Monroe City School Board of Education 2006 Tower Drive Monroe, Louisiana 71201 MINUTES The Monroe City School Board met in regular session, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Monroe City School District Central Office, 2006 Tower Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71201. The…
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Monroe City School Board: February 14, 2023 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 14, 2023, at Monroe City School District Central Office, 2006 Tower Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71201. The…
Death Notices for the week of April 10th
Essie Carradine, 73, transitioned from this life in Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral service will be held at 12 noon Friday, April 14, 2023, at Hopewell Baptist Church, 448 South Blankston Road, Columbia, Louisiana. Burial will be held at 1 pm on…
Mayo, others on short list of possible 2024 mayoral candidates
With less than a year before the 2024 Monroe Mayoral campaign, political thinkers in the Black community are gathering to field a candidate to challenge incumbent Mayor Friday Ellis. Ellis, who won the election with only 15 percent of…
Jackson pointed a gun but didn’t shoot, tried to escape, but didn’t get away
Monroe police had their hands full last week when they answered a complaint that a man had a gun in a local store but didn’t shoot. The police apprehended the man, but he escaped. They caught him again, and he…
Cox’s free dance school teaches more than dance
Every week for decades, Mrs. Marilyn Cox has been quietly mentoring girls to become ladies, using “dance” as her medium. Mrs. Cox teaches dance to about 40 girls in the community at the Benoit Recreation. She teaches dance, but youth…
Black Educators across state found ways to adjust after COVID
By Candace J Semien / Jozef Syndicate Shreveport—Deandria Burris sits in front of brown cabinet doors. Four small posters display math terms in bold colors, scribble lines, and doodles. Her disposition is friendly even though it is the end of…