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Death Notices for week of June 27th

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Free PressDeaths

Beverly Watkins Abram, 75 of Monroe, LA Social Security Admin. died June 21, 2022. Service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, July 02, 2022, at St. Matthews Christ Holiness Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 PM Friday,…

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Marshal’s Sale

June 30, 2022 Free PressLegals

MARSHAL’S SALE KATRINA HARDWELL VS. 22CV00405 FORREST BENARD FIFE State of Louisiana Parish of Ouachita City Court of The City of Monroe By virtue of Writ of Fieri Facias in above case I will offer for sale at the South…

Marshal's Sale

Obstacles into opportunities

June 30, 2022 Free PressBlogs

By Rusty Potter Michael Jordan is a basketball legend. Out of overcoming many obstacles, he built a career many of us can only dream of. When he was in high school, the basketball team needed another player. Jordan tried out…

Rusty Potter

Birthdays June 23rd – June 29th

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Free PressBirthdays

June 23-Augusta E. Turner, Bertha Dennis, Andrew Curry, Johnise Thomas, Lorri Gorham, Daisy Coleman, Jo’Myia Brass, Camille Bryant, Wendell R. Sawyer, In Loving Memory of Maxine Wallace, Nicholas L. Rogers, Valerie S. Fields, Patricia Simmons. June 24-Yolanda Pollard, Clar Allen,…

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Welch sworn in as first Black West Monroe Alderman

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Community News

  Rodney Welch has made history in West Monroe; he is now the first African-American to serve on the West Monroe Board of Aldermen.   Welch was sworn in Tuesday, June 21, 2022, along with other officials during ceremonies at…

Rodney Welch

Real Freedom for Blacks came on Dec. 18, 1865

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Free PressEditorial, Opinions

Both blacks and whites were caught up in slavery; Lincoln’s proclamation did not end the practice Scores of Americans made money off of the new federal holiday, Juneteenth, which was celebrated last weekend. From t-shirts, parades, parties, and concerts, there…

Robert Wright

Monroe City Council: May 24, 2022 Minutes

June 23, 2022 Free PressLegals

City Hall, Monroe, Louisiana May 24, 2022 6:00p.m. There was a legal and regular session of the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana held this date at the Council’s regular meeting place, the Council Chamber, City Hall Building,…

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Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Joann Smith, In Loving Memory of Attlen Person, Derrick E. McNeal, Corey McRoblen, Anthony Green, Brushonda Alexander, Vanessa Cyrus, Markus Brooks, Maria A. Thanning, Sonjanita Yvette McDaniel, Rhoshandra L. Crosby, Morris Coleman, Jr., Wayne Everette Pollard, Lana Sue Hezekiah, Jordan Jones. (9)
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--- This week in 2000 Mayor Melvin Rambin reversed Abe Pierce's street management plan. Read the Story (26)
On this day in 2005, Kyanitre Mesha Devarie Graves was crowned Homecoming Queen at Neville High School. (21)

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