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The Dock on Highway 65 is no longer open, and no longer boiling crawfish, and, for its former owner Lee Toney, that might be a relief. The outlook on crawfish season was dim back in August when LSU’s AgCenter reported that last summer’s drought and record high temperatures were threatening the survival of the hatched crawfish.

One in a series of reports on pandemic spending by local government agencies. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in March 2020, one of the areas devastated by the economic impact of the pandemic was public housing.

In the Town of Lake Providence’s first meeting of the year, Mayor Bobby Amacker reported on the delay in the finance committee meeting (due to weather), addressed the issue of dogs not on leashes in city limits, and the mayor and board heard from Fire Chief Keith Larry about the recent fires in December.

The 2024 presidential primary election in Louisiana is scheduled to take place March 23, 2024. East Carroll Parish Registrar of Voters Renee Jones said anyone who has not voted in two consecutive presidential elections has been placed on the inactive voters list in accordance with R.S. 18:193. The list of inactive voters was published by the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office on page 7 in the December 14, 2023 issue of Providence Journal. You can find the list at www.eastcarrollbanner. com by searching Public Notices (look on the right side of the page to see the search widget) The secretary of state’s office said it removed 52,000 inactive voters from the state’s voter rolls after the last presidential election. The state’s election commissioner said election laws require the purge of registration rolls once every two years or so. This is the process of removing the names of people who have missed two federal elections, and have not responded to a letter mailed to them by the local registrar of voters to verify their voting information, such as their address of record.

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At the first regular meeting of the year of the East Carroll Parish Police Jury, the five members were sworn into their new four-year terms and officers for the year were elected. All five members of the police jury were re-elected to their respective district last year during the 2023 fall gubernatorial election.

January/Februray 2024 THURSDAY 25 Scrapbooking •3:30pm • ECP Library Black bear public hearing • 6pm • LSU AgCenter in St. Joseph • call 225-765-5115 for info SATURDAY 27 MONDAY 29 School Board Recognition • Southside • lunch at 12noon WEDNESDAY 31 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library FRIDAY 26 Money: Budgeting & Credit Repair • 4pm • ECP Library Sign up for Basic Computer Skills • ECP Library • call 559-2615 SUNDAY 28 TUESDAY 30 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm • East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency THURSDAY 1.

East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office, arrests for the week ending January 22, 2024: 1/19/24 - Thierry Powell, 28, was arrested and charged with simple battery. He was released on $500 bond. 1/20/23 - Vontrice Madison, 24, was arrested and charged with aggravated second degree battery. He is an inmate being housed at Riverbend Detention Center by the Louisiana Department of Correctionsandhasnobond.