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No third game was needed after the Briarfield Academy LadyRebelshandedCalhoun Academy two overwhelming defeats to three-peat as State Champions. This win seals their place in Briarfield softball history.

East Carroll Parish 4-H has adopted the clean-up of local parks in the town as its yearly project for 20242025. The 4-H Club leaders, along with 4-H representative Lekeisha Lucas, gave a presentation to the East Carroll Parish Police Jury at last week’s meeting. The club representatives requested that they be allowed to take over the clean-up of at least two local parks. Lucas said that two public parks, Kendall's Park and Kofi's Park, would be their main targets.

Early voting for the November 5 election begins tomorrow, October 18, continuing through Tuesday, Oct. 29 (excluding Sunday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 27) from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Any questions about early voting can be directed to Renee B. Jones at 318-559-2015.

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East Carroll educators are seeing very slight improvements in test scores, according to reports given to the school board last week by school principals or their assistants. Carolyn Robinson, Southside principal, Dr.

Construction should be completed by mid-November on a one of a kind, innovative fertilizer plant at the Lake Providence Port. MacroSource Fertilizer Manager Billy Townsend said that the company planned to be fully operational by the beginning of 2025.

Arrests as of October 7, 2024: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 10/4 – Michael Lewis, 27, charged with theft. Released on $2,000 bond.

Randy and Cheryl Dye are in it for the long game. When Randy started out at the building he is in now at 701 Sparrow St., he couldn’t have known that he would thrive in that space for more than 30 years, despite having to make some changes, having to let go of some losses. It’s hard to imagine he could have known that the best business partner he’d ever have would be his wife, who when she married him says she also married the business.

The East Carroll Parish School System, in conjunction with the East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office and other first responders, held a mock drill at Griffin Middle Academy last Thursday. At approximately 9:30 that morning, East Carroll Parish Dispatcher Courtney Candler received a 911 call from the school that there was an intruder in the school. The school official informed the dispatcher that an armed male intruder had entered the school and taken a female student hostage.