The Monroe Housing Authority is an award-winning program that has been heralded around the nation for excellence, but there is one pesky problem that defies all attempts to solve; the presence of bed bugs! One resident of Francis Towers in…
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Board tables $20,000 bonus pay for Eric Davis
A $20,000 merit pay bonus for Dr. Eric Davis was tabled last week, after board members expressed reservations about both the amount and procedure used to push the bonus through. The board in its regular meeting Thursday night, voted to…
Labor and Education groups endorse Fred Jones
As election day draws near next month, one candidate for State Representative has received our prestigious endorsements from four different state organizations representing teachers and labor. Attorney Fred Jones, a candidate for House District 16, received endorsement Tuesday from: All…
Davis may get $20,000 bonus after shift to Carroll
School Board to decide whether to give $20,000 award to Carroll’s new principal for last year’s award as state’s top principal; some think its incentive pay for leaving Wossman Carroll’s new principal, Dr. Eric Davis, has received many praises…
Suspects carrying holstered guns arrested at WM school
West Monroe High School was on high alert Tuesday when a teacher spotted two men on the campus with holstered weapons. The rule is “See something, say something” and an alert teacher made an alert, the men were apprehended, and…
Services set for former Wossman Principal Dr. Don Smith
Thousands of African-Americans are graduates of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, but in 1967 all eyes in the state were on one African-American, Donald W. Smith; he was the University’s first African-American graduate. Dr. Donald Wayne Smith died Monday,…
Forum sheds light on candidates seeking black support
Candidates for local and state offices made one of their first appearances before black audiences last week, promising to listen and bring results to their districts. The first forum for the October 12th elections was sponsored by the Southside Community…