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Wossman’s Transgender court member is sign of the times

May 25, 2023June 1, 2023 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

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…

Roosevelt Wright Jr

Our Rich Black Heritage: Nannie H Burroughs

May 25, 2023June 1, 2023 Free PressOpinions

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…

Garry Blanson

Birthdays May 24th – May 31st

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Free PressBirthdays

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,…

Charles Hearns Jr

Death Notices for the week of May 22nd

May 25, 2023 Free PressDeaths

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…

Death Notices, Deaths

State group threatens suit against McCoy, School Board over prayer

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

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…

Christian prayers, Ouachita Parish School Board, Rev. Harold McCoy

Mother and father charged in death of six-week old daughter

May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 Free PressBreaking News, Police Arrests

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…

Shaneka Edwards, Trent Hebert

1973 Valedictorian urges graduates to follow their dreams

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

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…

Anthony Johnson, Wossman High School

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