Happenings

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. Great food! Great service at reasonable prices. Three Monroe locations: Now Save #1 4399, Hwy 165 South, 318-737-7873; Tiger Market Café, 1800 Forsythe Ave, Suite 1, 318-325-4000; Now Save # 5, Hwy 165 S and Hadley St. Ms. Edna and Staff ~ Serving up LOVE every day! Edna’s Cooking features $4.99 breakfast and coffee, $6.99 lunch, drink & ice cream waiting for you.

Monroe Civil Service Board Meeting

Monroe Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board Meeting is Tuesday July 27, 2021 at 4pm at City of Monroe Public Safety Center -Fire Auditorium 1810 MLJ Jr. Dr. (US Hwy 165 S. Suite A) Monroe LA

"Why Do You Go to Church?"

Donnie's Production and The City of Monroe present "Why Do You Go to Church?" A Stage Play Encore Performance Saturday July 24, 2021 at 7pm at the Monroe Civic Center Jack Howard Theatre. $20 day of show $30-Group rates available-More info 318.791.2392 or 318.537.4439.

Radio Advertising

Call Art Edwards 318 680.1691 or 318.388.2323 and forget the fancy title Art sells radio advertisement.

Contact Us

Got news, been somewhere, or need to tell the world something important? Call the Monroe Dispatch! Subscriptions/advertising-old newspaper copies, call or text 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 cash, or credit cards (fees apply). Visit us online, http://[email protected]

Shawnuff BBQ Best in Town

Have you tried the best BBQ in town? Why are you waiting? If it’s not Shawnuff, there’s a difference! You be the judge! BBQ so good you don’t have to say grace, its already blessed! There are 3 sides to every plate: beans, potato salad and slaw, your choice. Right off I-20 and Hwy 165 South. Shawnuff BBQ is here to serve you Tuesday - Friday. New hours 11:00 AM – until all the food is gone. On Saturday, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Get there early to enjoy lip-smacking BBQ and kool-aid. Call ahead, 318-855-3652. Events catered, and smoked or fried turkeys or hams for the holidays!

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.

Rob Lloyd’s Smooth Jazz

Rob Lloyd has been involved in jazz over 4 decades and is a regular reporter to smoothjazz.com. Check out his jazz show, Smooth & Tight, on a Sunday nights at 6:00 PM using your smartphone, tablet or computer.

There’s No Place Like Home (Heaven)

U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020 for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse: three years, close to 74% of the overall life expectancy decline.

For The Good Times

Let us pray for one another, thankful & blessed!

Thomas & Georgia CA

Goes Without Saying

Please don’t allow a fool to fool u because then nobody would truly know who the fool is.

Your Choice

More than 3.3 million Americans died last year, far more than any other year in U.S. history, with COVID-19 accounting for about 11% of those deaths.