If the coach’s personal story can inspire players, then Southern University’s new head football coach has a back story that is sure to inspire thousands of players and create opportunities for scores of players who want to be coached by…
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Southern wins Classic and a year of Trash Talk begins
The dust hadn’t even settled in the Caesars Superdome before the talk started. Southern University fans were already celebrating their fourth straight Bayou Classic victory over Grambling State — and that meant one thing for sure: another full year of…
Black Tie Guys distribute Thanksgiving Blessings to Local Families
The Powell Street Community Center was filled with smiles and gratitude on Tuesda, November 25th, as members of The Black Tie Guys, a youth mentoring program sponsored by Tab-N-Action, Inc., distributed “Blessing Packages” to dozens of families just in time…
Death Notices for the week of November 24th
Leslie Wilson, 63, of Monroe, died November 19, 2025. Memorial Service will be Wednesday, 10:00 am November 26, 2025, at Smith Funeral Home Chapel under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Walter Bright, 77, of Oakland, CA, formerly of Monroe,…
Too Thankful to Be Hateful
By Rusty Potter Thanksgiving invites us to slow down and recognize the countless blessings we walk past every day. If you are reading this right now, you have something to be grateful for – life itself. There is blood still…
Birthdays November 27 – December 3rd
November 27-Roy Shelling, Jr., Carla Johnson-Sells, C.D. Hunt, Natrena Knights, Kerby Larkin, Francis Holland, In Loving Memory of Ida Reed, Siera J. James, Ulanda Shaw, Tia Gray, Rolland Ryan Robinson, Kanesha Collins, In Loving Memory of Jerry Ford, Dorothea Reed-James,…
Who needs to be invited to your Thanksgiving dinner this year?
By Lisa Wilmore Scripture: “Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee…