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Community mourns recent deaths as year begins

January 9, 2025January 16, 2025 Free PressBreaking News, Community News

The Monroe and Richwood communities recently gathered to celebrate the lives of several cherished residents who passed away during the holiday season, each leaving behind meaningful legacies of service and dedication. Lavern Hester Lavern Robert “Knockout” Hester, 87, a pillar…

Deaths, Monroe Louisiana, Richwood Louisiana

Snaps of the City

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between January 2 and January 8, 2025, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.

Snaps of the city, Social media

Nearly 20 funerals scheduled for this weekend

December 19, 2024January 9, 2025 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Local funeral directors are grappling with an unprecedented surge in services this weekend, forcing many establishments to schedule multiple ceremonies simultaneously – a situation not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21 This weekend the bulk of…

Death Notices, Deaths, Funerals

Voting ends for Neville Charter School application

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 Free PressBreaking News, City School Board

Faculty and parents at Neville High School completed voting Thursday on a proposal to convert the public school into a Type 3 charter institution, marking a crucial step in determining the school’s future governance. The vote comes following an October…

Neville Charter Association, Neville Charter School, Neville High School, voting

In Loving Memory of Rechard Antonio Wagner (Tony, Tone Loc, GP)

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

On December 13, 2024, we said our final goodbye to a remarkable man, Rechard Antonio Wagner, known to all who loved him as Tony, Tone Loc, or GP. For three years, Tony fought a courageous battle against cancer, displaying a…

Rechard Antonio Wagner

Snaps of the City

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 Free PressBreaking News, Snaps

Between December 12 and December 18, 2024, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.

Snaps of the city, Social media

Monroe welcomes its newest funeral director!

December 19, 2024January 9, 2025 Free PressBreaking News, Community News

Congratulations to Dr. D’Antre L. Jackson as one of Monroe’s Newest Licensed Funeral Directors for the State of Louisiana! Dr. Jackson got his start in the funeral industry in the late 1990s under the leaderships of Mr. Simon & Mrs.…

D’Antre L. Jackson

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Reflections on 2016 Flooding in Monroe

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This Week In Monroe History

Birthdays
Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Henrietta L. McClanahan, Richard Myles, Faye Coffee, Roy Perre, Cynthia Giagle, Mary Singleton, Carolyn Hannibal, Orelia Ceasar, Melba Hodge, Rev. Larry Tillman, Sr., Vernon Haley, Hilton Louis, Jr., ShanTrice Norman, Kendell Simmons, Christian Gardner, Carolyn Washington, Patrick Jenkins, Dorothy Knox. (8)
Local History
--- This week in 1974 Expansion of sidewalks in Downtown Monroe was captured in a photo. Photo and caption. (52)
--- This week in 1974 article showing ticket passers at Black precincts described as madness. Read More (52)
This week in 1998 Wossman PTA President Albert Roberson complained publicly about needed curriculum updates at the school. (28)

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Our Rich Black Heritage: Part two of the humble beginnings of the Carver-McDonald Branch Library

By Garry Blanson At the end of my last ORBH article, the…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: The Humble Beginnings Of The Carver-McDonald Library, In Monroe, Louisiana

By Garry Blanson Please note that this is part one of a…

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Our Rich Black Heritage: “The First Negro Zulu Mardi Gras Parade in Monroe, Louisiana”

By Garry Blanson Part Two from last week First, let me welcome…

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