Subway owner threatens second black customer in two years; a 2018 incident resulted in baseball bat threats against Black man who washed his hands in his bathroom without buying anything. NAACP investigating. Another Black youth has reportedly been threatened by…
One man is dead and another is in custody after a Sunday morning shooting after an argument over designer tennis shoes. Police have arrested Dexstavious Deon James, 38 of Shreveport, and charged him with the second-degree murder of Marshall L.…
Funeral services will be held Sunday for a prominent business leader in the Monroe community, Edward Bolden who died Monday. Bolden died Monday, September 28, 2020, at the Cornerstone Hospital in West Monroe, La. Funeral service will be held Sunday…
On April 21, 2020 officers of the Monroe Police Department Stopped Timothy Williams in the 700 Block of North 4th Street, an arrest that resulted in several officers being placed on administrative leave and one being charged in connection with…
Across the United States officials estimate that there are 20,000 no-knock warrants executed every year. A no-knock warrant gives police the right to enter a home and make searches without knocking or identifying themselves in pursuit of a suspect. On…
Monroe City Attorney Angie Deal Sturdivant has officially announced her campaign for 4th Judicial District Judge, Division E, in the election to be held November 3, 2020. Sturdivant is an experienced prosecutor and civil litigator, civic leader and community volunteer running…
The City of Monroe has spent nearly $900,000 since 2013 studying whether or not building a new arena in Monroe is feasible. The construction of a new civic arena was the centerpiece of the Mayo Administration, but as a new…
