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The East Carroll Parish Police Jury voted to advertise for a new secretary-treasurer during a special meeting on Monday. At their last meeting earlier this month, jury members voted not to renew the contract of Natosha Davis, who had served as secretary-treasurer since January 2016.

The General Trass High School Class of 1970 awarded two scholarships to students for 2024-2025. The recipients for the annual award are Sohnnie Jefferson and JaKendra Hardmon.

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LSU AgCenter announces its new built environment and connectivity agent - Ana Gouge - for the northern half of Louisiana. After working with the LSU AgCenter for three years as a nutrition and community health agent in Concordia and Catahoula parishes, Gouge says she looks forward to assisting small, rural communities create safe spaces to play and exercise. “In my new role, I hope to assist local agents to bring safe, accessible access points to their communities,” said Gouge.

Arrests as of August 19, 2024: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 8/13/24 – Jarin Wade, 19, charged with illegal use of a weapon. 8/13/24 – Vernon Nichols, 17, charged with illegal use of a weapon.

Board of Review to hear tax assessment protests • September 10 • 12 noon • East Carroll Police Jury room, East Carroll Courthouse Poverty Point World Heritage Festival • Saturday, September 21 • starts at 9am • call 318-501-0708 for more information..

It was all about the schools this week in East Carroll, as both the East Carroll Parish schools and Briarfield Academy headed back to school. It was a great time and the kids were excited. The staff at Southside Elementary, GriffinMiddleAcademy,and General Trass High School were properly dressed on a work day in their hard hats and construction attire. I’m not sure if that is a tip to the difficulties of dealing with so many children or the difficulties of dealing with actual construction going on in the schools. But they looked great.

Friday, November 15, 2024, will be a special day for Lake Providence native, Freda Allen. Freda will be inducted into the Southern University Basketball Hall of Fame in Baton Rouge. Freda played for five years, starting as a red shirt freshman her first year. She started every game for Southern University as a power forward, and was the team’s leading rebounder. “I was nationally ranked in rebounding. I contributed 18 rebounds in one game,“ Freda said.

“Why?” was the recurring question at the Police Jury meeting last Tuesday, August 13, after the Police Jury voted not to renew the contract of secretary-treasurer, Natosha Davis. After the vote was made to remove her, Davis left the jury meeting, returning minutes later to sit in the audience. A packed house repeatedly asked jurors the purpose for terminating Davis. Jackie Folks, director of the East Carroll Housing Authority was the most vocal of the spectators. “Do you have someone in mind?” she asked the jurors. “Why are you doing this? Everybody wants to know.” Folks added that no one would know what to do at the office with Davis gone. “It’s a big job,” she said. “We just want to know your justification for the dismissal. Y’all have to have a reason.”

Supporters of House Bill 82 in the U.S. House of Representatives are working diligently to repeal a law before the end of the current legislative session.