Patricia Ann Cole passed away on July 12, 2026, at the age of 74. To celebrate her seventy-four years of life, family and friends will gather for a time of reflection and remembrance, beginning with a public visitation on Friday…
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Rep. Cleo Fields not to seek re-election to Congress
U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election to Congress following a high-stakes legal and legislative redistricting battle that effectively dismantled his majority-Black seat. Rather than mounting a long-shot campaign in a newly reconfigured, heavily Republican…
Ernest Muhammad says he wants to improve education for Monroe students
Ernest Muhammad, a candidate for Monroe City Schools District 4, says he is concerned about the quality of education in the district. As a former elementary school teacher at Roy Neal Shelling Elementary, he said he is familiar with many…
Three Swanson escapees caught, jailed
Dramatic new details have emerged following the capture of three inmates who escaped from the Swanson Center for Youth on Saturday morning, leading Monroe Police officers to a vacant home where all three fugitives were apprehended—including two who attempted to…
Stalanda Butcher is new Arco Director
Following the retirement of Roma Kidd, Stalanda Butcher has become the Executive Director of ARCO, A Community Resource, effective July 1. Butcher has over twenty years of experience in child advocacy, strategic planning, and partnership development in the nonprofit industry.…
Meta Data Center surge, pushing Rayville rents up, residents out
Residents of Rayville who rent or lease are feeling uneasy because many now learning that relatively low rent they paid for some facilities is a thing of the past, since the Meta Data Center began construction. In the once sleepy…
Keeping fit begins when you’re young
Before there is dance, and big dreams of being a professional dancer, there is the first step which is fitness. Some of the students at Carolyn Danceland are learning the rudiments of fitness. What they learn at Carolyn’s Pecanland Mall…