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Part 2 of 3 Some of the teachers that served under Professor Griffin during his tenure were Mrs. Eamestine House, Mrs.

Although I’m a young gal, I’ve come to deeply appreciate the beauty in life’s starts and finishes. Even in my walk of faith, Genesis and Revelations equally hold immense power. To me, this is how people and events have words like “iconic” or “legend” attached to their identity—based on how they start and finish. As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, it is an honor to glimpse the legacy of the iconic Katie Howard Jones, the woman responsible for birthing generations in Lake Providence, Louisiana.

In 1975, Briarfield boys basketball won the state championship in a down-to-the-wire shot coming from a player who hadn’t been slated to take it. The play had fallen apart, it landed in his hands, and the rest was history. The men on that team told the story to the Briarfield boys basketball team Thursday night before they headed to Marks, Mississippi, to claim the state championship title for the first time in 49 years.

One in a series of reports on pandemic spending by local government agencies. The East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office is the latest governmental agency to participate in a series seeking to make transparent the use of funds it received as a result of pandemic relief measures.

East Carroll Registrar of Voters Renee Jones says this year’s presidential primary will be held March 23 and early voting will start on Saturday, March 9 through March 16. Jones says voters should be aware that Louisiana’s primaries are “closed primaries, which means if you are registered Republican, then you can only vote in the Republican primary.

Several cases came before Judge Laurie Brister last week as the Sixth Judicial District Court was in session. The court is still scheduled to have a petit jury trial for the spring session in March.

Arrests for the week ending Feb. 12, 2024.

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One in a series of reports on pandemic spending by local government agencies. The East Carroll Parish Hospital is the latest governmental agency to release data regarding the pandemic- related funds it received and disbursed from the federal government when the coronavirus pandemic brought most commerce to a standstill in the country.

Imagine waking up to a government order that evicts you from 9,000 acres of fertile land from under your feet—land that was more than just soil and crops but the very foundation of your community’s livelihood and heritage. This reality is a stark chapter from our own history, where the dreams of African American farmers in East Carroll Parish were uprooted overnight by the Farm Security Administration in 1938 as a part of the Transylvania Plantation Project.