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Despite council approval, city still withholds honors for three Black leaders

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Free PressBreaking News

The families of three men who spent their lives working to improve conditions for African-Americans and the entire city are still waiting for memorial tributes approved by the Monroe City Council years ago. In November of 2015, the Monroe City…

Abe Pierce, Benny Ausberry, James Hughey

Pierce Proposes North Louisiana Dome idea!

February 14, 2004September 6, 2017 Free PressCity Government

Tear down the civic center and build a Super Dome in the North! That’s the idea that Abe Pierce told the media this week as he talked about his plans to revitalize Monroe in the coming years. Pierce appeared before…

Abe Pierce, Civic Center

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Celebrating Birthdays Today: --Lucille Black, J.W. Broadway, Robert Hamilton, Shaun Nash, Stephanie Henry, Dorothy Lyons, Rita Mack, Terrisha Perkins, Gillis Stringfellow, Myron Taylor, Flimmie Smith, Hattie Campbell, LaShonda Watson, Anais L. Pichon, Barbara Reed, In Loving Memory of Henry Battle, Jr. (8)
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