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News Staff

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

October 2024 THURSDAY 21 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 22 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library GTHS vs North Iberville (away) • 7pm Briarfield vs WCCA (away) • 7pm SATURDAY 23 Found artifacts on your property or other private lands? Come to Artifact Identification Day • Saturday, Nov.

Watching a hometown player at a ULM game, despite the rain

Celebrating East Carroll lives

Debra Hopkins

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Lots of excitement this week came in the form of a big concert. Lainey Wilson, a favorite of so many, and especially young girls, performed in Monroe Friday and Saturday nights. A whole lot of fans from East Carroll Parish were in attendance, including this young lady and her mother, Alison and Becky Webb. Everybody was dressed in their favorite cowgirl gear and I was told that the concert was “awesome.”

It'll be a close finish as contest winds down

News Staff

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

It’s the final week and the contest is going right down to the wire. Josh Payne led the overall by four games two weeks ago but has seen that lead drop to only a one game lead over Margie Thompson with Lee M. Fairchild sitting in third two games back.

Group searches for historic school sites

Cassie Condrey

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation (LTHP) dedicated the state’s first historic marker for the organization’s Louisiana Rosenwald School Program at the site of Mt. Nebo Rosenwald School in Monroe.

Get on emergency call list

Debra Hopkins

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Last week when an East Carroll Parish detention center inmate escaped from captivity, a parish wide alert went out to notify area residents of the event. The inmate was eventually apprehended, but there were many complaints from parish residents who said they did not receive the alert.

Police jury grants tax reduction to port biz

Cassie Condrey And Debra Hopkins

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The East Carroll Parish Police Jury voted unanimously at last Tuesday’s meeting to approve a 10-year PILOT agreement with MacroSource, a wholesale distribution company for bulk dry and liquid fertilizers due to open soon at the Lake Providence Port.

U.S. reps vote to repeal contentious law

Debra Hopkins

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A repeal of a federal law that prohibits retirees who have worked both in the public and private sector took one step forward this past week. The House of Representatives voted 327-75 to appeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GP0), both of which reduce Social Security benefits when a person receives a government pension and is covered by Social Security. The bill now goes before the Senate for consideration.

Early voting for Dec. 7 starts tomorrow

Laura Arvin

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Voters are facing another, but very important, election on the heels of the one in November. Early voting begins tomorrow, November 22, for the December 7 congressional general election and continues through November 30 (excluding Sunday, Nov. 24, Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29) from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Early voters must go to the registrar’s office in the courthouse to vote.

The annual Veterans Day

News Staff

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

The annual Veterans Day service at the First Methodist Church was Monday at 1:30 pm. Moses Shelby Chapter of DAR members Olivia Condrey, Becky Love and Carolyn Brown led the service in honoring those who have fought for and served our country in the armed forces. Brown spoke on the subject of the World War I Memorial which opened in 2021 in Washington, D.C. The memorial honors the 4.7 million Americans who served their nation in World War I, including 116,516 who made the supreme sacrifice. Members of the local American Legion chapter were present and participated in the ceremony also.

Enrollment open to Jan. 15 for health insurance coverage

Special To East Carroll Banner

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Louisiana residents now have the option to enroll in or make changes to their health insurance coverage for the coming year. Open enrollment for health insurance coverage runs from November 1, 2024, through January 15, 2025.