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General Trass High School senior Ahmoniee Williams signed a letter of intent Thursday, March 21, to play football for Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Williams was the quarterback for General Trass, and will be at the running back position at Centenary, something he says is okay with him. “I actually like that (running back) position,” he said.

Daffodils and flowering redbud trees are not the only signs of a changing season. There are also the tractors working their way back and forth across fields planting corn and soybean seeds. Local outlook on the growing season continues to be grim, however, even with the favorable weather that has allowed farmers to plant most of their corn crops.

An ordinance amending the town’s police department budget was introduced during the regular meeting of the Lake Providence Board of Aldermen last week, although a key document was not submitted along with the ordinance.

A community-wide event was given approval last week by the Lake Providence Board of Aldermen. Ranata Johnson asked the board for permission to use the park- ing lot at the community center south of town to stage a trail ride on April 19, similar to an event held last year at that location.

The fourth annual Lake Providence Levee Festival will take place Saturday, May 10, in downtown Lake Providence at the intersection of Lake Street and Riverside Drive. Last year’s festival brought more than 700 people to town, locals as well as visitors from Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Little Rock and Memphis, to enjoy local food, shop on Makers Row, run and bike the levee, and hear and dance to Southern bands.

Local leaders learned more about a lifesaving mental health resource recently. The director of the 988 Lifeline, Heather Kleckinger, met with East Carroll Parish 911 Director Debra Hopkins, Franklin Parish 911 Director Nickie Martin, and Family Medical Clinic Behavioral Health Clinic administrators Jennifer Newton and Denise Skipper last week to promote the mental health and suicide crisis lifeline in northeast Louisiana.

March 2025 THURSDAY 20 Bloom & Books: A Storytime Adventure • 4:30-6pm • East Carroll Library • call 559-2615 for information LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 12 noon • LPHA office, Foster St. LAKE PROVIDENCE BOARD OF ALDERMEN 5:30pm • in the Mayor’s C ourt room, City Hall FRIDAY 21 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library SATURDAY 22 Landscape photography at Poverty Point • lecture, tour and hands-on advice • 10am • call 318926-5492 for info SUNDAY 23 MONDAY 24 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library TUESDAY 25 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH HOSPITAL BOARD 5pm • Conference Room at Hospital WEDNESDAY 26 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library THURSDAY 27 Bloom & Books: A Storytime Adventure • 4:30-6pm • East Carroll Library • call 559-2615 for information.

'Yay for Pre-K' at the East Carroll Parish Sheriff Department Easter Egg Hunt! • Saturday, April 12 • 10am to 2pm • Louisiana State Cotton Museum • Ready Start East Carroll will hold a pre-K information event for early learning and enrolling your child in pre-K.

SNAP benefit signup every Tuesday @ 9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 1st Tuesday of month @ 6:30 pm • in the Media R oom, Administration building DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER’S LICENSE OFFICE 1st Thursday of month from 9am-3 pm (lunch 12-1) East Carroll Parish Police Jury office building (old health unit) EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY 2nd Tuesday of month @ 12 noon • in the Police Jury Meeting Room EAST CARROLL HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD 2nd Wednesday of month @ 10am • at Housing Authority, Mike Ave. LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 3rd Thursday of month @ 12 noon LPHA office, Foster St.

Arrests as of March 17, 2025: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 3/13/25 - Monica Katrice Martin, 30, charged with failure to appear (bench warrant). Released on their own recognizance.