Between March 17 and April 3, 2024, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
Category: Events
Services held for Eddie Burdette last week
Funeral services for Eddie Burdette were held Saturday at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church. Mr. Burdette died on March 16, 2024. He was 60 years old. Mr. Burdette was born on March 27, 1963, to the union of Mary…
Kids Korner: Meet Blade Roquemore and more
By Julius Brown 5th Grade Honor Student Hello friends, last week, the joke was, “How do you throw a party in outer space?” The answer is you planet. Now that we have discussed the weekly joke business, It is time…
Omicron Iota Omega Chapter Precious Pearls Debutante Cotillion 2024
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Omicron Iota Omega Chapter LaWanda Elliott, President Liz Pierre, 1st Vice-President Connie Boston, 2nd Vice-President Jennett Johnson Hunter, Clinic Director & Chairman of the Precious Pearls Program Kathy Gray & Dr. Alvina Thomas, Clinic Co-Chairmen…
Black Tie Guys tour eight colleges during Easter break
As the early morning sun casts its first rays over the Louisiana landscape, a sight unfolds that captures the essence of hope and ambition. An entourage of 40 inner-city youths, accompanied by their mentors, steps off vans onto the lush…
Muhammad council support taking shape
Verbon Muhammad will face incumbent council member Kema Dawson in a run-off election next month. Despite a well financed campaign funded mostly by wealthy Republicans, Dawson failed to get a majority vote from her heavily black Democratic district. Saturday, Muhammad…
Caddo elects Black Sheriff, not by one vote, but by 4000
In a story that ends months of legal battles, public scrutiny, and a resolute commitment to public service, Henry Whitehorn’s election as the first Black sheriff of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, winning not by 1 vote, but by 4,000 votes.. Whitehorn’s…