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Services for “Ann” Augustine set for Saturday

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Friends and family members will say farewell to a well-known member of the community in a Saturday service at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church. Services for Diann “Ann” Augustine will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 24, 2022,…

Diann "Ann" Augustine

Snaps of the City

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between September 18, and September 21, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.

Snaps of the city, Social media

Birthdays September 22nd – September 28th

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Free PressBirthdays

September 22-Monica Culpepper, Rosetta Cleveland, Adrian D. Harris, Gary Smith, In Loving Memory of Beatrice Harris, Andrea Watson, Luvinda M. Modicue Holloway, Janet Jackson, Gloria Cole, Jacque LeMar Fontenot, Dorothea Bridges, Steven Conley, Carol McClinton, LaMario Looney. September 23-Felicia Zeigler,…

Cassandra Davis

Our Rich Black Heritage: Mary Church Terrell

September 22, 2022September 30, 2022 Free PressOpinions

By Garry Blanson When you think about any of the long-term Black Civil Rights Organizations in Monroe, Louisiana, one of the first that comes to mind is The National Association For The Advancement of Colored People         …

Garry Blanson

What good are laws to protect students if officials look the other way?

September 22, 2022September 30, 2022 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

Most of us know that it is illegal to have a firearm on a school campus, but most don’t know that student use of a cell phone on a school campus is also unlawful. It’s even illegal to print a…

Roosevelt Wright Jr

“Because the church did not CONDONE my sin”

September 22, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Lisa Wilmore “Because the church did not condone my sin, they did not look the other way.” “Because the church did not condone my sin, they came to me in private and whispered their concerns.”“Because the church did not…

Lisa Wilmore

God said, “Weapons designed to destroy My innocent children will destroy their designers”

September 22, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered…

Jacquelyn Simmons

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