ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID NOTICE Sealed Bids will be received by the Monroe City School Board Purchasing Department, 2006 Tower Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71201, or electronically by online submission at www.bidexpress.com until 2:00 P.M., CST on October 27, 2022 for: Carroll…
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Do it for your future self
By Rusty Potter Your education is not something you can finish. We can never stop learning because life will never stop teaching us new lessons. We must be eager and ready to learn new skills this school year, and never…
Death Notices for the week of September 26th
Mr. James C. “Uncle Bud” Bradford, 73, of Monroe, LA Trucker, died September 25, 2022. Service will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 01, 2022, at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:30 PM…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Richard Barrington
By Garry Blanson ONCE upon a time, in old Monroe, Louisiana( back when White people “ literally owned” Negroes as their private property ), there lived a respectable Negro slave named Richard Barrington. It is reported that he came to…
Holmes arrested as Metro-Monroe murders continue
Murders in Monroe are becoming so commonplace that they are becoming frighteningly familiar. The pace of murders and murder attempts, and aggravated assaults in Metro Monroe is averaging one per week. Tuesday, another man was charged with second-degree murder in……
School board candidates to face-off in live October 11th forum
Southside voters will get to hear the views of candidates for the Monroe City School Board next month in a live forum sponsored by the local NAACP. The forum, sponsored by the Ouachita Parish Chapter of the NAACP, will be…
Southside Dream torpedoed by Dawson refusal to schedule vote
Assistant city attorney says this administration will not “allow” Dawson to schedule any vote the mayor does not approve. Past council Presidents say the mayor has no power over council agenda. Despite promises to place the $25 million Southside…