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Arrests as of April 20, 2026: East Carroll Parish Sheriff: 4/14/26 - Anissa Brown, 29, disturbing the peace by fighting. Bond $350.

A Lake Providence dining favorite will reopen May 1 with a menu featuring limited breakfast items followed by pizzas and grab-and-go sandwiches for lunch. Suffit, the food and hospitality project headed by mother- daughter duo Clelie Stone and Zoe Webb, is located at 9895 Highway 65 South and will be open from 7:30 a.m.

The John H. Scott Memorial Park will host a 30th Anniversary Celebration May 2 at 1 p.m.

The John H. Scott Memorial Fund will hold its 45th annual Scholarship Awards Program on Saturday, May 2, at 10 a.m.

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.

Baccalaureate for Briarfield Academy • Sunday, May 3 • 6pm • First Baptist Church Graduation for Briarfield Academy and General Trass High School • Friday, May 8 • both at 6pm Fifth annual Lake Providence Levee Festival • Saturday, May 9 • www. lakeprovidenceleveefestival.com

April 2026 THURSDAY 23 EAST CARROLL PARISH HOSPITAL BOARD Noon • Conference Room at Hospital FRIDAY 24 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library TUESDAY 28 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm • East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency WEDNESDAY 29 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library.

The Lake Providence Police Department will continue business as usual after three aldermen voted against Mayor Bobby Amacker’s proposal last week to lay off all but the town’s elected police chief due to budget overage and less-than-expected revenue from fines. “What I’m asking for tonight is to disallow any appropriation for the police department until we can at least see where we’re going, until further notice,” Amacker said. The police department started the fiscal year last July 1 with about $178,000 budgeted for expenditures and was expected to bring in about $175,000 in fines, according to Lee Ann Clement, town clerk. At the end of March, actual expenditures were at about $202,000 and revenues from fines were only at about $36,000, she said. Catherine Middlebrook, Sucletter Brown-Crye, and Charlene Bailey voted against a motion to freeze the police department’s budget, which was offered by Jason Condrey and seconded by Karl Magee. Middlebrook questioned whether or not any other departments were over budget, and Clement said that, at this time, only the police department has exceeded its budget.

After 33 years with the LSU and Southern University Ag-Centers, Carolyn Robinson is retiring. Well, sort of.

“We have done so much at the East Carroll Parish Library,” says Krishanda Sanders, library director. Last month, Sanders stepped onto the platform at the Louisiana Library Association’s awards ceremony and received the organization’s highest award, the Meritorious Service Award, validating all of her hard work and dedication to the library and its community.