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An almost-brand new 2024 Freightliner was totaled last Friday when the driver lost control and hit a ditch at Hollybrook. The driver was hauling flat pieces of construction timber and was exiting off of Hollybrook Road. According to Deputy Greg Campbell who worked the accident, a car had stopped in front of the 18-wheeler and the driver swerved into the ditch to keep from rear ending the car that was turning onto Highway 65 South. Cleanup took longer than usual when the trailer holding debris loaded by inmates from Bayou Detention Center out of Tallulah overturned and they had to begin the process all over.

As summer approaches, we tend to get out of our routine of eating healthy. We want to encourage everyone to make informed food choices and develop sound eating and physical activity habits they can follow all year long. The following are ways to keep our bodies fed: -Start your day with a nutritious breakfast that includes lean protein, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Too many improvement projects and not enough money is providing a dilemma for the East Carroll Parish School Board. Board members discussed at length which projects should be prioritized, and which should be moved to the bottom of the “to do” list. Board President Wanda Jackson said that the projects were going to be rebid. “It’s going to be bid in an a la carte process,” Jackson said. “It will be our choice which projects we choose to do first.”

On Thursday, May 30, my sweet friend, Peggy Boyte ,suffered a catastrophic hemorrhagic stroke. There was nothing modern medicine could do to save her. She was placed on life support to give her family time to get there. To give them time to say goodbye. But this is not where Peggy’s story ended. As medical teams discussed her condition, the severity of the stroke and the certainty of her passing, one question started a series of events that changed everything, “Would you consider donating Peggy’s organs?” Her husband, John, had one answer – yes. Peggy’s brother Gary had received a kidney years ago which added years to his life. John and Peggy have dear friends whose brother is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. And as John, their son, Todd, and his wife, Ashley, met with the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, they knew this decision was a tribute to Peggy’s life. “Peggy was always a sweet person, always thinking about someone else,” recalls John. “I couldn’t think of a better way for Peggy to live on.”

Rail reconstruction on the track from the Arkansas line to the highway barn on Highway 65 should begin next month, according to Lake Providence Port Director Wyly Gilfoil. The track has already been rehabbed from Magee, Arkansas to the Louisiana border.

Lynn and Jim Thom were a good bit younger than they are now when they drove through a valley in the mountains of North Carolina and then up a hill where there lived a gardener who sold plants from her home. “I’d never seen anything like it,” said Lynn.

Rosie Larry has been elected by the Lake Providence Housing Authority board of commissioners to replace Billy Coleman as president of the board. Coleman, who died May 10, had served on the board of commissioners for LPHA since 2006.

A public hearing is scheduled for next Thursday, June 13 during which the Town of Lake Providence Board of Aldermen will answer questions and take comments about the budget proposal for 2024-2025. Afterwards, it's anticipated they'll pass an ordinance to adopt the budget, as well as pass an ordinance to amend the 2023-2024 budget.

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