The next phase of the Southside Dream is now in the hands of the Monroe City Council as members ponder a $25 million request from the Southside’s planning district. The Southside Economic Development District Board of Commissioners (SEDD) unanimously approved…
Whatever happened to Sunday School? For that matter, youth Bible Studies altogether.During the Covid epidemic, churches struggled to keep their congregations together using technology. However, most of those Zoom meetings, Facebook broadcasts, and conference calls were aimed at adults.The casualties…
When Mayor Oliver Ellis was elected two years ago, he pledged to work diligently to help South Monroe. So far, that hasn’t happened. What’s needed to help South Monroe is spelled out in Southside Economic District’s 25-year plan. It amounts…
The Monroe City Council approved a special agreement with Rep. Micheal Echols to allow him to use up to $2.5 million of future sales taxes on a hotel he plans to build downtown. Every African-American speaker that addressed the subject…
If you haven’t noticed it, the city of Monroe has been silently increasing the costs of water for residents and businesses, even though its cost to produce the water has not increased significantly. In 2018, the Mayo administration passed an…
Next week the Monroe City Council will be asked to approve a special deal between the City of Monroe and Rep. Micheal Echols that will be worth millions of dollars. At its council meeting last week, the council voted to…
June 23-Augusta E. Turner, Bertha Dennis, Andrew Curry, Johnise Thomas, Lorri Gorham, Daisy Coleman, Jo’Myia Brass, Camille Bryant, Wendell R. Sawyer, In Loving Memory of Maxine Wallace, Nicholas L. Rogers, Valerie S. Fields, Patricia Simmons. June 24-Yolanda Pollard, Clar Allen,…
