The Downtown Pep Rally has been rescheduled due to the rain this evening. Come out Monday, November 25, 2024, at 5 PM to the Downtown Monroe River Market to Meet the Teams with the pep rally portion starting at 6 PM!
Tag: City of Monroe
City of Monroe Back-to-School Drive donates school supplies to Monroe City Schools
Monroe, LA – The Monroe Fire Department and Monroe Police Department have successfully concluded their annual Back-to-School Supply Drive, delivering a large collection of school supplies to Monroe City Schools. The donations were officially presented during a press briefing held…
Douglas: “Kema Dawson is pimping our district” to get donations
“Kema Dawson is pimping our district and the city of Monroe in exchange for campaign contributions.” That’s the claim of Mondrian Douglas, a candidate for the District 5 city council seat after reviewing a recently filed campaign finance report from…
City and Richwood candidates to faceoff in NAACP forum next week
The Monroe Civic Center is set to host an influential NAACP political forum on February 1, 2024, bringing together candidates from the City of Monroe and Richwood who are running in the March 23rd elections. Rev. Ambrose Douzart, president of…
City goal of 1 percent to DBEs challenged by leaders
Is the city of Monroe aggressively trying to include minorities and other disadvantaged businesses in its procurements? That question was raised again Tuesday night as the council considered whether to approve a request from the engineering department to advertise for…
City reverses, adds Booker T. erosion project for state funding
The City of Monroe has submitted a pre-application to the state for $2 million to address an erosion problem at the end of White, Pippin and Barlow Streets in the Booker T. Washington Community. The city made its revisions only…
Voters asked to double taxes to build new animal shelter
Early voting has begun in Ouachita Parish for a single ballot item broken into two parts, that asks voters to more than double what they presently pay for public health for a while to provide funds to build and operate…