It’s been 40 years since the old Monroe City Dump, located adjacent to a well-populated area off Grammont, was closed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said the dumpsite was a health risk and unsafe. However, last week residents…
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Vidrine gets contract extension, despite continued failure of Southside schools
The Monroe City School board in a 5-2 vote, voted to grant a one-year extension to the contract of Superintendent Brent Vidrine. Vidrine had sought a new three-year contract, but instead was granted a one-year extension of his present contract.…
Birthdays September 18th – September 23rd
September 18-Shenkia Hartwell, Dorothy Tucker, Roshanda Richarson, Tammy Lawrence, Shalivia Christopher, Virginia Howard, Henry Manning, Shunta King, Dereilial Wilson, Marquita Pimpton-King. September 19-Gertrude Myles, E.L. Barnett, Jr., Ursula Saulsberry, Lillian Harris, Tyrone Harris, Sabrina Woods, Luvenia Revels, Lisa Brown, Clemenstine…
What do you say to hurting hearts?
By Lisa Wilmore My Friends, I greet you in the only name that matters, Jesus Christ! Even though things may look dreary and bleak, He is our bright light that shines each day. As I sit and ponder about what…
God said, “Beginning now! Do not celebrate Halloween as you did Mardi Gras, anymore!”
By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Scripture Reading: When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you…enchanter, or a witch.…
I thought the dump was supposed to be in my neighborhood; I am Black
When I was a teenager, like many of the boys in the Renwick and Booker T. Community, I rushed home from school and raced to the city dump. Curious boys raced to get to the dump to meet trucks that…
Death Notices for the week of September 14th
Walter Williams, 73 of Monroe, LA Laborer died September 4, 2020. Service will be 11:00 A.M., Friday, September 18, 2020, at Magnolia Cemetery, Monroe, LA under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be 12:00 until 1:30 P.M., Thursday,…