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February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between January 25, and February 1, 2023, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.  

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Funeral services set for 22 year old Cancer victim

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

Funeral services for a 22 woman who died of cancer will be held Saturday at Pleasant Green Baptist Church. Services for Mikayla Hester Cottonham, 22, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Green Baptist Church, with burial to follow…

Mikayla Hester Cottonham

Walmart employee returns credit card filled wallet, Miller thankful

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

What do you do when a wallet full of credit cards and a driver’s license show up missing? Usually, there is panic, especially in light of news stories about stolen identities and credit card theft. Last week, Cleo Miller, owner…

Cleo Miller, Walmart employee

Services held for Brass family matriarch, Ora Lee Brass, 101

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

Funeral services were held Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the Miller Funeral Home Chapel for Ora Lee Brass. Mrs. Brass was 101 years old. Her obituary reads as follows:… Log in to read the remainder of this story. Download the…

Ora Lee Brass

Status of NAACP leadership still unresolved, branch to swear-in leaders

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

A swearing in ceremony for newly elected officers of the Ouachita NAACP is resulting in complaints of foul-play from one candidate for the branch’s top slot.     The Ouachita N.A.A.C.P. is scheduled to install newly elected officers Thursday night,…

Marie Brown, Ouachita NAACP, Rev. Ambrose Douzart

McCoy says reason white secretary resigned will not be hidden

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

She may have resigned but it will not be swept under the rug. Those were the words of Rev. Harold McCoy, the only black member of the Ouachita Parish School Board, in response to the resignation of the white school…

Nelwyn Poland Fontana, Ouachita Junior High School, Rev. Harold McCoy

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January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between January 18, and January 25, 2023, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.

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This Week In Monroe History

Birthdays
Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Versie Larkin, Dewayne Handy, In Loving Memory of Rev. Charles McGhee, In Loving Memory of Rosa Coffey, Juanita Willis, Carla Gray, Billy Wimberly, Thania Lane, Jonathan D. Peevy, Tarrance Williams, Jr., Benjamin L. Jones, Gary Owens, Brenda Addison, Harlynn L. Hammonds, Jazlyn Hope Ekara. (9)
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--- This week in 2001 Stephanie Smith, a city school board member, protested the superintendent's plan to fire 40 non-certified teachers, to save money. (25)
--- This week 2001 David Kelly, mayoral candidate was subject of Free Press Editorial citing his many attempts. (25)

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Our Democracy needs committed people now more than ever

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