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Scores on the state-issued LEAP test dropped in 2026 compared to last year for East Carroll Parish schools, according to data released by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) recently. The numbers are a bit harder to compare to last year's scores, since the district created Griffin-Southside Lower and Upper Elementary School, basically combining Southside Elementary and Griffin Middle Academy into grades pre-kindergarten through seventh grade, and sent all eighth graders on the STAR program on the General Trass campus.

Every sheriff in Louisiana’s 6th Judicial District has endorsed Edwin S. Moberley in his campaign for district attorney.

With the upcoming replacement of an aging infrastructure that has become obsolete, the East Carroll Parish 911 board was faced at its last meeting with a decision of whether to raise the tariff on wireless fees for its residents to create more income.

After the past few weeks, it seems there is just not much going on anymore. Life is back to as normal, I guess, as it gets. Ballgames are still being played. Football and softball practice have begun. Kids are going to summer camp. And the rest of us are just trying to work and fight the heat.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday a major data center expansion in Richland Parish that he said positions Louisiana to lean into the “next industrial revolution.” “The next generation of economic growth will not simply be measured in barrels of oil or tons of steel,” Landry said at the Baton Rouge announcement of the expansion of the Meta data center in rural, northeast Louisiana.

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The LSU AgCenter has recently hired a Richland Parish native, Madison Jones, as the new Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent. Jones grew up in Delhi and graduated from Delhi Charter School, before earning her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Louisiana Tech University in 2019.

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 Board 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 COMMITTEES 1st Wednesday of month @ 10am • in the Police Jury Room EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY Tuesday following committee meetings @ 12 noon • in the Police Jury 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.

Evette Davis, a lifelong resident of East Carroll Parish, has been named the new secretary-treasurer for the East Carroll Parish Police Jury. Davis took over the position on May 18 after the board advertised for a new secretary- treasurer to replace Ronata Johnson, who left the position at the end of 2025.

July 2026 THURSDAY 16 LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 12 noon • LPHA office, Foster St. LAKE PROVIDENCE BOARD OF ALDERMEN 5:30pm • in the Mayor’s Court room, City Hall FRIDAY 17 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library MONDAY 20 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm • East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency TUESDAY 21 FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC FQHC BOARD 5 pm • Clinic building, 326 N.