Between April 9 and April 15, 2026, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
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Birthdays April 16th – 22nd
April 16-Ruth Ann Randle, Ilada Lewis, Katina Scott, Andrew Jackson, Dave Sellers, Margaret Paster, Patricia H. Johnson, Chanice’ Reed, Crista Horne, Jacie Scott, Eric Roberts, Patricia W. Johnson, Alberta Simmons, Lisa Cotton. April 17-Shirley Lane, Shavalean T. Temple, Carrie Simon,…
Dead batteries can’t give jumps
By Rusty Potter There is a simple lesson in life that can be explained with something most of us have experienced with a car: a dead battery When your car battery dies, you usually need a jump. Someone pulls up…
Remembering Willie Tatum
Willie Howard Tatum transitioned on March 25, 2026, at Alta Bates Summit Hospital in Oakland, California.Funeral services will be held April 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Arrangements are entrusted to McNary Williams Jackson Funeral and Cremations, 1901 Harrison Street, Suite…
The Choir Stand Pulpit
A Column for Church Musicians & Song Leaders By Robert K. Wright | March 29, 2026 Are We Missing Out Because We’re Caught Up Luke 4:19 • Rev. Tony Butler • New Light Baptist Church I didn’t prepare a single…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Louise “Pudden” Gilbert Tucker
By Garry Blanson “Mary Jane Harper cried last night!” In case you were wondering who Mary Jane Harper is, and why you should care about her crying last night, she was a child character in a 1977 television movie which…
McCallister is a great engineer, but a racist should not be the city’s top officer
Monroe is currently weathering a crisis of leadership that transcends simple budgetary disputes. The recent conduct of City COO and Chief Engineer Morgan McCallister—the Mayor’s right-hand man—has laid bare a reality many in this community have felt for years. By…