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Superintendent's Daunting Task
The upcoming Monroe City Schools superintendent faces a challenging task as academic concerns loom large. 55% of Monroe City Schools’ students scored below basic in 6 out of 11 elementary schools, contributing to an overall F school performance s...
Shelton Ray Spivey, Jr.'s Celebration of Life
Coach Shelton Ray Spivey, Jr., was born on December 27, 2024 to Catherine Varner-Spivey and the late Shelton Ray Spivey, Sr. He departed this life on March 7, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. She...
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Unusual Funds Findings
The Monroe City Schools Board is once again facing scrutiny over irregular findings uncovered during its annual audit, according to Board President Jennifer Haneline. An investigation has been...
Monroe Chamber's 36th Leadership Ouachita
Established in 1988 by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Ouachita aims to develop and empower emerging leaders in northeast Louisiana. The program seeks to transform the region into a...
Margaret Feazell's Treasured Farewell
Margaret Evadell Parker Feazell answered the clarion call of the Master on Thursday, February 22, 2024, peacefully transitioning to join her loved ones around the Throne of God. She was the 3rd child...
Celebrating a Legend
April 11, 1927-January 19, 2024 Coach Mackie Freeze, a legendary figure, initiated the football program at Richwood/Terzia High Schools in Monroe, LA, with a humble $300. This program swiftly rose to...
Forever in Our Hearts
In loving memory of Gary Kenneth Green, his family is saddened to announce his passing on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Gary was born on June 24, 1954, in Rayville, LA, to Lula L. Green and the late...
City Schools' Superintendent's Contract "Failures"
The initial stages of the investigation into former Monroe City Schools Superintendent Vidrine's alleged employee misconduct prompted the school board to have him retire. Now, Workplace South Chief Investigator Brian Blackwell states that there was...
Coach Rankins...Get Down Tigers
In 1969, Monroe City Schools integrated, and Coach Rankins was sent to Neville High School as punishment. However, he turned this into a blessing by working hard for the students at Neville High...
City School Board Deficiencies & Failures
It wasn’t for the faint of heart. It was words that needed to be said and heard in hopes that mistakes made by a school board or any school board in America would not happen again. But at a school board meeting on November 14, 2023, Monroe City Schoo...
Schools Improve Southside Schools Desperate Needs
Allocate tax money where it's needed most, especially as southside schools grapple with innovative techniques and a one-size-fits-all mentality. The Monroe City School system acknowledges the greater needs of its low socioeconomic schools but falls...
Better Lighting, Crime Prevention?
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The arrest of the two suspects who have been charged in the shooting death of a 14-year-old hours after Carroll's 2023 homecoming...
Superintendent's Puzzling Retirement
No one knew how it might end. For weeks, there has been a cloud hanging over the Monroe City School Board as it grappled with how to handle what was called a "misconduct" allegation against Superinten...
School Board Suspends Superintendent
There were probably some concerned citizens whose children attend Monroe City School wondering when the day would come when the Monroe City School Board would take some form of action against Superintendent Brent Vidrine. The embattled...
Cloudy School Misconduct
Things are still tight-lipped at the Monroe City Schools Board concerning what, if anything, will come from the revelation that Superintendent. Brent Vidrine is the “person of interest" in an ongoing misconduct investigation. The board met on Tuesday...
Just Wondering
School has been in session for over a month, and the biggest news to report has been the firing of several high school football coaches and the almost suspension of a school superintendent. Football season practically dominates school activities,...
School Board "No" Vidrine Suspension
It was on a Tuesday, September 9, 2023, Monroe City School Board meeting when board president Bill Willson made an announcement concerning a school employee that he said was under investigation. Willson, in a statement to fellow board members without...
Carroll Neglect
Carroll High School in Monroe, LA, has been consistently overlooked in terms of renovations and improvements, which is concerning. It is disheartening to see other schools in the area receive nice...
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...
Carroll's Next Principal
With the exodus of Carroll High School Principal Dr. Eric Davis, there is a buzz concerning who will be the school's next principal. Carroll High School in Monroe LA has been a beacon of hope for the students and Black community since 1953 when the...
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Parental Involvement To Parental Takeover?
The momentum by some conservative groups across the nation to get more involved in school board matters shows no signs of abating, as it could happen here in Monroe. At the Tuesday, April 11, 2023 meeting, board members heard from a former Monroe sch...
Otis Powell's Cherished Memory
Otis Bay Powell, 61, was the son of Louis Glover and Cloteal Powell. He was born August 16, 1961. He was the youngest of eight children. Otis worked as a landscaper for 17 years at the Monroe City...
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Legislative Pay Raise Controversy
“Strike the iron while it is hot” is what some may start to say regarding a proposed bill that is on Louisiana’s legislators’ plate. A pay raise authored by Joe Marino(I -85) would raise the legislator’s pay from $16,800 to $60,000. That’s a...
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School Board Superintendent Contract Extension
It wasn't smooth sailing, but Monroe City Schools Superintendent Brent Vidrine will hold onto his position for another two years as a majority of board members voted to extend his contract until June...
Infected
In the Bible, Jesus would sometimes speak in parables to others. He did this to make clearer the message He was trying to convey. This is what I am attempting to do with this article. There was a child who had a runny nose. The parents wiped his...
Gone But Not Forgotten
Alvin Culpepper aka Ali M. El-. Mohammed III March I2, 1944 - December l2, 2OO2 On March 12, 1944 in Monroe, Louisiana (Alvin Culpepper) who changed his name to Ali M. El-Mohammed lll was welcomed...
Farewell "Singing Deacon" Amos Brown Jr.
Mr. Amos Brown Jr. was born to Amos and Roxie Brown Sr. on November 3, 1935, in Wisner, LA. At an early age, Amos confessed to Christ and was baptized at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Wisner, LA. He...
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Edna’s Cooking “Home of the Breakfast Bowl” Serving southern style hot breakfast and lunch daily: Monday – Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM. Saturday, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM. All plates come with coffee or fountain drink. Great food! Great service at reasonab...
Black Students' City Schools' Problems
Recent comments by a Monroe City Schools Board member at a Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2023 meeting may have had good intentions, but some did not receive those comments with a warm reception. School board president Bill Willson gave a board r...
City Schools' Cafeteria Issues
In light of the recent attention given to long-standing work issues involving Monroe City Schools cafeteria employees, Monroe City Schools Board members are looking for solutions to adequately address those issues. The problems that cafeteria...
School Lunch Concerns
The Monroe City Schools District is very aware that there are some pressing concerns involving the food/lunch program in its schools. Not only is there the issue of proper and adequate staffing at...
Honor to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe in giving honor to whom honor is due. For this past Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. week in our country, and every day, I salute him! I honor him with his own words. After hearing many...
City School Board Student Challenges
The Monroe City School Board is off to a new four-year challenge for the kids they serve, as two changes are on the board in the form of a new board member and returning board member, Brenda Shelling. Board members Bill Willson, Brandon Johnson, Bett...
Berry Betrayal
Dear Black people of Monroe, LA, Why do we sit back and allow our own people to oppress us and deny us the progress that we seek and fight so hard to succeed and achieve for our people? Witnessing...
City Schools' Cafeteria Workers Conditions Deplorable
All of us who have gone to school have wonderful memories of those formative years in grade school, learning and interacting with others. That extends into our high school years, collecting memories. Some memories we remember more than others, but th...
Martha T. Caston's Final Farewell
It saddens us to announce that Martha T. Caston passed away during the morning of December 17, 2022, at the age of 98. She was born on May 28, 2024, to the union of John Alex and Ollie Thompson and...
Carroll… Fight School Lock Down
The tragic school shooting in Uvalde, TX will stay in people’s memories for a long time, as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary will not go away. Nor should they. People are still asking how, in an advanced nation like America could, school shooting a...
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation's 2023 Celebration Activities
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” MLK THEME: Break the Silence þCHECK YOUR DREAM þDedication, þResponsibility þEducation þAttitude þMotivationMONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 9:00 a.m. – King Day Parade Entry Fee:$20-...
Dismal City LEAP School Scores
A report published on November 16, 2022 indicated that schools in the state of Louisiana did better than expected when the state compared performance scores in 2022 as compared to those from 2021....
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Troubling Carroll-Franklin Football
Questions continue to arise over an incident that happened at a high school football game between Carroll High School and Franklin Parish on Thursday, October 10, 2022. Initial reports from the...
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Us Versus Them Damaging Mentality
The Bible states in Matthew 12:25, "And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself...
SEDD's TIF Denied S
Tensions and emotions were high at the Tuesday, October 11, 2022 meeting for Monroe city council, as a resolution asking Mayor Ellis to reconsider SEDD’s response to the mayor’s Tax Increase Funding (TIF) offer was denied. It was an unexpected rea...
Mr. Pickem's Weekly Football Predictions
Week 6 October 7, 2022 #2 Carroll Bulldogs (4-0) @ #9 Wossman Wildcats (3-2) It's that time of the year again. That time when the leaves fall, the fair is in town and the baby bayou classic is...
New School Year, New School
It is not often that a student gets to enter a new school in a different school year, especially when the name of the school is the same. But that is what’s happening for students who attend Martin Luther King, Jr. Junior High School on the South s...
Remembering Joe Ella Brown Burton
April 8, 1934 – September 4, 2022 Legendary Monroe City Schools Educator and Choreographer, Joe Ella Brown Burton, passed away peacefully at the home of her youngest daughter in McDonough, GA early Su...
