Carroll High School’s recent suspension from LHSAA football sent shockwaves across Louisiana high school sports. Yet, once the immediate shock and disappointment fade, this sanction may ultimately prove a blessing in disguise. It presents an urgent, inescapable crossroads for the…
For generations, Carroll High School has stood as a beacon of achievement, resilience, and pride, but something troubling is happening. Founded on an unwavering standard of excellence by former enslaved individuals who recognized education as the ultimate catalyst for progress,…
When the Monroe City Council adjourned abruptly on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, without addressing a single agenda item, municipal governance hit a dangerous brick wall. While the resulting stalemate freezes vital city business, the responsibility for breaking this deadlock ultimately…
For nearly half a century, Louisiana Revised Statute 51:224 has sat quietly on the books. Enacted in 1979 to govern the commercial use of school logos, it remained unused for good reason: enforcing it at the high school level causes…
When news broke that the local Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation’s annual banquet would be displaced from its home of over a quarter-century at the Monroe Civic Center, concern was understandable. The B.D. Robinson Conference Hall holds decades of history and…
When the Monroe City Council passed Ordinance No. 12,309, declaring the deteriorating property at 911 Orange Street surplus and authorizing its sale to the Eta Delta Lambda Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Educational Foundation, Inc. for $20,000, it marked a…
There is an old legal adage that anyone who represents themselves in court “has a fool for a client.” When individuals choose to act as their own attorney, objectivity vanishes, emotions often take over, and the nuances of statutory law…
