Dear Editor, I pray that you are well… You don’t know me, but I’ve been reading multiple issues of your newspaper, the Monroe Free Press every day for a week straight now. As my envelope denotes, currently I am incarcerated…
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Hope beyond the walls
Dear Editor, My name is Dennis W. Minor, DOC#518772, I am a faithful reader of The Free Press not only because I am from Monroe, South 3rd Street to be exact…but because I have been locked up since 2008, but…
Our City—Our Community
By Marie Brown Daylight savings time started Sunday, March 9, 2025, and will continue until Sunday, November 2, 2025. This has now been observed for 116 years and consists of moving clocks forward in the spring and back in the…
Our Rich Black Heritage : Attorney Louis Berry
By Garry Blanson Recently, I came across a legal term known as,”Racial Polarization.” Although you don’t really hear the term used that much anymore, the term actually goes all the way back to the 1860s! It seems that the term…
Hoffman’s death 28 years later, does his execution deter crime?
The execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr. this week, by nitrogen gas in Louisiana forces us to confront a haunting question: does the death penalty serve as a meaningful deterrent to crime, or is it merely a relic of retribution masquerading…
Monroe City School Board: February 11, 2025 Minutes
Monroe City School Board of Education 2006 Tower Drive Monroe, Louisiana 71201 MINUTES The Monroe City School Board met in regular session, Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Monroe City School District Central Office, 2006 Tower Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71201. The…
Town of Richwood: February 20, 2025 Minutes
Regular Meeting Minutes February 20, 2025 7:00 P.M. Members In Attendance: Alderman Janice Fleming Alderman Deneitra Ross Alderman Donald Richard Alderman Wysinger Cleveland The Town of Richwood met for a Special Meeting held on February 20, 2025, at 7:00 P.M.…