the community several days ago that there have been numerous requests made through the City to attain certain information regarding the records of former and current Monroe police officers. While no other details were...

When the comedians do an impression of former President Richard Nixon, they always use Nixon’s famous “I am not a crook” line during the Watergate time. It works even better when a comedian can not only make a facial expression that looked like...

It was a rain soaked Tuesday(Feb.18)night as the Ouachita Parish Police Jury held their meeting instead of Monday, as Monday was President’s day. The agenda was light, as the court room only had a few in attendance as Jurors conducted the p...

A photo of President Donald Trump holding up a newspaper headline that read, “TRUMP ACQUITTED”, will be in the historical achieves for time immemorial, ending one chapter in U.S. history and beginning another. Or will it be a continuation of the sam...

There is a 99.9% certainty that barring a meteor the size of Brazil hitting the Earth before Senators in Congress cast their final vote in President Trump’s impeachment trial, he will be acquitted. Once that happens, with no surprise to anyone, P...

Ouachita Parish Police Juror Scotty Robinson says “it is time” for parish jurors to be given answers to how thousands of dollars were stolen at G, B. Cooley Hospital without officials knowing about it. The District “B” juror appeared to be frustra...

President Donald Trump hails himself as the consummate dealmaker, a better negotiator and one that can bring people together in order that a fair deal can be made. However, there are some out there who beg to differ with the president, as there are...

There is always a special relationship between a father and his daughter(s). Fathers are seen as protectors of the family, be it to a son(s), but especially his daughter(s). When a father is seen as strong to his children, they tend to want to be...

The impeachment trial is underway in the U.S. Senate as Donald Trump is the third U.S. president to be impeached for his conduct while president. He is being tried for what he did (quid pro quo), from the simple fact that what was done, was done at h...

“Presumed innocent until proven guilty”, are words we have heard many times when an individual has been apprehended after allegedly committing a crime, and will face a jury trial by his own peers in a court of law. That is how it would normally go....

There seems to be no end that Republicans are willing to go in their efforts to slow down the impeachment train that is headed to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. After hearing from witnesses over several weeks, both from executive branch employees and...

One of the reasons the early settlers came to North America was to get away from the tyranny of European kings. Freedom under kings was limited, as one’s loyalty was to the king and any kind of opposition was met with a swift, sometimes deadly r...