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Recently, Gov. John Bel Edwards directed the Louisiana State Police and the Department of Corrections to immediately provide additional personnel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice with its staffing shortage at both Bridge City Center for Youth and Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe. Starting Friday, June 17, 2022, correctional and probation, and parole officers from DOC will begin augmenting OJJ staff, and State Police Troopers will secure the perimeter of the facilities. This comes in...
Family members are upset over the treatment of an inmate housed at Ouachita Correctional Center (OCC) in Richwood, LA. The family of a local inmate believes Ouachita Correctional Center needs to be shut down or someone needs to step in before the facility begins to have lawsuits. One family member has a loved one in pod 5/6, and on certain shifts, guards are allegedly overly mean and inappropriate. The family member alleges that there is bleach in the inmates' food, they are denied phone calls,...
A resolution for the city of Monroe to provide matching funds in the amount of $7,426,609 for the Texas Standifer Sewer Trunkline was a major discussion during the Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Monroe City Council meeting. According to Mayor Friday Ellis and Ouachita Parish Engineer Kevin Crosby, this project is huge in scope and must be done if the city wants to improve its sewer/water infrastructure. Ellis said that this is an issue that he inherited from previous years where the project can no...
The new Willie Lynch Letter is to pit the young Blacks against the older Blacks. One reason why the powers that be don't want Critical Race Theory (CRT) taught in schools is because it will equip too many with the truth. In school, history is taught about every race except about Blacks and American Indians. The information taught is feel-good information and fluff that doesn't account for the atrocities many Blacks faced. We are again being used and abused as the younger generation has no clue of their past, and most will never read the...
Another battle over the town of Richwood's new fiscal year budget appears headed for another showdown between Mayor Gerald Brown and some on the town's alderperson board. The town had gone through a contentious battle between Brown and three town alderpersons that saw a lot of finger-pointing. The state became involved at one point and offered some clarity for the group working to move forward. At the heart of the possible looming conflict is settling financial issues from the current budget,...
Congratulations 2022 Graduate Jalissya Savage Wossman High School in Monroe LA. Good looks, brains, heart and now a diploma too? She's really got it all! Your community, your church, your family and especially your mama could not be prouder of you....
The type of man or father in a family makes a big difference. A balance is vital in a family when both the man and woman in a family know their roles in relationships and can provide true support to one another. The smile of a daughter is the secret purpose of every father. A father is a son's first hero and a daughter's first love. Fathers, be your daughter's first love and she'll never settle for anything less. A father's job is not to teach his daughter how to be a lady. It's to teach her...
Eta Delta Lambda Chapter Educational Foundation, Inc of Eta Delta Lambda Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity , Inc presented their 27th Scholarship Awards Reception on Saturday June 11, 2022 at Living Water Ministries International in Monroe LA....
Eula D. Britton Alumni Association unveiled their historical marker on Friday, June 17, 2022 during the Eula D. Britton School Reunion in Rayville, LA held, June 17-19, 2022. The Rayville African American School was founded in 1904, approved as a junior high in 1933, renamed Rayville Rosenwald High in 1949, and became Eula D. Britton High School in 1956. The school closed for good in 1970. A ribbon cutting was held honoring the school's historical marker....
Theme: "Return to Prominence" Thursday, August 25, 2022, 6 p.m.at Monroe Civic Center BD Robinson Conference Room in Monroe LA -Show your support for GSU Athletics!! The Athletic Department has been invited to come and celebrate with us. Alumni, friends, businesses and supporters of GSU are asked to come and participate. Admission is fifteen dollars ($15) for those who do not purchase an ad and for those purchasing at least a half-page ad admission is FREE. Your support can be shown by...
The pandemic has brought many changes in the lives of lots of people across the globe. The most significant thing that is changing is the way we work and the work that we do. The first computer in the US was created in 1946, invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania. It took up about 1,800 square feet and weighed almost 50 tons. That is the size of a large two-bedroom apartment and the weight of about eight male elephants. Now in 2021, we have cordless computers in our hands that work using a network that...
Danny Robinson, 67 of Monroe, LA Ironworker died Monday May 30, 2022. Visitation: 3:30-5:30 PM Tuesday June 7, 2022 at Monroe Funeral Home Chapel. Service: 2:00 PM Wednesday June 8, 2022 at Antioch Baptist Church in Monroe. Burial: Monroe City Cemetery under directions of McFarland Funeral Company Monroe Dardraytus Deshawn Tyler, 14 of Monroe, LA Student died Tuesday May 31, 2022. Visitation: 3:30 to 5:30PM Thursday June 9, 2022 at McFarland Funeral Home. Service: 12:00 Noon Friday June 10, 2022 at Greater Free Gift BC. Burial: Richwood...
What if everybody looked the same, smelled the same, had the same jobs, walked and talked the same? What if we couldn’t look around and see anything new, exciting, or different? Could you just imagine what a dull, obtuse and uninteresting world this would be? We would miss out on the array of colors, shapes and sizes. We would capture but a very small, diminutive view- of the beauty that God has bestowed so immensely upon us. Uniqueness, variety, differences, are all essential; therefore, we sho...
