A contentious moment at the end of Thursday’s Monroe City School Board (MCSB) ended with the meeting being abruptly cut short as board member Bill Willson publicly accused two colleagues, Board President Betty Cooper and Vice President Brenda Shelling, of…
Voters in Ouachita Parish delivered a mixed verdict in Saturday’s election, approving tax renewals to fund the Green Oaks Detention Center and the Parish Library system while joining a statewide rebuke of four constitutional amendments backed by Republican Governor Jeff…
The Monroe City School Board voted Tuesday not to sponsor Neville High School’s application to become a Type 3 charter school. The decision came during a special meeting where only four of the seven board members voted, resulting in a…
Will Friday Ellis win another term as Mayor of Monroe, or will 19-year veteran Jamie Mayo pull off an upset and reclaim the mayor’s seat? Will Betty Cooper, a school board member, trade her school board seat for the Mayor’s…
Mayoral candidate Betty Ward-Cooper has garnered the official endorsement of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1160. The announcement came during a recent press conference where union Vice-President James Tatum, speaking on behalf of President Horace Anthony, expressed the union’s support…
Eureka Math? If you’ve never heard of it by name, you may know it as the new way of doing math that is so frustrating that many parents can’t help their children at home. School Board members Betty Cooper and…
Mayoral candidate Betty Ward Cooper announced on her website Wednesday that when elected, she will ask the city council to revise its budget to target funds toward reducing crime in high-crime areas. Cooper said one of her first acts will…
