News and Announcements Listing

Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 1:28pm

The 3400 block of Polk Street will be CLOSED from Lidell to Mouton due to cleaning and CCTVing the Sewer Line. Closed 02/22/23- 03/01/23 or until further notice. CONTRACTOR: Arcadis PROJECT: Reach MR-09 Thomas and Georgia Sewer

Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 1:23pm

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises motorists that on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, beginning at 12:00 am, all I-20 westbound lanes at the US 165 interchange will be closed and traffic will be detoured. The

Posted: Monday, February 27, 2023 - 10:35am

(Monroe, LA) The City of Monroe is hosting a pre-council update. Please join us Monday, February 27, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor media room at City Hall for a briefing on some exciting projects happening in the City of Monroe.Let me

Posted: Monday, February 27, 2023 - 10:27am

The City of Monroe's Traffic and Engineering Department have announced a temporary road closure. Atmos Energy is working on a gas repair on South 8th Street. Roads will be closed to through traffic beginning at the intersection of South

Posted: Friday, February 24, 2023 - 10:21am

(Monroe, LA) Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe are excited to share some personnel changes.Up first, we’d like to introduce Harry Brown. Brown is an Assistant City Attorney in the City Prosecutor’s Office and is a proud native of

Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 - 4:26pm

(Monroe, LA) Please join the Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe as we celebrate the opening of the Monroe clubs!We’re hosting a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. We’ll meet at Saul Adler Community Center at 1:00 p.m. Saul

Monroe, LA
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 4:36pm

(Monroe, LA) Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe are excited to announce Congresswoman Julia Letlow has directed $4 million dollars in congressional spending to the city’s Calypso Pump Station. This funding is from the FY23 omnibus

Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 8:32am

(Monroe, LA) Please join Mayor Friday Ellis, Congresswoman Julia Letlow, and the City of Monroe as we make an infrastructure announcement. We’ll meet Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Calypso Pump Station located at 500

Posted: Friday, February 10, 2023 - 1:37pm

(Monroe, LA) Please join the City of Monroe and Manning Architecture as we host a progress update on the City’s recreation center plans.There are two opportunities to catch our presentation. We’re meeting Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 12:00

Posted: Friday, February 10, 2023 - 1:22pm

(Monroe, LA) Please join the City of Monroe and the Monroe Chamber of Commerce for a very special banner reveal. In an effort to promote school and neighborhood pride, as well as show support for the students of the Monroe City School System

Posted: Friday, February 10, 2023 - 1:17pm

(Monroe, LA) Please join Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe as we break ground on the Hadley Sewer Gravity Repair Project.We’ll meet Monday, February 13, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. The groundbreaking will take place near the entrance of the

Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 4:59pm

(Monroe, LA) Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe are hosting a pre-council update. Please join us Monday, February 13, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall for a briefing on some exciting projects and events happening in

Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 1:23pm

(Monroe, LA) The City of Monroe is getting ready to let the good times roll with the Krewe of Janus on Saturday, February 11, 2023, but before the fun and revelry begin, we’d like to offer some safety tips and parade-day reminders. 

Posted: Monday, February 6, 2023 - 8:12am

(Monroe, LA) The City of Monroe’s Traffic and Engineering Department have announced the following temporary road closures due to an upcoming Cross Drain Replacement:The closure of through traffic from South Grand at Apple Street to South

Posted: Friday, February 3, 2023 - 3:18pm

(Monroe, LA) The City of Monroe is getting ready to let the good times roll with the Krewe de Riviere, but before the fun and revelry begin, we’d like to offer some safety tips and parade-day reminders. Safety Tips: • Do not leave

Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 11:53am

The following streets are now closed due to high water on the area roadways: South Grand Street at the 3100 BlockSouth 24th Street at Grammont Street and DeSiard Street Intersection We are monitoring our area roadways and will

Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 1:25pm

(Monroe, LA) Please join the City of Monroe and Carbo Landscape Architecture as we host a progress update on the City’s parks plan.We’ll meet Friday, February 3, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. The event will occur at Saul Adler Recreation Center at 3900

Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 1:39pm

(Monroe, LA) Please join Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe as we break ground on the Lee Avenue Street Improvements Project.We’ll meet Monday, February 6, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. The groundbreaking will take place along Lee Avenue behind

Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 10:53am

(Monroe, LA) Mayor Friday Ellis is honored to announce he has been invited to join the 2023 MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship, a program of the Mayor’s Institute on City Design (MICD) and the Just City Lab (JCL) at the Harvard Graduate School

Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 4:09pm

(Monroe, LA) The City of Monroe Engineering Department is set to reveal new stop signs at Thomas Avenue & Gordon Avenue and Alabama Street & Phillips Street.The reveal will take place Friday, January 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.The Thomas

Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 4:10pm

(Monroe, LA) Join the City of Monroe as we get ready for the unveiling of the Northeast Louisiana Music Trail’s marker honoring the Monroe Civic Center.The unveiling is scheduled for Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It will take

Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 2:29pm

***NOTICE*** TO ALL DEPARTMENTS:CITIZENS/MEDIA  *** JANUARY 24th ******CITY OF MONROE COUNCIL MEETING RESCHEDULED***  THE LEGAL & REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY,  JANUARY 23, 2023, 6:

City of Monroe to Celebrate 44th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Salute
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 - 1:05pm

(Monroe, LA) Mayor Friday Ellis and the City of Monroe will host the 44 th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Salute. The event will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2023, in the W. L. “Jack” Howard Theater at the Monroe Civic

Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 - 9:56am

The Masur Museum of Art Presents:Art on Purpose: Creating a Lasting LegacyExhibition Currently on View Through February 25, 2023Public Reception: Friday, January 20Reception Time: 5:30-7:30 pm with collectors and artists talk at 6:00

Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 - 9:40am

(Monroe, LA) In preparation for drainage work associated with the South Grand overlay and sidewalk project, the City of Monroe’s Traffic and Engineering Department have announced the following temporary road closures:The closure of South