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Strange and sad accidents happen every day that sometimes leave us to face an unthinkable fortune. A recent fatality leaves a Monroe family to mourn the loss of a beloved mother, daughter, and friend. Tuesday, June 29, 2021, officers responded to the call of a fatal shooting at Graduate Hotel in Annapolis, MD. Michelle Jordan Cummings, formerly from Monroe, LA, was found just after 12:00 midnight. Police reports allege that Cummings was standing on her hotel balcony when she was struck with a...
Domestic issues are somewhat of a common thing as issues in love sometimes go awry. On June 26, 2021 police arrived at a Monroe residence to respond to incident involving suspect, Keyera Young and victim, her boyfriend. According to reports, Young told police she did spray the victim with mace that also got on his 7-year-old daughter as they attempted to get away from her. Young also admitted to using her vehicle to strike her boyfriend's car out of rage. Their 3-month-old daughter was her car...
Pastor Ronald Hunter Sr. Sunrise: November 22, 1945, Passaic NJ, Sunset: June 20, 2021 Monroe LA- Pastor Ronald Hunter Sr. parents were Rev. Theodore Marshall Carter and Theodoshia Hunter. To this union six children were raised and reared. Pastor Hunter graduated from high school in New Jersey in 1964. He received his certificate of licensing November 16, 1985 at Friendship Baptist Church in New Jersey. Pastor Hunter was ordained to the ministry on November 16, 1965 at Sunlight Baptist Church...
Monroe City School Board - why has this southside school been left to such ill-repair? The community and taxpayers are wondering how long the children will have to suffer in such destitute conditions. Concerned neighbors share that Jefferson Upper Elementary School has been in dire need of repair since April 2021. Why haven't these seen issues been addressed?...
Monroe Police were called to the Swanson Youth Center on Monday, June 28, 2021 to assist in putting down what could be called a rebellion by Swanson inmates. Law enforcement would have to make several trips to the center after receiving calls of inmates causing disturbances, one of which was where an employee was allegedly injured. Monroe Police said they responded to several calls to assist Swanson personnel to "round up" some of the inmates who had gotten out of their dorms and were having...
Rally For Justice, press conference and Juneteenth kickoff was held Thursday, June 17, 2021 at Harvey Benoit Community Center (1700 Oaklawn Dr., Monroe, LA). The Nation of Islam-Monroe Study Group, UMJOI, and local attnoreys called this Juneteenth Kickoff Rally for Justice in support of the ongoing police brutality cases in Monroe supporting Ronald Greene, David Harris, Jeffery Scott, Timothy Williams, Aaron Bowman, Earl Grant, Alphonso Brown, and Reggie Brown. These individuals have been...
LA legendary football Coach Mackie Freeze of Terzia/Richwood High Schools' was inducted into the 2020 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, LA on Saturday, June 26. 2021. Other 2021 inductees along with Coach Freeze were Ronnie Coleman, Lou Dunbar, Kerry Kittles, Phil Robertson, Charles Tillman, Angela Turner-Johnson, Kent Lowe, Robin Fambrough, Joan Cronan and Tim Brando. Coach Freeze made history as the organization's oldest inductee at age 94....
Nolan Norman of Extension, LA, and Wisner, LA, and the greater community is gone but never forgotten. Mrs. Elizabeth King Norman and family affectionately called him Big Daddy. Each 1st Saturday in July in Wisner, LA is celebrated as Nolan Norman Day. The Norman family commemorates the day with a good-time community celebration and blues concert because Norman loved helping others and listening to the blues. Big Daddy gave his family the greatest gift anyone could give; he loved and believed in...
On Sunday June 27, 2021, F.D. Thompson American Legion Post 521 in Monroe LA held an installation ceremony for newly elected administration. Post 521 2021 New Administration included Commander Fredrick McHenry, 1st Vice Commander James Orange and 2nd Vice Commander Hardy Gunn....
Swayze Elementary School in Monroe, LA proudly celebrates its 2021 Student of Year, Tytionna Bates. Tytionna will celebrate her 12th birthday, July 3. She is the daughter of Shutaskie Mayes and Kevin Bates, and the granddaughter of Barry Sims and Cora Mayes. Happy Birthday Tytionna!...
Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of over 250,000 slaves at the close of the Civil War. The holiday is based on events that occurred mainly in Texas but is now celebrated nationwide. The celebration takes its name from June 19, 1865, the day federal troops arrived in Galveston to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. Although the Proclamation had taken effect on January 1, 1863, it freed few, if any, slaves. In 2021 Juneteenth was finally declared as a federal and state holiday in Louisiana...
Monroe native, Tahari R. Griffin, BS, MA, was recently spotlighted in an international newsletter of one of the clinical trials (trial titled DELIVER-MS) she coordinates at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Ms. Griffin is a clinical trial Investigator and the sole Senior Research Coordinator at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, overseeing all neurological clinical trials for the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS - a disease that affects the central nervous system) and...
Edna’s Cooking “Home of the Breakfast Bowl” Serving southern style hot breakfast and lunch daily: Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM and Saturday, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM. All plates come with coffee or fountain drink. Great food! Great service at reasonable prices. Three Monroe locations: Now Save #1 4399, Hwy 165 South, 318-737-7873; Tiger Market Café, 1800 Forsythe Ave, Suite 1, 318-325-4000; Now Save # 5, Hwy 165 S and Hadley St. Ms. Edna and Staff ~ Serving up LOVE every day! Edna’s Cooking features $4.99 breakfast and coffee, $6.99 lunch,...
Felicia Ann Banks 56 Felicia Ann Banks, Homemaker Monroe LA Died Saturday June 26, 2021, VISITATION: 1:30PM-4:30PM Thursday July 1, 2021, at Funeral Home Chapel GRAVESIDE and BURIAL SERVICE: Friday July 2, 2021 11:00 AM Richwood Memorial Gardens. Services under direction of McFarland Funeral Company of Monroe LA Reverend Ronald Hunter, Sr. 75 Reverend Ronald Hunter, Sr. Baptist Preacher and Graphic Packaging Retiree Monroe LA Died Sunday June 20, 2021 VISITATION: Friday July 2, 2021 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Greater New Antioch Baptist Church 301...
Adam's disobedience caused a plague. Jesus came to stop the plague (Genesis 2:16-17). Time is filled with swift transitions. The dress code has changed, in many cases men dress like women, and women dress like men. Clothes are being worn to show flesh. Dresses are so short everything is seen in the private area; males are dropping their pants to show their underwear. Hair is being dyed purple, green, yellow, red, rainbow colors mocking God who created them, and gave us a natural color that is beautiful. (Luke 17:11-19) speaks of ten lepers who...
There is such great comfort in knowing that me was not alone in this time of seeming loss; and that comfort was made manifest by the many warm and sincere expression of care and concern you have shown. Me thank you for your visits, calls, beautiful floral offerings, money offerings, your presence during this time, but most of all your fervent prayers on our behalf. May God bless and keep you for your love and concern! The Family of Betty Glover and Louis Glover...
