Last week, Wossman High School elected a transgender person to its homecoming court for 2023. It was historic for Monroe, but it is part of a trend that is growing across the nation. The former male student moved to Texas…
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Our Rich Black Heritage: Nannie H Burroughs
By Garry Blanson Nannie H. Burroughs was born on May 2, 1879, in Orange, Virginia, to John and Jennie Burroughs. In 1883, sometime after the passing of one of her sisters and her father. Nannie and her mother moved to…
Birthdays May 24th – May 31st
May 24-Rev. James McNeal, Jr., Kenneth Johnson, Shonwakia Martin, O’sha Ceasar, Emma Lee Sanders, Ed’Nique Moore, Michael “Juicy” Williams, Bill Wilson, Lillian Toston. May 25-Hazel Tillman, Yoeitra Hollins, Brittany Thomas, Josie Manning, J. C. Arnold, Oliver Wright, Sonya Lorraine Johnson,…
Death Notices for the week of May 22nd
Kelvin Saulsberry, 48, transitioned from this life on Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Atlanta, GA. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the chapel of Hester’s Central State Funeral Home at 1:00 PM. Visitation will be…
State group threatens suit against McCoy, School Board over prayer
The Ouachita Parish School Board and specifically Rev. Harold McCoy are the targets of legal complaints from a state organization complaining that the board’s practice of saying Christian prayers before board meetings is a violation of the law. The Freedom…
Mother and father charged in death of six-week old daughter
A mother and father have been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a six week old baby. Deputies from the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office were called to a house on Worley Street on May 10, 2023, due to…
1973 Valedictorian urges graduates to follow their dreams
As the Wossman High School class of 2023 received their diplomas, there were nearly two dozen members of the class of 1973 present dressed in gold robes; they were celebrating their 50th year. Principal Harrington Watson III presented a stole…