The Carver/McDonald Branch Library of the Ouachita Parish Library paid special tribute to its founders with a 70th birthday celebration on February 1st. The program featured reflections on the history of the library and projections about its future from various…
On Friday, February 22, 2019, at the Monroe Civic Center, the Monroe community will salute African-Americans in medicine with the staging of the annual heritage drama “The Root Doctor.” The heritage drama and the annual black history parade are the…
By Cadence M. Wright Free Press Teen Writer How would you feel if you are an eleven-year-old in college? You have to ask Elijah Precciely to find out. In case you hadn’t heard, Elijah Precciely is enrolled in the honors…
Funeral services for Geraldine Norman, a local mother and grandmother, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Mrs. Norman, died unexpectedly this week after complaining of shortness of breath. Services are being entrusted to Richardson…
For years, pedestrians along the 165 highway have been the subject of fatalities and injuries, as they attempt to cross the busy highway. It’s a problem Pat Moore has been trying to resolve for four years. Sunday another resident was…
A parade, a speech and a box of promises were the highlights of Martin Luther King Day activities in Monroe Monday as local residents paid tribute to the late Civil Rights Leader. A parade featuring the Carroll High School and…
By: Cadence Wright Booker T. Washington was born April 15, 1856 in Hale’s Ford Virginia. He died November 24, 1915. He was one of the first African-American leaders in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was best known as a…
