Prayers are going forth today for Attorney Louis Scott, who has been hospitalized after reportedly suffering a stroke. Scott, an ordained minister, and pastor of the Cain Ridge #1 Baptist Church in Lake Providence, is being treated at a local…
Category: Events
Ellis campaign to host Friday party
By Robert Wright This Friday night at The Hub downtown, Monroe mayoral candidate Friday Ellis is hosting a campaign fundraiser that hopes to tap into Monroe’s young crowd. Ellis is in the race against three other opponents for the April…
Funeral arrangements slated for DJ Star killed in accident
A popular radio personality is being mourned by thousands in the Monroe community after his death in a car crash last week. Funeral services set for Donald Johnson of Shreveport, known locally as DJ Star. Johnson died in a car…
Rev. Reuben Oliver mugged, robbed, during health walk, survives
Rev. Reuben Oliver is still shaken, but well, after surviving a mugging recently as he walked in his Oregon Trail neighborhood. The Reverend Oliver, the pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church, is crediting the power of a protective God for…
Theft Investigation
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Investigators are currently investigating the theft of tires and wheels from a vehicle at an auto auction on Gregory Road in Monroe. The possible suspect and his vehicle are shown in the photos that were taken by…
Woman who rammed boyfriends car, charged
A woman has been arrested for apparently stalking and ramming the car of her boyfriend. She said she wanted a car seat; he said she’d been stalking him. Police arrested Jokendra Cherelle Smith, known as “KeKe” and charged her with…
Mayor Mayo involved in DC Car Wreck
Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo was involved in a fender-bender in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, January 22nd. The accident occurred when the Taxi in which he was riding was hit by another vehicle. The mayor was treated at the George Washington…