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Mayor, Harvey lead pushback against deal for black investor after I-20 Board vote

November 7, 2025November 21, 2025 Free PressBreaking News, Community News

A heated debate led by Mayor Friday Ellis and City Councilman Doug Harvey erupted online this week after the I-20 Economic Development District Board voted to begin drafting a contract to provide $4.5 million in infrastructure improvements that would benefit…

Doug Harvey, I-20 Board vote, Mayor Friday Ellis

Council elects Harvey as council chairman

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Free PressBreaking News

Council orders ends bus fare waivers, gives COVID grants to five small businesses Doug Harvey was elected chairman of the Monroe City Council in its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night. Harvey was elected on motion of Carday Marshall. He replaces…

Carday Marshall, Doug Harvey

Echols blasts Woods for refusing to seat newly elected council member

January 15, 2020January 16, 2020 Free PressBreaking News

State Representative Micheal Echols blasted City Council Chairwoman Juanita Woods for trying to stack the deck to favor the mayor by refusing to appoint Doug Harvey as an interim city council member. In a live Facebook post, Echols, who stepped…

Doug Harvey, Juanita Woods, Michael Echols

Doug Harvey announced bid for city council, District 1

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Free PressBreaking News

District 1 resident and local business leader Doug Harvey announces his candidacy for Monroe City Council. Harvey is seeking the seat vacated by current councilman Michael Echols, who takes office in mid-January as State Representative for District 14. Harvey is…

City Council, District 1, Doug Harvey

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-- Celebrating Birthdays Today: Crighton Larkin, Carolyn Taylor, Leslie B. Howard, Sharon Hines, Frederick Norman, Tonia Watson, Mahogany Straughton, Mary Jean Hill, DiCarlos “Tay” Elliott, Diania Blocker, Mitzi Jenkins, LaJamian McGraw, Wilma WIlliams-Yearby. (9)
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--- This week in 1974 member of the Macedonia Seventh Day Adventist Church collected street donations for world missions. See Clipping. (52)
--- This week in 2000, William GiBson complained that Monroe Police searched his two-year old. Log in and read it. (26)
On this day in 2010, Solange Sayers was crowned Miss Grambling State University. (16)

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Our Democracy needs committed people now more than ever

By Marie Brown The importance of strengthening the Ouachita Democratic Party Executive…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: The Forgotten Negro Organizers of “The First Official Monroe Chapter of The NAACP”

By Garry Blanson As Black citizens in Monroe, Louisiana, eagerly await the…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: “The 1978 Landmark Federal Civil Rights Class Action Lawsuit Decision on the Ausberry Versus the City of Monroe Court Case

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