The I-20 Economic Development District reached a milestone Tuesday, as it voted to approve a $4.5 million infrastructure request that marks the first partnership with a Black-owned venture in the district’s nearly 30-year history. Launched in 1999 and approved by…
Tony Little will remain a member—and president—of the Southside Economic Development District (SEDD) after Councilwoman Juanita Woods backed away from her plan to replace him during Tuesday night’s Monroe City Council meeting. Woods had placed a resolution on the council’s…
Monroe Police have launched an investigation into misconduct allegations against Southside Economic Development District (SEDD) president Tony Little, following a complaint filed by a Monroe woman. The woman alleges that Little pressured at least one SEDD vendor for kickbacks on…
Outrage erupted at the Monroe City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, as Southside council members, known as the “Brown Bombers,” discovered that their request to roll up the property tax millage to its maximum for 2025 was ignored,…
The leadership of the Southside Economic Development District (SEDD) is facing serious legal and ethical questions after revelations that its current president, Tony Terrell Little, owes more than $12,000 in unpaid ethics fines—potentially rendering him ineligible to serve on the…
A new chapter in Monroe’s political landscape is set to begin Tuesday at 6 p.m. as Bishop Rodney McFarland is expected to be elected chairman of the Monroe City Council, marking a changing of the guard powered by Southside leadership.…
With temperatures rising and summer fast approaching, relief is on the way for dozens of households in Monroe, thanks to a donation of 175 air conditioning units to residents in City Council Districts 3 and 4. The initiative, spearheaded by…
