Friday, April 19, 2024
As protests against police brutality continue around the country, organizers in Monroe are following suit to rally people around the Black Lives Matter movement. Azia Hawthorne, 39, has lived in Monroe for eight years after moving from Chicago and said she has been to 12 BLM protests over the past two […]
Monroe has hometown talent and it’s a comedian. Andy Peters, a graduate of Monroe High School in 2000, recently had a stand-up comedy show at MCCC in the La-Z-Boy Center. Peters said his family, his wife’s family and friends from high school were attending to see him. He said it […]
The Respiratory Therapy Program will host a flu shot clinic at the gymnasium of the Welch Health Education Building Monday, Sept. 9, MCCC announced. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is for students, employees and the community. Flu shots will be administered by trained CVS […]
Give back and give blood. The life-force of all animals is blood, which carries oxygen and nutrients to our organs and keeps us alive. However, there is not enough blood to sustain all life. Burn victims, cancer patients, and surgeries all require blood from an outside source. Some of us […]
Monroe will welcome its very own comic book and card convention on Saturday, Oct. 4. The Monroe Comic-Con and Card Show was founded last year by Gary Pillette. His son, Drake Pillette, is an MCCC student. “This year’s show is going to be pretty fun,” Drake said. “I believe it […]
