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The East Carroll Banner is glad to announce the hiring of Debra Hopkins as reporter. Hopkins comes back to the paper after 15 years of experience working for the Banner-Democrat under A.C. Carlton. She has been working in public service for many years and is currently the director for East Carroll Parish 911.

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The decision on whether to outsource drug testing dominated the regular monthly member of the East Carroll Parish Hospital Board Thursday evening. The board had been approached at a previous meeting by Joseph Jackson and Elisha Lucas with Delta Recovery about the agency taking over drug testing for all personnel in the hospital system.

A gang-related altercation at the Victor's Truck Stop in the early morning hours of Memorial Day landed two local men in the hospital and one behind bars. Decaveon Hines, 22, of Lake Providence, has been charged with two counts of attempted second degree murder, one count of simple criminal damage to property, and one count of illegal use of a firearm in connection with the shooting.

Arrests as of May 28, 2024: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 5/23/24 – Joncaveon Profit was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and theft. 5/23/24 – Jerice Mitchell was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and theft.

Strong downdraft winds left several trees down in the parish, leaving several local residents without electrical power for over 36 hours. Entergy reported that 32 residents were without power after one of the trees fell on power lines, blocking a lane of traffic on Highway 596 and leaving a local resident unable to leave their home. Alan Campbell with the National Weather Service said that the parish could expect continuing weather patterns to be unpredictable. “The intense heat and humidity will continue to create isolated storms that have the potential for hail and damaging winds,” he said. Rainfall for the past two weeks has been two and a half inches for the parish, Campbell added.

People who live in the most rural areas of East Carroll Parish and who might have struggled in the past to get even a cell phone connection now have access to extremely fast internet. The company that’s been building a fiber optic broadband internet network in rural East Carroll Parish is nearing the end of the construction phase, and is currently working to bring connections to homes, businesses and farms.

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