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Carroll High School 2nd Annual Legends Banquet will honor Carroll High School 1953 Football State Champs Sunday October 11 at 4pm, place TBA. Carroll Legends to be honored are Norman "Bearchest" Harris, Willie Robinson, and the late Michael Howell....
The Wellspring's Keller House Program is funded by a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant, better known as Raise the Roof. We partner with Safe Haven, which is The Wellspring's shelter, and other domestic violence shelters throughout Louisiana to ensure that families continue to get the services they need after they leave an abusive relationship. This program provides transitional housing to survivors and their families who are facing homelessness due to domestic violence. The program provides housing for up to 24 months, while providing...
Follow me to the Oasis: I was a Police juror for over ten years and one of the prevailing complaints I would always hear was: "There is nothing good happening on the Southside of town". People would speak so disparagingly about Southeast Ouachita always referring to the high crime rate, the poverty, the penal systems located there, the trash...on and on and on. As if there was nothing of any value located below Winnsboro Road. Contrary to popular opinion, I found a wealth of goodness right in...
Give either Sister Janice Fleming or Brother Donterrio Anderson the mic, there's no telling which way rafters will come down. These two singers have God-gifted talent which can get the spirit high. Won't be long before we hear the melodious voices again. Photo Sister Janice Fleming Photo Brother Donterrio Anderson...
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Louisiana offers absentee ballots by mail to voters who will be unable to vote in person. Louisiana offers early voting as well. The early voting period runs from Tuesday, October 20, 2020, to Tuesday, October 27, 2020, but it should be noted that dates and hours may vary based on where you live. Traditionally, polls open at 7:00 AM for Saturday elections and at 6:00 AM for Tuesday elections. Polls close at 8:00 PM. All voters in line at 8:00 PM have the right to vote. When preparing to go to the...
If and when a meaningful conversation will be held by leaders in the Black community and law enforcement officials, one question that should be asked multiple times is the apparent discrepancy in how Black suspects are handled in conjunction with white suspects. That question is important because Black people have seen too many times how they are treated when confronted by white police officers. How many times have people of color witnessed multiple police vehicles around a possible Black...
Monroe native and former City of Monroe, Louisiana Planning and Urban Development Director, Grambling State University, and Mary Holmes college financial and North Delta Regional Planning, Employee Officer. Kenneth (Ken) Newman has gone home to be with God, after completing his service to God and his fellow man/woman here on earth. Ken will be missed by his family, friends, church family and classmates, but never forgotten. Ken died on August 30, 2020. His grave side services will be held at...
Residents of the Parkview Apartment Complex can breathe a sense of relief now that one of the three alleged gunmen involved in a double murder has been apprehended. Acting on a tip, Monroe Police Department officers were able to take into custody 22 year old Daniel Towns for his alleged involvement in the Tuesday September 1 shootings at the apartment complex. Towns is currently incarcerated in the Ouachita Correctional Center charged with two counts of Second-Degree Murder and one count of...
It's one thing to love and another thing to cut the one you say you love. It may be a different type of love, one which only the parties involved understand. The one unfortunate thing about love is that feelings and situations can change with time without any warning or reservation. What's known is that two women stabbed two men on the same day in two completely different incidents. According to police reports, on Monday September 7, police officers were called to Motel 6 East in reference to a...
Police were summoned to Walgreens on Louisville Ave., Monroe, LA responding to a dispute that turned left. According to reports, suspect Della Paige had intentions of going into the store when she and her live-in boyfriend got into an argument. She had two handguns in the glove compartment of her car and tried to reach for them, causing the two to fight over the guns. After their tussle, her boyfriend retrieved one weapon, placing it in his front pant pocket, and she retrieved the other placing...
Joseph Bernard Smith was born to the late Freeman Smith, Sr. and Cleo Jackson Smith on December 16, 1952 in Monroe, Louisiana. On August 31, 2020, Joseph "Joe" Smith Sr. peacefully went home to be with the Lord. Joseph was preceded in death by seven siblings: Curtis, Billy Ray, Alpha Jane, Aubrey, Sr., Freeman, Jr., Dana and Carrie. Joseph gave his life to Christ at an early age and was baptized at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. J. B. Brown. He later united...
A local man says that he is glad to be back among the young people at Carroll High School, now that charges against has been dropped from an October 2019 altercation. Tommy Ballard is a long time member of the Carroll Booster Club and is the only one to have won the "Big Man of The Year Award" that goes to men in the community who are making a difference in their community. But Ballard had some legal issues beginning late year when an alleged Facebook post was circulated that scandalized his rep...
Louisiana Board of Regents approved Grambling State University's proposal to offer Louisiana's first bachelor's degree in Cloud Computing. The program will train students to become cloud computing experts who can build and maintain cloud infrastructures. Professionals with these skills are projected to remain in high demand for decades to come. According to Forbes, in 2019 there were 50,248 cloud computing positions available in the U.S. from 3,701 employers and 101,913 open positions...
On Saturday, September 5, "The Po' Folk's Poet", Mr. Marion Obafemi, had a book signing for his newly released book, H.I.M. (He Inspired Me) at Afrocentrics in Monroe LA. The book is a guide on how To Transform the Pain of Daddy and other Issues into the Inspiration to become a Better You. The information it provides should be in the Spiritual toolbox of every boy, man, husband and father to repair the internal damage that we don't talk about. This knowledge is needed by every girl, woman, wife...
Noah Gene DeTiege will be celebrating her 3rd birthday this weekend. She is her late great gramdaughter of Irma DeTiege and is her spitting image. Happy birthday Noah! Helping Noah celebrate are her parents Noah and Daphne DeTiege, sisters Reagon & Rylei and big brother Jayden....
Mix 101.9's Rob Lloyd had a Burnin' On the Bayou book-signing at the King of Wings on DeSiard St. in Monroe LA which featured red beans & rice and jambalaya from the cookbook recently. Customers enjoyed the book signing while another book-signing and an encore presentation of the red beans & rice and jambalaya is being scheduled for a Saturday in October. Rob Lloyd promised to bring more red beans & rice and jambalaya due to selling out. For more info on getting a copy of Burnin' On the Bayou...
There was a promise of 40 acres to enslaved Blacks, and this is why it never happened! Many wondered having heard while never knowing why? Blacks have been played in America since our arrival and the more we don’t vote, we will constantly be played. Will we ever wake up or have to die to find our prosperity? Blacks have been enslaved in different ways still in 2020 knowingly and for many unknowingly. In any city in the United States, the despair is seen and felt. Just in Monroe LA look south and north from Louisville Ave. it obvious the h...
When I first assumed the role of Editor for the Monroe Dispatch after my grandmother, Irma Hall DeTiege passed away, I enjoyed reading her old writings. A common thread in a lot of her writings was to encourage readers to vote. That is still an important message that the Monroe Dispatch continues to share. September is known as Voting Rights Month, and is marked as a time to gain education about voting rights, spread info about voter registration, and encourage all who can to activate their right to vote. All this month, the Monroe Dispatch...
Big and little city star is celebrating another thankful year. Being an amazing person, who's known by many movers and shakers throughout the world is having a birthday Sunday. Happy birthday Earline Knox Sunday September 13, a Louisiana Treasure. Wish her a happy birthday and tell her you read it in the Dispatch!...
If the Lord says the same, looking forward to some normalcy as high school football will begin on Friday October 9. Been a while thinking maybe 2021, so hopefully see you there with a mask while social distancing....
Keeping the tradition alive, is so awesome to still see women at church wearing hats. At church Sister Louise Bolden was spotted at church in her Sunday hat who praises the Lord from whom her health and strength comes. When that time comes check with Bonnie's Whatever Hats Etc....
Amazing as the clock ticks forward and time passes, celebrating another birthday is Sharon Moore. Happy birthday Sharon who is staying safe until that time rolls around when the coast is once again clear....
In mid Fall, Southeast Monroe will experience a class act Farmer’s Market located on the scenic campus of Liberty Christian Center. The Market, nicknamed “The Oasis”, will offer locally grown, produced and catered Fresh food and produce . Vegetables, eggs and many wonderful delicacies will be offered onsite. Local artisans will also sell their handcrafted goods and local caterers will offer tasty foods. The Public is encouraged to get excited and be prepared for the most prosperous and successful market this region can produce. It will not o...
Life's memorable moments are treasured and captured at some of the greatest times. Many are remembered while some slip pass our memory. Treasure life's moments, praising God for all the good and challenging times counting it all as joy! Thanks for the memory Dorris Scott and Mary Mechelle McDaniels....
Claude "Top Dog" Staten still has it while being blessed and thankful celebrating another year. He is still turning wrenches all while being three score and ten adding seven Monday September 14. Helping "Top Dog" rejoice is his wife Floreece! Happy birthday Claude "Top Dog" Staten....
At a women's conference, Sister Debra Lovejoy was a programmed guest to pray. Her prayer was so powerful, the Lord took over when Sister Lovejoy began to sang. There was not a dry eye when rafters fell, which was a witness to her faith....
"A Bridge to Equality and Success "Thursday, October 15, 2020, 6 p.m. Monroe Civic Center Bayou Room Lea Joyner Memorial Expressway Monroe LA -Show your support for GSU Athletics!! The Athletic Department has been invited to come and celebrate with us. Alumni, friends, businesses and supporters of GSU are asked to come and participate. Admission is ($15) for those who do not purchase an ad and for those purchasing at least a half-page ad admission is FREE. Your support can be shown by...
Louis Clark Brock (June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020) Lou Brock was an American professional baseball outfielder. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent the majority of big league career as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league stolen base record in 1977. H...
Greetings Brothers and Sisters: The next conference call for Alto High School-Wide Reunion is scheduled for this Saturday, September 12th at 5:00 PM. The call-in number is (605) 475-4350, Access code is 602027. For attendance, please announce yourself as you come unto the call. If you have discussion items for the agenda, please email ASAP that I may present to our president. The agenda will be finalized and emailed on Friday evening. Please contact members without email and give the call-in...
Carroll High School 2nd Annual Legends Banquet will honor Carroll High School 1953 Football State Champs Sunday October 11 at 4pm, place TBA. Carroll Legends to be honored are Norman "Bearchest" Harris, Willie Robinson, and the late Michael Howell....
Hearts are saddened with the deaths of two more people at Parkview Apartments in Monroe LA. Mothers and families are grieving behind a shooting which left two Black Males dead in a double homicide on Tuesday September 1, 2020 before 8 am. According to Monroe Police, Officers found the bodies of LaMarcus Platter and Oyah Smith in the parking lot. Both victims had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. Its not know why this act of violence occurred by those who reside have an idea. Some of this...
Manious Williams III, departed his earthly home on August 27, 2020 to reside for eternity with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, after a hit and run incident on U.S. Highway 165. He was born November 10, 1987 in Monroe, LA, and was a 2005 graduate of Excelsior High School. He leaves many to cherish fond memories including: his mother, Shelia Cage; his father, Manious Williams Jr.; two daughters, Kelis and Katana Williams; one son, Caleb; a stepson, Martez; three sisters, Kimberly Kage, Yolonda...
Some of the worst things happen when electricity is lost is why many people suffer through the heat especially in this Louisiana Summer weather. Either Thursday or Friday August 27 or 28 when thieves cut a hole in the wall of the Super Save Convenience Store on Reddix Lane in Monroe LA taking everything in site except the stuff which was nailed down. Since all power was lost time wasn't a factor. Sources tell the Dispatch that on the Northside of town the police sat on certain streets which we...
Sources allege that Earl Grant, 43, was in a high speed chase with police following a car crash on Wednesday, August 26 on the southside of Monroe, LA. Witnesses who heard the noise from the crash allege it happened on Wilson St. or nearby on one of the adjacent streets. Sources share that Grant went into cardiac arrest and soon died after the incident. According to police reports, Monroe police department (MPD) officers responded to the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash shortly after 9:00PM...
Farewell Donald Ray "Meat" "Coach" Sheridan has ended his journey and has gone home to be with the Lord. Many knew him as "Meat" later he was known as "Coach"! "Coach" was one of the boys who hung out on the Block on Renwick St. in front of Humphrey's Store also crossing the street hanging out at Murray' s & CC's Barber Shop in Monroe LA, you would find someone hanging out rain, sleet or snow. "Meat" was highly intelligent gaining a master's degree from NLU now ULM and an undergraduate degree...
Congratulations West Monroe High School 2020 Graduate JaMya Walker. Wishing JaMya all the best as she takes another step in life....
As part of its new Leaders in Law Enforcement Award, Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) is honoring one Louisiana sheriff's department for exceptional work in their field. The 2020 awardee is the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department. Their program Deputies Making a Change (DMAC) provides mentoring to address the incarceration and school dropout rate among vulnerable male youth in Ouachita Parish. DMAC was implemented by Deputy Kenneth Tramble with the support of Sheriff Jay Russell and a...
No one could have told us that a hurricane three hundred miles away could cause this type of damage on Thursday August 27. The winds were 50+ miles per hour causing power outages throughout Louisiana. Monroe LA was struck with destructive winds which had Southside resident Willie B. Welch praying and thanking God the trees fell in her backyard and not on her house....
Alex Earl Jr. has published a second book in his series called, "The Duck Pond Gang". "I believe today's kids spend too much time inside. When I was a boy until night my friends and I lived outside until night." said Earl. He wrote this series with kids ages 6-12 in mind, and hopes they enjoy reading it....
Despite a world pandemic, some colleges and universities across America, including Louisiana schools, are welcoming its students back to campus to begin an in-person semester of learning. According to a New York Times database, COVID-19 cases have been found on many college campuses across Louisiana. The publications has surveyed more than 1,500 colleges and universities throughout the United States including every four-year public institution, every private college that competes in NCAA sports and others that have identified cases. The...
A real Carroll High School Legend is Henry "Homeboy" Johnson. His claim to fame is he was himself. "Homeboy never tried to be anyone else but "Homeboy" Carroll 1957. "Homeboy was always cool, calm and collected. If he knew know what he knows today, ain't no telling!...
We see them all the time, mostly unnoticed as they go about handling God's business. Good shepherds do not boast or brag. They are there when you need them. Many times, you don't have to call them, they have that seventh sense and show up right on time. Before God shut the world down, the good shepherds would be everywhere praising God. They just cannot get enough and can't wait until the ok for praise and worship in the Lord's house. Thank you, Good Shepherds Pastor James E. and Sister Nora...
"A Bridge to Equality and Success "Thursday, October 15, 2020, 6 p.m. Monroe Civic Center Bayou Room Lea Joyner Memorial Expressway Monroe LA -Show your support for GSU Athletics!! The Athletic Department has been invited to come and celebrate with us. Alumni, friends, businesses and supporters of GSU are asked to come and participate. Admission is ($15) for those who do not purchase an ad and for those purchasing at least a half-page ad admission is FREE. Your support can be shown by...
All branches of the Ouachita Parish Public Library will reopen Tuesday, September 1. Computers and WiFi are free to the public to use to file insurance claims, answer emails or for any other reason. Computers are available for a half hour to keep everyone safe during COVID-19 and to allow as many patrons as possible to use the internet. WiFi is available 24/7 and is accessible in most spaces in the Library's parking lots. The public may also use the Library's printers, copiers, scan stations...
Happy Birthday to Little Miss Allison White who celebrated her 5th birthday this past August 2020. Allison celebrated her birthday this year with a drive-thru candy land themed celebration due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions. The shindig was held at Chateau Rouge in Monroe. Her parents Vincent and Eugenia White had lots of treats and goodies for well-wishers and friends. Happy Birthday, Allison!...
Considering the impact of the recent hurricane, many people rushed out to secure generators for the convenience of power. However, it is important to remember Generator Safety. Reportedly, 10 people died from using generators and inhaling carbon monoxide. Below are some important cautionary measures that should be followed as recommended by Louisiana Department of Health: Setup Location · Never use a generator inside your home or garage, even if doors and windows are open. · Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that kills w...
As a former prosecutor, Georgetown Law Professor Paul Butler says there is a clear criminal case against the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020. In a new video, Butler delivers the opening statement he would give if prosecuting the case in Kentucky. In the video Butler discusses: Charges. Butler says the evidence warrants three charges against three Louisville police officers: second-degree manslaughter, reckless homicide, and complicity. The no-knock warrant. “[Police] said didn't need a no-knock warrant for Breonna b...
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will begin Hurricane Laura-related debris removal operations from the unincorporated areas of the Parish on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Parish residents who wish to have their vegetative debris (tree branches, logs, trunks, stumps, etc.) removed can greatly assist our contractor in getting your debris off your property and properly disposed of, but we need your help to make this happen. FEMA policy does not allow the Parish or its debris contractor to go onto private property to collect debris; the contractor m...
It is written that we know not the day nor the hour in which we will be called to leave our earthly lives. Which is why we must live each day with great intentions to carry out what we believe is our life's purpose. News of Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman's death has made the world stand still, and has many remembering just how precious our lives really are. On Friday, August 28, 2020, Boseman's family reported that he passed away at his home around his wife and family. His death was...
Sports and Racism By Eddie D. Gillis Normally about this time of year, football stadiums across this nation would be welcoming its legions of fans, as the “king of sports” takes center stage. Sports has always been an entertaining venue for millions of people the world over because bragging rights becomes a fixture all around cities/communities for who is the best or has the best team. Sports is also a place where people from all walks of life come together for a common purpose and that is to win a championship and take home the trophy. Bef...
