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Whites with DWIs and Opid addictions are ill, black drug offenders are criminals; why?

March 17, 2021March 25, 2021 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

Laws and law enforcement officials have a totally different approach to public safety depending on the crime. Many people sell marijuana, oxci pills, crack powder, and other controlled substances; this is primarily a preoccupation of the poor and blacks. Among…

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Black entrepreneurs need to buy property on Desiard Street, quick!

February 25, 2021March 4, 2021 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

  There’s a plan afoot to revive the old black business district along Desiard Street, but unless a few enterprising Black businessmen move quickly, black entrepreneurs may be left out of the picture altogether.   Beginning in the early 1920’s…

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Rebel Mascot as West Monroe High tags new generation of graduates as racists

February 11, 2021February 22, 2021 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

West Monroe High School has produced a new generation of alumni, who seemed to be proud of their school, but they are ashamed of its symbol, the Rebel. Tuesday night, a 2018 West Monroe graduate Dalia El-Giar, presented the Ouachita…

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City schools can’t dodge pre-school issue another year

February 4, 2021February 11, 2021 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

The Monroe City Schools is facing a dilemma that it knows exists, but has offered a solution; an increasing number of its students are being moved through the system without being able to read sufficiently. The fact that it is…

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Berry’s record of taking bribes, selling out; bad school board choice

January 28, 2021February 4, 2021 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

On January 19, 2021, the Monroe City School Board elected Darryl Berry as its president in a controversial vote questioned by most Black community leaders. During the election, which was streamed live on YouTube, the public was allowed to comment…

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Stimulus checks helped local economy have its best year so far!

December 23, 2020January 14, 2021 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

In the next week or so, many local residents will begin receiving stimulus checks from the government. They won’t be the $1,200 checks that we received in the Spring, but they will be half that much. Even $600 will help…

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Judge Clark’s Chicken lane ruling upheld by Appeals court

December 10, 2020December 23, 2020 Free PressRoosevelt Wright

It’s often amusing to watch the extents to which people will go to “get paid” when times are tough. In fact, some pray for the smallest fender bender so they can sue, settle, make a little money, and laugh all…

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“Monroe hero, Woodrow Jenkins, exchanges his cross for a crown after a century”

Shanderic Downs donated a liver to his sister and saved her life

City salutes Deacon Staten, 100 years old

“Happy Centennial Birthday to Mr. Woodrow Jenkins! 100 and still going strong!”

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Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Florant Woods, Pamela D. Reed, Dawn Henderson,VaDerrious Hall, Latrina Roy, Ronald Hollis. (3)
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This week in 2017 Calvin Hunter and Mary Williams exchanged vows at First Baptist Church. (4)

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