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The University of Louisiana Monroe announces that local students, Jacob Bailey, Maryanne Haley, and Dakota Vickery, all of Lake Providence, were named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2024 semester. Eligibility for the Dean's List requires full-time enrollment (minimum of 12 semester hours completed) and the list is calculated based on the following G.P.A.

Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative (NELPCO) launched its Operation RoundUp program in January of 2016 with the purpose of having a positive impact on the communities within the seven parishes it serves.

New process could clean up environment and turn what would be trash into money. LSU researchers have created a new, low-cost way to break down plastic, a potential breakthrough that could save billions of dollars and eliminate billions of tons of plastic pollution.

We have a Christmas baby! Hattie Rae Stephens was born on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe. She weighed 6’3” inches, and she was 19 ¼ inches long. Hattie’s parents are Dee and Makenna Stephens of Transylvania. She is the granddaughter of Kish Jeffers, Shamika Harper, and Donnel Harper. Hattie was welcomed home by her big brother, Rhett. Happy birthday, Hattie Rae!

East Carroll Parish residents can hunker down and get ready for a blast of cold weather that could last for the next two weeks at least. General patterns in the atmosphere seem to predict a winter with below average temperatures and above average precipitation, according to Sara Sickles, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi.

Last week proved problematic for local residents when they lost cell phone signals and internet. Accordingtoaspokesperson for AT&T, a fiber line was cut in West Carroll Parish that downed all of the West Carroll antenna sites and two in East Carroll. The East Carroll sites affected were Hollybrook and Highway 3181 near Gilliard.

Many of the laws that took effect January 1 in Louisiana appear unlikely to encroach upon your everyday life at first glance. But closer examination reveals trending political attitudes in the state, covering matters such as fiscal policy, health care access and public safety.

January 2025 THURSDAY 2 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER’S LICENSE OFFICE 9am-3pm (lunch 12-1) East Carroll Parish Police J ury office building (old health unit) FRIDAY 3 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library SATURDAY 4 Ranger-led First Day Hike • Poverty Point World Heritage Site, Pioneer • 10am • $4 admission SUNDAY 5 MONDAY 6 TUESDAY 7 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 6:30 pm • in the Media R oom, Administration building WEDNESDAY 8 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library EAST CARROLL HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD 10am • at Housing Authority, Mike Ave. THURSDAY 9 .

BreJanae Taylor graduated from Grambling University on December 13 with a master’s degree in criminal justice. BreJanae is the daughter of Bridgette Taylor and Christian Kellogg, and the late Johnny Taylor. She is the granddaughter of Richard Butler and the late Essie Mae Wallace, all of Lake Providence.

A 21-year-old Lake Providence resident was accidentally shot by a passenger in the pickup truck he was driving. Wilomarion Loundon was transferred to a hospital in Jackson with a gunshot wound to his lower back.