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Be the change

September 15, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Rusty Potter Our expectations will set the limits for our lives. If we expect little, we will receive little. Small plans have no power to stir the soul. If we don’t plan for our lives to get better, then…

Rusty Potter

Monroe City Council: August 23, 2022 Minutes

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Free PressLegals

City Hall, Monroe, Louisiana August 23, 2022 6:00p.m. There was a legal and regular session of the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana held this date the Council’s regular meeting place, the Council Chamber, City Hall Building, Monroe,…

Minutes

67 year old man, continues 35 year fight to clear his name

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Free PressBreaking News

You’ve been seeing his signs for 35 years! No matter what he does, Laster Paster can’t get his day in court. At 67, He wants his name cleared before he dies. Last week Lester Paster posted several signs of his…

Lester Paster, Protesting

Saturday services set for Taylor funeral

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Free PressBreaking News

Funeral services will be held Saturday for Philmon Reed Taylor at the China Grove Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Mrs. Taylor died on August 27th. She was affectionately called “21 and holding” by her friends and family. Her official obituary…

Philmon Reed Taylor

“Southside Dream” in hands of city council, “Ain’t we people, too?”

September 8, 2022September 22, 2022 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

 The fate of the “Southside Dream” is in the hands of the Monroe City Council members, the majority of whom represent the Southside. Its outcome should be obvious, but Monroe Mayor Oliver Ellis is working behind the scenes to water…

Roosevelt Wright Jr

Inmate says cops sent him to federal court to bypass Judge Jefferson

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Free PressLetter to Editor

Editor’s Note: The following is a letter from an inmate. The opinions given are his own and have not been verified by our publication. Dear Editor; This letter I am sending is more proof that the Honorable Larry Jefferson is…

Derrick A. Hall

Correction

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Free PressSubmissions

In the September 3, 2022 edition of the Free Press in a story titled “Area War on Poverty entrusted to three groups”  “Prime Time” was identified as a “For-Profit” corporation. However, Prime Time Family Reading is a “Non-Profit” Corporation. It…

Prime Time

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