In a split vote, the Monroe City Council approved a redistricting plan for the city for the next ten years. The plan was approved by a 3-2 vote. Voting for the plan were: Council President Kema Dawson, Doug Harvey, and…
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SEDD allocates $200,000 to jumpstart Southside Dream plans
Two local companies have been selected to help kickstart portions of the Southside Dream in 2023 as the Southside Economic Development begins the first four projects of its ambitious 25-year plan to fight crime, build safe neighborhoods, and attract business…
Muhammad asks, “Why can’t the pump be fixed?”
Minister Verbon Muhammad says it’s time city officials find a way to open the underpass on South Second Street. Muhammad complained to the Monroe City Council Tuesday night that the underpass has been flooded for over two weeks forcing traffic…
Monroe man pleads guilty to $664,000 PPP fraud
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Michael Ansezell Tolliver, 57, of Monroe, Louisiana, appeared before United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty yesterday and pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering. In March 2020 Congress enacted the…
Court sentences Player in simple assault, jail time suspended
It took a year to come to a close but a Monroe City Court Judge has finally made a decision in the case of the Award-winning band director of the Carroll High School Marching band who was arrested on charges…
Birthdays December 15th – December 21st
December 15-James Henderson, Jr., William Johnson, Michael Jackson, Veronica Brown, Johnny Blakes, Beulah Goldman, In Loving Memory of Henrietta Smith, Rose Carin, Wena S. Davis, Mel Conway, In Loving Memory of Jo Ann Williams, In Loving Memory of Corey Bernard…
Ruby Gertrude Stanley Richard “A Matriarchal Life and Legacy”
Ruby G. Stanley Richard was born on December 19, 1934, to the late James and Annie Bell Carson Stanley in Sterlington, Louisiana. She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Shilo Baptist Church in Sterlington, Louisiana. She…