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City of MONROE

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MONROE
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Population: 54,909
Mayor:
Abe E. Pierce (D)
(318) 329-2310


Clerk:
Michelle Williams
(318) 329-2252
P. O. Box 123
MONROE, LA 71210






Ouachita
Parish Info


Type of Government: Mayor and Council (5) Home Rule Charter


1805 - Fort Miro, a settlement that later becomes Monroe, is the county seat of Ouachita County of the Territory of Orleans.
Districts


Congress-
ional
Supreme
Court
Court of Appeals
Circuit ~District
Public
Service
BESESenateHouseJudicial
5 4 2 ~ 1 5 5, 8 32-35 13-17, 19 4


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Newspapers
Free Press

216 Collier St.
P. O. Drawer 1442
Monroe, LA 71210
318.388.1310

FAX: 318.388.2911


Established 1878. Ed. Roosevelt Wright, Jr.
Pub. Roosevelt Wright, Jr.
Weekly Black Community Newspaper
Monroe Dispatch

2301 Desiard St.
P. O. Drawer 4823
Monroe, LA 71211
318.387.3001

FAX: 318.387.3001


Ed. Irma Hall Detiege
Pub. Frank Detiege, Sr.
Weekly Black Community Newspaper
News Star

411 North 4th St.
P. O. Drawer 1502
Monroe, LA 71210-1502
318.327.5161

800.259.7788
FAX: 318.362.0273


Established 1929. Ed. Reed Eckhardt
Pub. Ed Major
   
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