Between January 2 and January 8, 2025, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Category: Events
Nearly 20 funerals scheduled for this weekend
Local funeral directors are grappling with an unprecedented surge in services this weekend, forcing many establishments to schedule multiple ceremonies simultaneously – a situation not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21 This weekend the bulk of…
Voting ends for Neville Charter School application
Faculty and parents at Neville High School completed voting Thursday on a proposal to convert the public school into a Type 3 charter institution, marking a crucial step in determining the school’s future governance. The vote comes following an October…
In Loving Memory of Rechard Antonio Wagner (Tony, Tone Loc, GP)
On December 13, 2024, we said our final goodbye to a remarkable man, Rechard Antonio Wagner, known to all who loved him as Tony, Tone Loc, or GP. For three years, Tony fought a courageous battle against cancer, displaying a…
Snaps of the City
Between December 12 and December 18, 2024, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Monroe welcomes its newest funeral director!
Congratulations to Dr. D’Antre L. Jackson as one of Monroe’s Newest Licensed Funeral Directors for the State of Louisiana! Dr. Jackson got his start in the funeral industry in the late 1990s under the leaderships of Mr. Simon & Mrs.…
Master P encourages graduates to pursue the future with purpose
Start anew and forge forward to change the future was the message presented to new Grambling State University graduates by rap music and business mogul Dr. Percy “Master P” Miller Friday morning during commencement exercises inside the Fredrick C. Hobdy…