Edna’s Cooking “Home of the Breakfast Bowl”

Serving southern style hot breakfast and lunch daily, Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM and Saturday, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM. All plates come with coffee or fountain drink, and of course, great food! Great service at reasonable prices at two locations:

Now Save #1 (4399 Hwy 165 South, Monroe, LA, 318-737-7873), and  

Tiger Market Café (1800 Forsythe Ave Suite 1, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-325-4000). 

Ms. Edna & staff ~ serving up LOVE every day!

Gospel Springfest

Sunday, March 28, 2021, 3:00PM at Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo Pavilion, 1405 Bernstein Park Rd, Monroe, LA 71202. Bring your family! Featured guests include MC Kim Stewart, Pastor Gilbert Wilson & friends, Pastor Jermanique Mitchell, the Unlimited Brothers of Monroe, LA, Sister Tawanna James, Pastor D’Antre L. Jackson, Trinity Aires and the Anointed Madison Sisters of Bastrop, LA. Vendors, food, music and praise! Sponsored by city councilwoman Kema Dawson-Robinson.

JB’s Lawn Service

Dependable, reliable and reasonable lawn service, trimming hedges, flower beds cleaned, tree trimming, fence row cleaning, trust the best, JB’s Lawn Service, call 318-537-9136.

Miseducation of Blacks

Its hard to understand why lower grades in elementary schools (pre-k - third grade) have very few Black or teachers of color in Monroe City & Ouachita Parish Schools.

Your Voice Your Vote

Voting makes us equal! Use your power. Vote on election day, Saturday, March 20, 2021.

Ride to Polls

Need a ride to the voting poles? Please call 888-977-2250.

Contact us at Monroe Dispatch

Got news, been somewhere, or need to tell the world something important? Call us to share! Subscriptions, advertising, old newspaper copies, call 318-789-0098 or 318-325-2858. News or religious log, email [email protected]. Monroe Dispatch, P.O. Box 4823, Monroe, LA 71211. Subscriptions (mailed) $40 - year, $22 - 6 months. Subscriptions (home delivery) $45 - year, $25 - 6 months. We accept Chase Bank Quick Pay ([email protected]), cash, or credit cards (fees apply). Visit us online, www.monroedispatchonline.com

Foundations of Early Catholic Church

The Jesuits of the early Catholic Church believed that the enslaved had souls. They also viewed Black people as assets to be bought and sold and at the time did not view slaveholding as immoral.

Bonnie’ s Whatever Hats & Etc.

Stop guessing and trust a true hat expert. Bonnie has the eye for the perfect hat for you! Call 318-614-1578. Let Bonnie fix you up with the right size, color, and décor of hat appropriate for any occasion, female and male. Bonnie will take care of you!  

Invisible Origin of U.S. Catholic Church

Enslaved Black men, women, and children who sustained the Jesuits and helped to drive the church’s expansion — are invisible in the origin story traditionally told about the Catholic Church of America.

Unaware

Cerebral palsy is the most common disability in children yet very little public awareness is shared about it.

New Location, New Name, Same Quality Service!

Got an old vehicle or about to buy a used vehicle? You’ll need good honest mechanics. Trust EasyDoesIt Auto Care Center at 675 Kansas Ln., Monroe, LA because they do great guaranteed work. They know how to fix and repair vehicles in a timely and reasonable manner. Stop letting you know who, get ‘cha making you pay crazy dollars you really don’t have...unless you got it like that! Call Easy or Rocky at 318-331-5524 and you’ll be glad you did!

Radio Advertising

Call Art Edwards, 318-680-1691 or 318-388-2323 and forget the fancy title! Art sells radio ads.

Book Shelf Impressions

“From Sword to Pen” by combat soldier Veteran Art “Silver Fox” Edwards - get your copy today, 318-680-1691.

“H.I.M.”(He Inspired Me), the Little Green Book by Mr. Marion Obafemi, 318-418-9162.

“Burning on the Bayou” by Rob Lloyd, get your copy, 318-512-3614.

Spring Fling Vendors Wanted

Entrepreneurs of Monroe, LA sign up for Spring Fling, April 17, 2021. Reserve your space. Table & chairs provided, payment due by April 3, 2021. Location TBA. DM

or Text 318-680-4492- all businesses welcome!

Tell us how you really feel!

An announcer calling an Oklahoma girls high school basketball game on Thursday night, March 11, 2021 hurled racial slurs and expletives directed at a team when players kneeled during the national anthem. As the students from Norman High School kneel, one asked “They’re kneeling?” “I hope Norman gets their a-- kicked,” an announcer continued. “F------ n------.”

The announcer didn’t realize his mic was on, which everyone heard.

Quality & Caring Counseling

Serene Mind Counseling Services offers counseling for both adults and children. Call 318-342-6918 for help.