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Death Notices for the week of May 8th

May 11, 2023 Free PressDeaths

Gracelynn Zeigler, infant daughter of Tederick Zeigler & Dwinesha James Vanzandt of Monroe, LA, died May 3, 2023. Graveside Service will be 1:00 PM Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Richwood Gardens, Richwood, LA, under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.…

Death Notices, Deaths

Chief denies three murders in five days report, says crime is down!

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

By Damin Coleman Monroe is safer, police morale is high, there are fewer murders, and crime is on the decline! That’s the official position of Mayor Oliver Ellis and Police Chief Victor Zordan. In a press conference Wednesday, Chief Zordan…

Crime, Mayor Oliver Ellis, Monroe Louisiana, Murders, Police Chief Victor Zordan

SEDD to host community meetings to select Model neighborhoods

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

The Southside Economic Development District will begin hosting community meetings in Monroe’s Southside to get input on on-site selections for three planned model neighborhoods. At its monthly meeting Monday at the Benoit Recreation Center, the SEDD received concept layouts of…

community meeting, Model neighborhoods, SEDD

Lewis leads area relief effort to help Rolling Fork tornado victims

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

Volunteers from the Monroe area are among thousands from across the country who have pitched in to help the mostly black community of Rolling Fork, Mississippi in the aftermath a recent tornado. Rolling Fork was devastated by an EF-4 tornado…

Christopher Lewis, Rolling Fork, Volunteers

Services Friday for Johnny “Papa” Edwards, 25

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

Funeral services for a 25-year-old man who died last week will be held Friday in Monroe. Services for Johnny C. Edwards will be held at 11 a.m. at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church. McFarland Funeral Home is in charge.…

Johnny C. Edwards

Snaps of the City

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between April 30, and May 3, 2023, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.

Snaps of the city, Social media

Birthdays May 5th – May 10th

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Free PressBirthdays

May 5-Katherine Haywood, Susie Harris, Colphella Potter, Dana Daniels, Evelyn Body, Ladell Wilson, Ernest Michael Potter, II, “Webee” Gibson, JaQuinton Jones, In Loving Memory of Sandra Jenson, Robert “Poo-Pie” Harris. May 6-In Loving Memory of Virgie Wiley, In Loving Memory…

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Reflections on 2016 Flooding in Monroe

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Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Vallerie Arnold, Malcom Etienne, In Loving Memory of Kimberly Crane, Lollia D. Reed, Alvin Hill, In Loving Memory of Dorothy Johnson, Earlene Thomas, In Loving Memory of Frances Givens, Ahmad Smith, Morris Coleman, Madison J. Johnson, Colby Qualls, Kyeshia Washington, Thad Hollingsworth, Brenda Brown Tfabiyi, In Loving Memory of Rachel Holmes, Jayden McGee, James Ratcliff, Sr, QuanZavion Howard. (9)
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This week in 2016 the city council gutted a city plan that would have allowed it to seize property of homeowners under a "Fight the Blight" program. The gutted version allows for seizures but only after a hearing before the council. (10)

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