Backers of a recall petition against Richwood Mayor Gerald Brown received word Wednesday that the Governor John Bel Edwards, after receiving the required signatures has set a recall election for November 13, 2021. The Ouachita Parish Registrar of Voters office…
A shooting in a Foster Heights apartment Wednesday has left one woman dead and another behind bars in what police describe as an accidental shooting. Police arrested Dashone Nichelle Thomas, 21, of 690 Highway 707 in Monroe, and charged…
A man is behind bars after being arrested Wednesday morning charged with beating his ex-girlfriend with a metal pipe. Monroe police have booked 40-year-old Monty Page with attempted second-degree murder after police found the victim, his reported ex-girlfriend…
Services for Barbara Irene Johnson were held Sunday, August 8, 2021 at the King Solomon Baptist Church. She was 61 years old. Her official obituary read as follows: Barbara Irene Johnson was born June 27, 1960, to Earnest Charles Johnson…
Cox’s Kids won’t be charged to use the Benoit Recreation Center, but other groups will. Last week a Free Press news item revealed that Marilyn Cox’s free dance lesson for kids may have to shut down because the city is…
Freedom Bible Church-Twin Cities held a grand opening and official launch on August 6-8, 2021. Founding Pastors: Overseer Annanias Word & Lady Andrea Word. There were backpack fill-ups, free food and drinks, fun games and activities, and a live performance…
***Served as First elected African-American Mayor of Monroe 1996-2000 ***First African-American President of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury 1988-1996 ***First African-American Supervisor and Assistant Superintendent of Ouachita Parish Schools. The Monroe community mourns the passing of Abe E. Pierce, III,…
