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…
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Suicide is not an option
By Lisa Wilmore …And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were loosed. And the keeper of…
Death Notices for the week of November 1st
Patricia Ann Blackson Roberson, 72 of Monroe, LA ParaProfessional died October 31, 2021. Service will be 11:00 A.M, Saturday, November 06, 2021, at Lone WA Worship Center, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:30 P.M., Friday, November 05,…
Mrs. Katherine Brown Hubbard elected as new president for Zeta Amicae
Zeta Amicae of Monroe, Louisiana, an auxiliary of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., recently elected Mrs. Katherine Brown Hubbard as its new president. Amica Hubbard has been a member of Zeta Amicae since 2011, serving with integrity as auxiliary treasurer.…
DOC inmates want transfers from OCC
Editor’s note: This is a letter from an inmate at Ouachita Parish Correctional Center. Dear Editor; There have been a number of unreported happenings at OCC. There have been a lot of stabbing here at Ouachita Correctional Center, because a…
Father charged with murder of 18-month-old daughter
A man has been charged with the murder of an 18 month old child in his care four years ago. Police have accused Christoper D. James of the 2017 murder of an infant and his attempt to hide the incident…
Roadshow participants ask for minority equity as state redistricting looms
By Victor C. Clark Free Press Contributor In what is being billed as a “Legislative Roadshow” the Louisiana Legislature is crisscrossing the state giving information and hearing concerns before elected leaders prepare to redraw district lines for the next ten…