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Category: Submissions

City of Monroe Holiday Office Closure and Trash/Transit Schedule

December 22, 2022 Free PressSubmissions

(Monroe, LA) Mayor Friday Ellis announces all City of Monroe facilities will be closed Friday, December 23, 2022, and Monday, December 26, 2022, for the Christmas holiday. Offices will reopen Tuesday, December 27, 2022. City of Monroe facilities will also…

City of Monroe Holiday Office Closure and Trash/Transit Schedule

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

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 Free PressSubmissions

What a fabulous celebration that took place — not once but twice — in honor of the 85th birthday of Ms. Lela Hunter, a longtime resident of Monroe, LA, and a very special lady more than deserving of the honor!…

Lela Hunter

Correction

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Free PressSubmissions

In the September 3, 2022 edition of the Free Press in a story titled “Area War on Poverty entrusted to three groups”  “Prime Time” was identified as a “For-Profit” corporation. However, Prime Time Family Reading is a “Non-Profit” Corporation. It…

Prime Time

Our Rich Black Heritage: George B. Hamlet

September 8, 2022September 16, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Submissions

By Garry Blanson GEORGE  B HAMLET was the first African-American mayor of Monroe, La. Before  2022, I was told and thought that Abe Piere was the first Black Mayor of Monroe, Louisiana. However, while doing research, I discovered that Abe Pierce wasn’t…

Garry Blanson

Our Rich Black Heritage: Samuel B. Fuller

August 18, 2022August 25, 2022 Free PressOpinions, Submissions

By Garry Blanson The Accomplishments of our Black ancestors should be and are very important to the older generation of Blacks living today (and to the younger generation as well). Back in 1905, when Samuel B. Fuller was born in…

Garry Blanson

75-year-old Oak tree snaps in rain storm

August 11, 2022August 17, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Submissions

Lafayette Traylor has lived at his small home on S. 25th Street for 16 years and has seen storms, sleet, and hail, but when the 75 year old Oak tree that sits in his front yard split in three places…

75-year-old Oak tree snaps

Mayo makes another public appearance at ribbon cutting

August 11, 2022August 17, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Submissions

Another Afro-Centric business has opened in Monroe, this time on Forsythe Avenue. Many dignitaries were on hand for the ribbon cutting of Goin Postal, a postal and package company, located at 1800 Forsythe Avenue. Among the many personalities present was…

Afro-Centric business, Goin Postal

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Highlights

“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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Monroe UnderGround PodCast

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Reflections on 2016 Flooding in Monroe

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This Week In Monroe History

Birthdays
Robert Welch, Carolyn Honeycutt, Lois Lyons, Tasha Harris, Nellie Lee, Herbert Walker III, Mary Allen, In Loving Memory of Velma H. Palmer, Tina Harris, Joyce Dotson, Blanche A. Brown, Symone Taylor, Misty Latrice Andrews, Micheal Wesley, Yolanda Anderson, Clareither Burton-Wooten, Bruce Howard, Kimanyel Ross (6)

Editorials

  • New city school board must find solution to black “brain drain” problem
  • The Monroe Chamber of Commerce owes Karl Dhaliwal an apology
  • Kema Dawson’s redistricting vote was a terrible decision

Letters & Opinions

Opinions
January 18, 2023 0

Our Rich Black Heritage: Rebecca Lee Crumpler

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

January 12, 2023 0

Our Rich Black Heritage: Philip Anthony Payton, Jr.

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

December 21, 2022

Our Rich Black Heritage: Annie M.T. Malone

By Garry Blanson  Annie was born on August 9, 1869, on a…

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