Twenty-eight local pastors were honored in a banquet Saturday as living legends who have served as pastors for 25 years or more. The pastors were showered with words of praise, awards and salutes from others in the local clergy. Among…
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Louberta street traffic stop nets, guns, dope, cash
Monroe Police officers stopped a vehicle that was speeding on Louberta Street and discovered a man with wads of cash, a high powered weapons and illegal drugs. It started out as traffic but ended in a d drug bust. It…
Services set Saturday for Angela Louis at Liberty Christian
Angela Renee Louis was born on March 31, 1968 in Monroe, LA to the union of the late Evangelist Harriet Warren Louis and Deacon Hilton Louis, Sr. She attended Clark Elementary, Carroll Junior High, and graduated from Carroll High School,…
Jewel’s Civic and Social Organization presents its 10th Annual Mardi Gras Gala
Jewel’s Civic and Social Organization held its 10th annual Mardi Gras Gala on Saturday, February 26, 2022, beginning at 7 pm at the Bastrop Municipal Center in Bastrop, Louisiana. Party goers were not deterred by the rain. In addition to…
Snaps of the City
Between February 24, 2022, and March 2, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Play about Henry Carroll, “Boss Man,” being staged in several cities
Plays about Monroe History and heroes are being performed across the United States as the nation wraps up its celebration Black History month. For 35 years, local playwright Roosevelt Wright, Jr., produced full-scale musicals at the Monroe Civic Center…
Civic Center fete will salute 23 girls Thursday night
On Thursday night, February 24th, at the Monroe Civic Center, twenty-three local girls will be saluted at an empowerment event. The event “Better Love Yourself: A Celebration of Black Girls” will include a piano recital for three girls, an…