Todays’ teen needs to learn multiple languages; at the very least two. I am studying two languages outside English because learning new languages will be beneficial for future jobs or even helping people out. A bi-lingual job applicant has an…
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Downtown investment will help us grow
I want to thank the Monroe City Council and the business owners and organizations that showed up to lend their support to my administration’s proposal for the Ouachita Candy Company and downtown Monroe. This is an exciting project that has…
Parent concern over curriculums in Virginia changed things; what about here?
Tuesday over 1.5 million parents in the state of Virginia turned out to elect a candidate for governor who promoted one main theme “parents should have input into what’s taught in the classroom.” That candidate, Glenn Youngkin, didn’t…
Birthdays November 4th – November 10th
November 4- Bobbie J. Walk, Eric Reed, Irma Roy, Margaret Barber, Delores Pollard, Jeffery Brown, Sr., Marcus Edwards, Patricia A. Dobbins, Shatoqua Morgan, Barbara Handy, In Loving Memory of Sandra Randolph, Veleka Venice Gray. November 5- Desean Harris, Lonnie Blunt…
Zeta’s Leaving Lasting Footprints – “Blessings Under the Bridge”
The ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. would like to recognize two outstanding members in the Monroe Chapter of Epsilon Omicron Zeta. Soror Doctor Donna Fields (President) and her mother Soror Rosie Fields (Vice President) of Street-Wise ministries, have…
Monroe City Council: October 12, 2021 Minutes
Monroe City Council Legal and Regular Session October 12, 2021 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers-City Hall MINUTES There was a legal and regular session of the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana held this date, October 12, 2021,…
You are smarter than you think
By Rusty Potter Dr. Carter G. Woodson (American Historian) said, “Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.” Education has the power to create…