Articles from the June 15, 2023 edition
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Tragic Vehicle Crash
Life is very unpredictable. We never know when the beginning or end will happen. Accidents are definitely unpredictable and can occur at a moment's notice. A family is dealing with the unexpected...
Renzo Smith's Final Rites
Renzo Rendale Smith, 36, transitioned from his earthy life on June 6, 2023. Mr. Smith and his son Shaw Jackson lost their lives in a mass shooting incident in Richmond, VA, after a graduation...
Wossman 2023 Grad
Congratulations to 2023 Wossman graduate Makayla Jackson, who is moving toward greatness as she makes her next step into the world!...
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Parkview Shooter Guilty
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. A man alleged to have been involved in a 2017 shooting at the Parkview Apartments has been found guilty. Chadarrius Morehead was the...
Home Alone
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. As humans, we all have no say-so on how or when we come into this world. We are all the by-products of the actions of a man and a...
Controversial Purchasing Resolution Passes
A controversial resolution establishing purchasing and bidding procedures for the city of Monroe was again met with feedback from the community at Tuesday’s June 13, 2023 meeting, as the members of the city council brought the matter back for...
59th Anniversary
Celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary are Wyatt X and Louise. They have been in love since day one and its very rare not to see both love birds together. Happy 59th wedding anniversary to the...
Grad 2023
Averi Goins is a 2023 Kindergarten Graduate of J.S. Clark Magnet School. who is the 5 yearlold daughter of Avery and Kimberly Goins. Congratulations Averi who is on her way!...
Black LA Majority Voting District Possible
t was a decision that Republicans weren’t expecting. One that they probably felt was in the bank. After all, they had the U. S. Supreme on their side. Well, at least four of the justices. Black Alabamians were elated following the news that...
Fields Roy Shelling Principal
Congratulations Sonya Fields new Roy Shelling Elementary School Principal in Monroe LA. Principal was recently appointed principal recently. Fields has held several assistant principal positions in...
Public Administration Master's
Rubby Nell Whitfield 38 years later graduated from Grambling State Umiversity with a Master's degree in Public Administration this spring of 2023. Whitfield received a bachelor's of science degree in...
Deaths
Travis Payton, 36 of Monroe, LA Laborer died Wednesday May 31, 2023. Visitation: 6:00-8:00PM Thursday June 15, 2023 at McFarland Funeral Companies in Monroe, LA. Service: 2:00PM Friday June 16, 2023 at Greater Free Gift Baptist Church in Monroe, LA....
Help Your Children
Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. Parents, it is so important...
'OUR BLACK LIVES DON'T MATTER' (THE #HASHTAG POEM)
Please be careful while reading the poem that will follow this brief introduction because it is laced with some powerful truths that might cause some to become alarmed. In light of all the protests th...
Stay Focused
Ecclesiastics.7:8 Says the end of a thing is better than the beginning thereof, and patience in spirit is wisdom, the spirit says, endure hardness, because of who God said you are through Christ Jesus, a reminder of the victorious person that you...
Rosenwald Mt. Nebo School
In the Prichard's Addition/Atkins Quarters in Monroe LA was an historic Rosenwald School Mt. Nebo. The school's historic significance is being recognized in by a written and video documentary which...
Louisiana Catfish Farming
Community Program Presenter: Carl Haring, Wisner Catfish Farm & Chef Darrel Teats, on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 11 A.M.- 12 P.M. Carver-McDonald Branch Library, 2941 Renwick St., Monroe, LA...
