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Funeral services set for 22 year old Cancer victim

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

Funeral services for a 22 woman who died of cancer will be held Saturday at Pleasant Green Baptist Church. Services for Mikayla Hester Cottonham, 22, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Green Baptist Church, with burial to follow…

Mikayla Hester Cottonham

Walmart employee returns credit card filled wallet, Miller thankful

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

What do you do when a wallet full of credit cards and a driver’s license show up missing? Usually, there is panic, especially in light of news stories about stolen identities and credit card theft. Last week, Cleo Miller, owner…

Cleo Miller, Walmart employee

Services held for Brass family matriarch, Ora Lee Brass, 101

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

Funeral services were held Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the Miller Funeral Home Chapel for Ora Lee Brass. Mrs. Brass was 101 years old. Her obituary reads as follows:… Log in to read the remainder of this story. Download the…

Ora Lee Brass

Status of NAACP leadership still unresolved, branch to swear-in leaders

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

A swearing in ceremony for newly elected officers of the Ouachita NAACP is resulting in complaints of foul-play from one candidate for the branch’s top slot.     The Ouachita N.A.A.C.P. is scheduled to install newly elected officers Thursday night,…

Marie Brown, Ouachita NAACP, Rev. Ambrose Douzart

McCoy says reason white secretary resigned will not be hidden

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

She may have resigned but it will not be swept under the rug. Those were the words of Rev. Harold McCoy, the only black member of the Ouachita Parish School Board, in response to the resignation of the white school…

Nelwyn Poland Fontana, Ouachita Junior High School, Rev. Harold McCoy

Snaps of the City

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between January 18, and January 25, 2023, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.

Snaps of the city, Social media

Lula Mae Goins Green: From the Kitchen to the Ward

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Free PressBreaking News

1957, Lula Mae Goins Green a 25-year-old negro single mother of three working in the kitchen of St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana. Sees the first group of the graduated class from the Natchitoches Negro School of Nursing, Natchitoches, Louisiana…

Lula Mae Goins Green

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“Happy 85th, Ms. Lela Hunter, and many more!”

75-year-old Oak tree snaps in rain storm

Mayo makes another public appearance at ribbon cutting

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority holds Youth Auxiliary Induction

Mrs. Katherine Brown Hubbard elected as new president for Zeta Amicae

Mt. Canaan Baptist Church to host the First Harry Blake Social Justice Empowerment Conference

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Reflections on 2016 Flooding in Monroe

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This Week In Monroe History

Birthdays
James Sampson, Robert Bridges, Ma'Cari Kemon Byrd, Joseph Crodell Chisley, Sarah Hammond, Deodis Powell Sr., David Mock, Jamila Moore, Demetra Wilson, Melvin McNeal, Annie Rucks, Louvonia Allen, James Evans, In Loving Memory of Carol Tarver, Danny Lester "PapaDan" Wilson, Paris Pritchard, Brittany Pritchard, In Loving Memory of Matilda Moy, Oma Lyons, Brian A. Thomas (6)
Local History
This week in 2010 Mayor Jamie Mayo announced that Greg Smith would be the head of the City's Beautification Department. (13)

Editorials

  • The Southside Dream will be the litmus test for Ellis Administration next year
  • New city school board must find solution to black “brain drain” problem
  • The Monroe Chamber of Commerce owes Karl Dhaliwal an apology

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Edward C. Berry

By Garry Blanson Let me tell you about the Negro Businessman who…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Rebecca Lee Crumpler

By Garry Blanson During my recent research into Black History, I found…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Philip Anthony Payton, Jr.

It has been reported that back in 1920, Harlem, New York was…

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