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You might not know her, but if you’ve been to NAJA’s Annual Education Conference, chances are you’ve seen her. She’s the one with a camera in her hand, an eagle eye for candid pictures and a talent for herding NAJA reps into neat rows for group photos.

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East Carroll Parish School District leaders celebrated the completion of the new administration building last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. In attendance were (from left) John Shoemaker and David Norris, school board members; Meagan Brown, superintendent; Jackie Folks, school board president; Georjean Jackson, former board president; Wanda Jackson and Shirley Fairchild, school board members, Gene Edmondson and Pam Harvey, former school board members. Begun in September 2021 and beset with several delays, the new building will house staff and administrators who previously worked in the offices located on Brown Street. The school board has decided that repairs to that building are too expensive and it will be demolished to make way for school bus parking.

Goodrich Landing is one of few public boat access ramps to the Mississippi River in East Carroll Parish, and for the twenty-five years of La. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent Wayne Parker’s career, it’s been “substandard,” and for the last three years, it has been inaccessible.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Lake Providence Watershed Council along with the East Carroll Bass Club are teaming up to create fish attractors from recycled Christmas trees in Lake Providence. The trees provide ideal protection for small fish and attract larger fish such as crappie, bream, and bass.

The Sixth Judicial Court was in session last week and was slated to hear several cases that involved felonies with long prison sentences if convictions were secured. The district attorney’s office announced that they were convening a special grand jury session on December 19, 2023, to hear these cases.

General Trass High School students were recognized last week for earning certifications through an intensive certification program, showing mastery of the knowledge needed for entrance into their respective career fields of interest in various Career and Technical Education (CTE) subject areas.

12/07/2023 – Adolphus Young, 58, arrested for probation violation. He is being held on a purge order. This amount must be paid in full by December 21, 2023 or his probation will be fully revoked and he will be required to serve the remainder of his sentence. The purge order is the amount he owes in past due probation fees, fines, and court costs.

The East Carroll Parish Hospital and its medical clinics are currently in stable financial position, but are waiting for an influx of money from Medicaid reimbursements, according to a report given to the hospital’s board of commissioners at its meeting last month.

Fast internet couldn’t come soon enough for Barbara and Monty Moncrief, the first connected customer of East Carroll Connect’s fiber optic network in the rural parts of the parish, which started construction earlier this summer.