Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

Love is bigger than a single person. One can invite love but cannot dictate how, when, and where love expresses itself. We often can choose to surrender to love or not, but in the end, love strikes like lightning: unpredictable and irrefutable. We can even find ourselves loving people we don't like at all. According to police reports on February 25, Suspect Octavia T. Howard and her boyfriend of four years were arguing until the victim picked up a board to defend himself, as Howard grabbed a knife and held it up, threatening him. Three of Howard's children were present and witnessed their m...