The Monroe Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board has unanimously voted to allow the hiring of 19-year-olds as police officers for the Monroe Police Department. However, the decision has sparked controversy, with some questioning the legality of the board’s…
An unexpected act of vandalism at Monroe City Hall last Thursday has become the epicenter of a much larger controversy involving the city’s police chief. Unidentified culprits shattered multiple windows of the City Hall building using a rock sourced from…
Monroe has changed its logo, rebuilding its downtown and working to clean up its image, but it has failed miserably at changing its image as one of the most dangerous cities of its size in the United States. Monroe’s…
As the Ellis administration ends its first year in office, the mayor and his administration are making the rounds to various neighborhoods answering questions and pushing one theme: Crime is trending down and things are looking up for Monroe. …
Will “John Wayne” have to answer for brash claims and false statements he has made to the public? A complaint filed with the Monroe Police and Fire Civil Service Board wants to know what’s true and what is not true.…
