Articles from the June 25, 2020 edition
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Shootout Neighbors on Edge
No community is immune from hearing or witnessing gun violence. Gun shots are fired in every section of town regardless to social economic status. In the 21st century it has and will become the new no...
Parkview Shooting Devastating
Mother alleges her son didn't kill himself. The road of life has no road maps, GPS or rest areas. Life is filled with people who want to help or take advantage. One must find God somewhere and...
Myrtle Johnson Dedicated, Encouraged Respected
Mrs. Myrtle Ford Johnson 102, was born August 28, 1917. God called his faithful servant home on June 19, 2020. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Monroe LA , where she met and married the late Luther Johnso...
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Widow's Benefits Fight
Gloria Dean James says that she is a determined woman who will fight for what she believes is right. James has been embroiled in a dispute with the Monroe Office of Social Security for a number of...
Anywhere but Here
By Coach Jesse Smith In my opinion, the ruling by the judge was fair. By the time the case was presented to the judges, Monroe City School Board (MCSB) had already begin the building process of the...
Don't Let Monroe Tumble
Do you not realize that our city cannot afford to let the walls stop? Walls give the illusion of safety, for some a false sense of security. Some people barricade themselves behind the walls: the...
Betty Taylor-Owens Cherished
Sunrise: September 15, 1929- Sunset: June 20, 2020 "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the...
Carroll/College Grads
Carroll High School 2015 Graduates Breonna and Hannah Freeman both received Master of Biomedical Science Degrees from William Carey University of Osteopathic Medicine Hattiesburg MS on May 16, 2020....
Racial Injustice
The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) was born in turbulent times much like these, in 1968. The Vietnam War. The assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Riots in major American cities. International student protests....
Why Black Wealth Matters in White America
… and what blacks must learn to survive this new economy The general population, otherwise known as the 99%, have a love/hate relationship with wealth. They resent those who have it, but spend their lives attempting to get it for themselves, all t...
Racism in America
In Public Health Too? In the June 4 – June 10, 2020 edition of The Monroe Dispatch (see Racism in America: A Public Health Crisis, page 10), I stated that top public health officials are calling racism a public health crisis. By the time the ink had...
P.E.E.P. OMCAP Donation
Kenneth Wilson, City Councilman of District 4, along with P.E.E.P. Inc. donated $1000 to Ouachita Multi-Purpose Community Action Program (OMCAP) on Juneteenth June 19, 2020. The funds donated will be...
Greatest Mom
Happy 67th Birthday Rosemary Moore (MOM) . Thank you for all your enormous sacrifices and unconditional love. We are forever grateful ‼️ Love your kids and grands....
Iron Sharpens Iron
Have you ever tried cutting something with dull scissors? Or try cutting thick meat like steak with a butter knife? Despite all of the tugging or manipulation one may try, the wrong knife or scissors aren’t a bit of good. As a young girl, I would o...
Good Shepherds
We see them all the time, mostly unnoticed as they go about handling God's business. Good shepherds don't boast or brag. They are there when you need them. Many times, you don't have to call them,...
Juneteenth 155 Years Later
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, marks the end of slavery in the South on June 19, 1865. On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation,...
Ealy 59th Wedding Anniversary
Happy 59th Anniversary Willie and Dorothy Ealy June 24! May you get many more years of life together to celebrate with your love getting stronger and stronger with time. Photo Willie & Dorothy...
District 17 Barbers & Hair Stylists I
f you are needing free masks to provide to your clients contact State Representative Pat Moore 300 Washington St. Suite 304 Monroe LA 71202 318-362-3014 or [email protected] Stay Safe & Mask...
Irma DeTiege Scholarship
Praise God for you and the late Irma DeTiege, who came from nowhereville, during a time when Blacks had nothing but themselves. She loved education especially at Mezpath Baptist Church where school...
A Spirit of a Sound Mind
2 Timothy 1:7 | NKJV For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. We do not fear! Be it a pestilence, scourge, locusts, virus or disease. We stand on the...
The End Is Near
He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. They grope in darkness without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man. ( Job 12:24-25 ) In these last...
LA Stays At Phase 2
The coronavirus commonly known by its scientific name COVID-19 is showing everyone that it is not about to go away anytime soon. Especially here in Louisiana. That was made painfully aware Monday(June 22) when Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that...
Happenings
Edna’s Cooking “Home of the Breakfast Bowl” Serving Southern Style Hot Breakfast & Lunch Daily Monday- Friday 6 am – 2:30 pm and Sat 7 am – 2 pm All Plates come with coffee or fountain drink Great Food! Great Service @ Reasonable Prices 2 locations...
In Loving Memory of Mrs. Florine Brimmer
Mrs. Florine Lane Brimmer was born August 22, 1939 in Leland, Mississippi to the late David Lane and Cleotha Lewis. She received her final wings at Emory-Decatur Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia on...
Sam Long Jr's Final Rites
On Friday June 5, 2020, Sam Long Jr. was called home to be with the Lord. A native of Monroe LA, Sam Long Jr. was born on December 16, 1933. He was the son of the late Sam Long Sr. and Lila Turner...
Deaths
Hazel Dean, 93 Hazel Dean of Monroe, LA Homemaker died June 16, 2020. Graveside Service: 2:00 P.M. Friday June 26, 2020 at New Hope Baptist Church, Slaughter, LA., under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Visitation (Drive Through): 2:00 until...
City Hall News
Members of the Monroe City Council passed several resolutions Tuesday(June 23) night, one of which that may impact the city in a way that it doesn’t want. Council members passed a resolution that grant an exception to the Open Container Ordinance for...
Memorial Tribute
Please join us honoring the Life and Achievements of Catrina Monique Green ( July 20, 1975- June 1, 2020) for a public memorial and visitation service Saturday June 27, 2020; Visitation 12-1pm-Time...
Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice's Call
Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson issued a letter to her colleagues in the judicial, executive and legislative branches, calling for justice for all in Louisiana and asking them to consider ways in which they can improve the justice system in...
