The regular meeting of the N.A.A.C.P. abruptly ended Thursday night after tempers flared, resulting in accusations, shouting, and one woman stepping outside in tears. As the Ouachita Parish Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. met at the Benoit Recreation Center for its…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Between January 18, and January 25, 2023, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
