Several hundred people gathered Saturday for a “Boots and Dukes” cowboy festival in the Town of Richwood. The revelers paid $8 each for the fun event. Participants reportedly had a great time dancing, riding horses, and watching step shows. There…
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Double graveside service set for mother, son COVID victims
A double graveside service will be held Saturday for a mother and son who fell victim to the COVID virus in Monroe. Graveside services for Angela Parson Jackson and her son Micheal Parson will be held Saturday at 2…
NAACP says districts should protect lives of teachers in reopening
The NAACP thinks both the parish and city school boards should provide medical coverage for teachers exposed to the Coronavirus as school reopens this month. Rev. Ambrose Douzart, president of the Monroe/Ouachita NAACP, said Wednesday that both the local school…
Old Chief reappointed as new interim chief for Monroe Police
There is a new chief of police for the City of Monroe, but the new interim chief is actually the old permanent chief, who has been asked to step out of retirement and hold down the job while the…
Mother jailed for deserting three children while “smoking that stuff”
A West Monroe woman was arrested for child abandonment Thursday after one of her three children told police that she was “down the road smoking that stuff.” West Monroe Police arrested Yvonne Anique Perry of 307 Conella Street in West…
“We’re playing with people’s lives” says Johnson, school reopening plan
Board President says plan is most effective, but not the safest. Superintendent says district won’t test or pay for teacher tests. Johnson says school district is putting lives of teachers at risk. Is the Monroe City Schools…
The Celebration of the Life of Mary Louise Rogers
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s…