Between March 11, 2022, and March 16, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
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School board elections are in October, were campaign promises kept?
In October present members of the Monroe City Schools will be up for re-election. It doesn’t seem like four years, but time passes quickly. Since the racial makeup of the present board is five blacks and two whites,…
Green wasn’t always St. Patrick’s Day Color
by Valaysia Smith, Teen Reporter Everyone knows Saint Patrick’s day is on March 17th, but did you know it’s about the death of the Saint of Ireland? At the age of sixteen (16), Patrick was kidnapped and taken to Ireland…
Homicide Investigation
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Investigators have obtained an arrest warrant for Isaac Christopher Bradley, age 34, for the charge of 2nd Degree Murder. Bradley is charged in connection with the homicide of Edward Patrick on Thelma Drive in Monroe on March 5,…
Two murders, five shooting victims kept police busy last week
Police Departments and Sheriff Deputies have been busy investigating a string of unrelated shootings that have resulted in at least two deaths and several injured. The shootings are troubling even though police constantly report to the media that acts of…
Wossman Cinderella story ends with state championship title
What a difference a year makes. Last year the Wossman Boys basketball team lost its bid for a state championship and its girls team barely squeaked into the playoffs. The boys team came home to a school yard full of…
Rev. Lawrence Martin, pastor, civic leader dies at 86
Rev. Lawrence Martin, the pastor of Trenton Baptist Church in West Monroe, died this week. He was 86 years old. He was actively serving as the pastor of Trenton, where he was pastor for 47 years. Rev.…