Articles from the March 24, 2022 edition

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Grambling High Ability Program

Grambling State University is currently taking applications for its Summer High Ability Program. Rising high school seniors will have an opportunity to earn six college credit hours, experience college life, and join a league of distinguished...

 

Beyond the Badge "Heart of Law Enforcement"

Deputy Kenneth Tramble, a 15-year veteran of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office, has been selected to receive the Beyond the Badge "Heart of Law Enforcement" Award. He received the award on March...

 

DownSouth Sports Ballers' Classic

DownSouth Sports Ballers' Classic was Saturday March 19, 2022 at Wossman High School Gym in Monroe LA sponsored by Creed & Creed your local injury attorneys. High School Ballers' from Ouachita,...

 

Shootout

There's a right and wrong way to do things. Nowadays, though, wrong appears right to some, while many can no longer tell what's wrong or right! It is a very confusing time, especially while lives are...

 
 By Eddie D. Gillis    News    March 24, 2022

Witness Saves Kidnapping Victims

There are those who do not want to take "no" for an answer, which is why those individuals will oftentimes use intimidation and even force to achieve their objective. People who exert their will...

 

Harvey Lee Johnson's Final Farewell

Harvey Lee Johnson 88, of Monroe LA, was a loving mother of twelve and adoring wife to J. H. Johnson, who passed away in the early hours on Thursday March 17, 2022. Harvey was born April 9, 1933, in...

 

Newspaper Correction Violent Weekend Shootings

On Saturday, March 5, 2022, Edward Patrick was the victim of a shooting on Thelma St & Lynn Dr. not at a club located off Burg Jones Ln. in Monroe, LA as reported in the March 10, 2022-March 16, 2022 edition of the Monroe Dispatch. We apologized for...

 
 By Eddie D. Gillis    News    March 24, 2022

Top Cop Back

There were hugs and smiles galore Thursday, March 17, 2022, as the Monroe Fire and Police Civil Board voted to have former interim police Chief Reggie Brown reinstated back on the Monroe Police...

 

A B.A.L.M. IN MONROE

(A SPIRITUAL solution to a SOCIAL problem) A B.A.L.M. in Monroe is a collaborative plan that every citizen, elected and appointed official, clergyman, and organization can participate in to help improve the image of Monroe while inspiring at-risk...

 

Forever in Our Hearts

Quintin Jamel Shields ("Quik") was born in Monroe LA on November 22, 1983 to parents James Anderson Shields and Tracy Ann Richard. Quinton was the eldest of nine and was proud to begin the legacy of...

 

45th

God's amazing grace and mercy is upon James Walker as he celebrated his 45th birthday recently. Family and friends gathered for James' 45th, Saturday, March 19, 2022. It was a special birthday for...

 

Deaths

Harvey Lee Johnson, 88 of Monroe, LA Homemaker died March 17, 2022. Service: 11:00 AM Saturday March 26, 2022 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Family Life Center, Monroe, LA. Visitation: 11:00 AM Friday March 25, 2022 at Smith Funeral Home. Burial:...

 

Ukraine: Calm Before Storm

While America and the rest of the world go about their affairs, one should not forget that there is a devastating war going on in the nation of Ukraine. It’s been almost a month since Russia attacked the nation, as President Putin tried to rein in...

 

The End Is Near

Speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ (Eph. 4:15). The first and greatest responsibility of the church is to love God, teach others, and lead them to Jesus. So when they receive their blessings...

 

Little Flower 23rd Annual Crawfish Boil

It is that time again!! The 23rd Annual Crawfish Boil, Family and Friends Day at Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church, 600 So. 16th St. in Monroe LA, on Saturday, April 30th, 2022, from 11 am - 5pm. On the menu for sale will be crawfish, corn, and...

 

Ervin "Peter" Turner Memories

Kenneth "PEEP" Wilson was among the many who attended Ervin" Peter" Turner's final rites on Saturday March 19, 2022 at Antioch Baptist Church in Monroe LA. Wilson has fond memories of "Peter" being a...

 

PRAYING CHILDREN

*Inspired by God through Mary Roggerson & Morning Day Prayer Ministries under the leadership of Pastor Kenneth Nolley, St. Mary Baptist Church Purpose: For all children to learn, pray and confess the Word of God. Goal: For all children to have an...

 

Women's History Month

Betty Ward Cooper Continued from March 17, 2022 Betty Ward-Cooper, deserves recognition as a portrait of Women's Month. Her grandparents and parents lived and raised their families in the South under...

 

Favorite Church Usher

Doorkeepers or keepers of the door, their church service is invaluable. They are the first to meet and greet you at church. If you have a question, need a seat, need to speak or sit with a certain...

 

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