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Services set next week for “Pooh” Newton, 28

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Next week, funeral services will be held for a Ouachita High School graduate who died last week. Services for Steven Newton will be held Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Bethel Baptist Church Mr. Newtown died on April 30, 2022.…

Steven "Pooh" Newton

Fobbs to coach at Ruston, free of charge

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Free PressBreaking News

One of the most sought after NCAA athletic coaches in the state will become a high school football Coach for Ruston High School Bearcats for the 2022 season. Broderick Fobbs, the former award-winning coach of the Grambling Tigers will assume…

Broderick Fobbs, NCAA athletic coaches

Female lawmakers OK with abortion ban if Roe vs Wade is reversed

May 5, 2022 Free PressBreaking News

If the U.S. Supreme Court reverses Roe vs. Wade, a new state law and a constitutional amendment supported by two Northeast Louisiana female lawmakers that bans all abortions after a heartbeat is detected will go into effect. This week a…

Rep. Pat Moore, Roe vs Wade, Senator Katrina Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court opinion

Times have changed but love is still the main ingredient for 21st-century mothering

May 4, 2022May 5, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Community News

By Lisa Wilmore The challenges of motherhood have changed over the years, but one ingredient is essential through all generations: motherly love. Mothers of the past  (early 20th century) mothers faced different challenges than mothers of today (21st century), but…

21st-century mothering

Commission approves Southside 25-year development plan, city council next

May 4, 2022May 5, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Community News

The Southside 25-year plan for economic development came one step closer to approval Monday after the Monroe Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend its adoption by the Monroe City Council. The 38-page plan is the blueprint for economic development in…

Charles Theus, Roosevelt Wright Jr, SEDD, Southside 25-year plan, Tony Little

Snaps of the City

May 4, 2022May 5, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between April 30, 2022, and May 3, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.  

Snaps of the city, Social media

Man charged with beating boyfriend with a hammer!

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Police Arrests

Henry Bernard Walker, 29, was arrested Tuesday after his live-in boyfriend told police that he was beaten by Walker with fists and a hammer.    Monroe Police arrested Walker at about 9:30 Tuesday night after his reported boyfriend told police…

Henry Bernard Walker

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