There’s a new sheriff in Franklin Parish, but the words “Franklin Parish Sheriff” still evoke bitter memories for African-Americans in Monroe, especially Carroll High School Alumni and several coaches who lost their Louisiana teaching careers. For many African-Americans in Monroe,…
Monroe City Schools will appeal a decision by the LHSAA to suspend the head coach of Carroll High School and eight of his assistants, in the aftermath of a melee last week in Franklin Parish. Wednesday the Louisiana…
It only took two hours for a local jury to convict a Monroe man of second-degree murder, a verdict that will probably mean life in prison. Last week a jury unanimously convicted Lester Ramsey, Jr. of second-degree murder of Cadarion…
