A former Librarian at the Carver Branch Library died last week at age 89. This week the community mourns the death of China Bryant, an educator and librarian. Funeral services are slated for December 27, 2018 at 11 a.m. at…
Year: 2018
Video of Christmas night club shooting shows panic, gunfire
Club Nuvvo is a popular hangout for young adults to party and have fun, but Christmas night the sounds of gunfire turned the entire evening into a horror event to get away from, rather than a fun place to go to.…
Grandmother of 55, thankful for Christmas help
Jackie Starr has fifteen children and fifty-five grandchildren, with four on the way. This Christmas was a Merry Christmas for her large and growing family partially becomes of the help her family received at the Best Buy Christmas Give-A-Away. The…
Body of woman believed to be missing educator found
The body of a Black female has been pulled from Bayou DeSiard, law enforcement officials suspect that it is the body of a woman reported missing. Ouachita Parish Sheriff Jay Russell said the body of an African-American woman fitting the…
Treasure your journey
By: Evelyn Turner Body This morning I was reflecting on my upbringing with my husband, John Body, Jr., and he said he thought I’d got my start at Little Flower Academy. But thinking back on my life, I recalled attending kindergarten…
Free Press print edition to break for holidays
Free Press subscribers are reminded that this is last print issue of the Free Press until after new years. Roosevelt Wright, Jr., publisher of the Free Press, announced this week that the staff of the Free Press will take a two…
Birthdays December 20th – January 9, 2019
December 20-Rodney McNeal, Raymond Ples, Christi Jackson, Eloise Browhow, Allen Blanson, Larry Gene, In Loving Memory of Dora Jackson, Reginald Chapman, Lenice Redman, Brenda Wade, Nobie Harris, Sr., In Loving Memory of Billy Joe Henry, Sr. December 21-John. M. Lawrence,…