Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

Monroe LA was designated as one of the 3rd poorest cities in the U.S. years ago. There are many elephants in the room which need addressing while one is poverty. Besides education woes, poverty has and will have a strangle hold in Monroe and many cities and towns throughout LA. Many act as poverty doesn't exist, while its one of the major reasons causing violent crime. No community will be immune from crime in poverty places like Monroe. According to police reports, a shooting took place on Thursday October 5 in Monroe LA in the 1900 block of Joe G. Drive off Berg Jones Lane. Upon responding,...