Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 16 for a Union Central Graduate who died on Palm Sunday. Services will be held Saturday, April 16, 2022 at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Grayson, La. for John Harrell, a Caldwell…
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Patel named to help downtown as Main Street director
Nirali Patel is the new Main Street Director for the City of Monroe. Patel previously served as Thesis, Dissertation, and Graduation Compliance Specialist at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Patel graduated Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English…
Obituary for Lovie Delight Staten Banks
Lovie Delight Staten Banks was born on October 27,1918. She was the eighteenth (18th) of nineteen (19) children born to her parents, Adolph Staten and Ann Jones. She was married to the late David Banks and has one stepson, David…
“Precious Pearls in a Butterfly Garden”
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® – Omicron Iota Omega Chapter presented six Precious Pearl Debutantes to society during its 18th Annual Cotillion at the Monroe Civic Center. Ms. Erika Payne, Precious Pearls Clinic Director, said, “The six young ladies, all…
Birthdays April 14th – April 20th
April 14- Bennie Armstrong, April Joy Jackson,In Loving Memory of Edward Bolden, Chrissie Tanner, In Loving Memory of Louis Pargoud, In Loving Memory of Tommie Glover, An’Nalee Jes’Sieca Holland, Cynthia Byrd, Sophie Mitchell. April 15- Jonathan Nash, Claurice Shoulders, Avery…
Without trust, community shuts down on city chief’s “John Wayne” style
The Monroe Police Department is very efficient at solving crimes, and arresting suspects. Whether true or imagined, the general public sentiment is that if a crime is committed in Monroe, the MPD will eventually arrest the suspect. Arrests generally occur…
Nothing is permanent, not even trouble
By Rusty Potter Nelson Mandela said, “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up”. Our greatest success in life is not falling down. Our greatest success is getting…