Angela Renee Louis was born on March 31, 1968 in Monroe, LA to the union of the late Evangelist Harriet Warren Louis and Deacon Hilton Louis, Sr. She attended Clark Elementary, Carroll Junior High, and graduated from Carroll High School,…
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Jewel’s Civic and Social Organization presents its 10th Annual Mardi Gras Gala
Jewel’s Civic and Social Organization held its 10th annual Mardi Gras Gala on Saturday, February 26, 2022, beginning at 7 pm at the Bastrop Municipal Center in Bastrop, Louisiana. Party goers were not deterred by the rain. In addition to…
Snaps of the City
Between February 24, 2022, and March 2, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Birthdays March 3rd – March 9th
March 3- Don L. Horne, Johnathan T. Johnson, Randell Johnson, D.R. Griffin, Sr.,Willie L. Perry, Carolyn “Patsy Ann” Buckley, Henry Staten, Belinda Menyweather, Zakkiyya Davis, Maya Rucks, In Loving Memory of Mary A. Lee, Ivory Mock. March 4- George Way,…
Child support cycle of repeat jailings for decades owed debts needs attention
There are 50,000 men in prison in America because they could not pay, or refused to pay past-due child support payments. Failure to pay child support has made criminals of many men who have not otherwise broken a single law…
COVID-19 showed we need a more diverse doctor workforce
By Robert Grant Dear Editor, Deaths related to COVID-19 were more than twice as high among Black, Latino, and Native American people as among whites in 2020, according to new research out from the National Cancer Institute. It’s only the…
Monroe City School Board: Legals
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID NOTICE Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Manager at Monroe City School offices at 2006 Tower Drive, Monroe, LA 71201, or electronically by online submission at www.bidexpress.com, until 2:00 P.M., CST on Thursday, April 07,…