Between April 6, 2022, and April 12, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Category: Events
Appointment of Butler as Registrar has historical significance
Without fanfare, Isabelle Butler, was sworn in as the registrar of Voters for Ouachita Parish on April 4, 2022. There was little fanfare over her appointment, which is a far cry over the controversy that surrounded the first black woman…
Services set Saturday for Union Central graduate, John Harrell
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 16 for a Union Central Graduate who died on Palm Sunday. Services will be held Saturday, April 16, 2022 at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Grayson, La. for John Harrell, a Caldwell…
Patel named to help downtown as Main Street director
Nirali Patel is the new Main Street Director for the City of Monroe. Patel previously served as Thesis, Dissertation, and Graduation Compliance Specialist at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Patel graduated Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English…
Obituary for Lovie Delight Staten Banks
Lovie Delight Staten Banks was born on October 27,1918. She was the eighteenth (18th) of nineteen (19) children born to her parents, Adolph Staten and Ann Jones. She was married to the late David Banks and has one stepson, David…
“Precious Pearls in a Butterfly Garden”
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® – Omicron Iota Omega Chapter presented six Precious Pearl Debutantes to society during its 18th Annual Cotillion at the Monroe Civic Center. Ms. Erika Payne, Precious Pearls Clinic Director, said, “The six young ladies, all…
Woman waves gun at troubling juveniles, gets arrested
When Terri Morrison was being harassed by a group of neighborhood teenagers, she waved a gun a them to scare them off. The kids complained and she went to jail. It all happened on Tuesday, April 12 when Monroe Police…