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Mayor's race gets nasty
Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo says his re-election campaign will continue to remain positive in spite of what he described as vicious personal attacks by two of his opponents. |
School system entertains budget cuts
Grappling with a projected deficit of about $3 million, a budget committee formed by the Ouachita Parish School Board recommended that no textbooks should be replaced for elective classes next year. |
Carter campaigns on city's image
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final piece in a series of articles on the candidates for a seat on the West Monroe Board of Aldermen. |
MCSB approves $351,000 deal for tutoring
Some students at three troubled Monroe City Schools will receive assistance from a Shreveport school services provider, with the aim of preparing the students for standardized tests. |
Tempo
Cheniere Baptist hosts revival
Cheniere Baptist Church will host evangelist Al Gist during the Bible Prophesy revival, set for Sunday, Feb. 5, through Wednesday, Feb. 8. |
MGSL hosts acclaimed speakers
Early February is typically a time for Louisiana gardeners and flower lovers to sit inside browsing seed catalogs, planning their garden's pruning needs, and looking for the first signs that spring flowers are just around the corner. |
French Creative wins Gold MarCom Award
French Creative Group captured a Gold MarCom Award in the recent international 2011 MarCom Awards competition for its "On the Wings of a Hero" marketing campaign promoting the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum's fundraising gala and banquet benefiting the museum's planned expansion. |
ESU plans Shakespeare Competition
The Monroe chapter of the English Speaking Union will hold its annual Shakespeare Competition on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the First United Methodist Church on Loop Rd. beginning at 2:00 pm. The competition will be held this year in conjunction with a featured presentation by Dr. Sandra Hill and Dr. Claudia Grimmell. |
ULM to host Eric Ewazen
An internationally-acclaimed composer will be in residence on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Monroe next week. And two ULM music faculty members will premiere a work he wrote especially for them. |
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Columns
Who needs the Bible anyway?
The Bible is just not Relevant to Modern Man"…this statement, either exactly or at least in essence, is "parroted" in front of college classes all over our nation. What junk! |
It is the little things that matter
If you have heard me speak, or read anything that I have written over the past 30 years, then you have heard, "It is the little things that make a great big difference." |
Optimism for the future continues to grow
With the warm weather that has accompanied the beginning of 2012 we are seeing signs of commercial development emerging on the landscape. New developments are in the planning stage and restaurants and companies are making a move. As the economy continues to slowly improve, optimism for the future continues to grow. Look for 2012 to continue the trend set in 2011 which witnessed a return to normal activity in the commercial real estate market. |
Editorials
Obama flunks simple math
In his State of the Union speech last week, President Obama clearly showed us that he intends on engaging in class warfare in his drive to secure a second term in office. |
Sports
Parish Prep Hardwood Action Heats Up
Parish prep boys basketball teams are entering the halfway point of their district schedules and with only two weeks remaining in the prep basketball season, every game is critical to race for the district championships and post season seeding. |
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