There’s a tug of war going on between Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo and Senator Charles Jones over the future of business growth in South Monroe. Tuesday Senator Jones was visibly upset on the floor of the Senate when a bill…
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Arnor Ford named principal of Richwood High
The Ouachita Parish School Board named Arnor Ford, a veteran educator who now serves as assistant principal of Ouachita High School, as the school’s new principal. That selection doesn’t sit well with Richwood Alumni or the board’s lone Black member,…
Auditor’s report begins Andy Jackson witch hunt!
Two years ago, Andy Jackson went on a campaign to have the city zoo nationally accredited. Faced with a long list of repairs and changes and a short amount of time to get them done, Jackson plunged into a whirlwind…
Faye Brown Blackwell gets well deserved salute!
Congratulations are in order! The Monroe area was proud last week at the Bayou Classic when the daughter of one of our most prominent families was among 100 people inducted into the Southern University Hall of Fame. That’s quite an…
2500 Eagle Scouts, is that possible?
I have spent more than half of my 50 years, trying to inspire youth to achieve and to encourage others to do the same.I believe in the power of imagination and ingenuity. I know that a good idea in the…
J.R. Bryant named best prep violist in state
J.R. Bryant plays the viola, it speaks! Even those who claim a distaste for violin and viola music find themselves awe-stricken by the sheer talent of this local teenager whose gift for instrument seems limitless. Bryant, the son of Mr.…
Lane’s aides threaten to sue school board over pay cut!; Tapes mysteriously disappear!
It was almost midnight when weary Monroe City School Board members impatiently decided to go home, upset that a set of recordings of a 1997 school board meeting has mysteriously disappeared. In a marathon meeting Tuesday night school board members…