Jarvis Jacques Varner, 17 Student of Monroe, LA died September 25, 2021. Service will be 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 05, 2021, at Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 Monday, October 04, 2021, at Smith Funeral Home.…
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Services set for Clara Hardwell on October 9th
Funeral services for Clara Hardwell will be held next week. Services Clara Hardwell will be held October 9, 2021, at Piney Grove Baptist Church in West Monroe, La. Clara Brendonna Kieotta Hardwell was born May 13, 1988, at 6:58 am…
Prisoner complains of being forced to take COVID vaccination
Editor’s Note: The following letter is from a prisoner at the David C. Wade Correctional Center in Winnfield. His thoughts and views are his own. Dear Free Press, Revolutionary Greetings! May peace be upon you all… My name is Tyroderick…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Bits and Pieces
By Victor C. Kirk Grambling’s loss vs ULM’s Win: I thought it was an irony that the usual Monday morning quarterbacking found among the pages of the News Star was apparently suspended after ULM’s victory over Deion Sanders’ Jackson State Tigers.…
Mt. Olivet still meeting strong; new edifice in the works!
The Mt. Olivet Baptist Church congregation is still meeting every Sunday even though members are meeting in the church educational building. Those who pass by the Swayze Street address may be surprised by the empty slab, but it only means…
Birthdays September 30th – October 6th
September 30-Joann Smith, In Loving Memory of Attlen Person, Derrick E. McNeal, Corey McRoblen, Anthony Green, Brushonda Alexander, Vanessa Cyrus, Markus Brooks, Maria A. Thanning, Sonjanita Yvette McDaniel, Rhoshandra L. Crosby, Morris Coleman, Jr., Wayne Everette Pollard, Lana Sue Hezekiah,…
DeSiard Street Shelter has new name, now Renewal Center
The Desiard Street Shelter has a new name. The DeSiard Street Shelter, which serves people in the area who are homeless, recently underwent a name change and is now known as The Renewal Center of Northeast Louisiana. The Renewal Center…