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May 2026 THURSDAY 21 Plant a Seed with the LSU AgCenter's Lekeisha Lucas • 10am • East Carroll Parish Library LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 12 noon • LPHA office, Foster St. LAKE PROVIDENCE BOARD OF ALDERMEN 5:30pm • in the Mayor’s Court room, City Hall FRIDAY 22 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library SATURDAY 23 Junior Auxiliary's Poker Run on the Lake • buy hands at Maria's and Ingleside Grocery • see Junior Auxiliary's Facebook page for information MONDAY 25 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm • East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency Annual Memorial Day Ceremony • Lakeside Park Gazebo • 11:30am • followed by brown bag fundraising lunch for $7 • 318-318-381-9547 for info THURSDAY 28 NourishED K.I.D.S.

Delta Interfaith monthly meeting • learn more about the Digital Deacons program, non-techies who can help people in their organizations get help with internet, training and devices • Tuesday, June 9

Surveillance video helped law enforcement identify three men suspected of a rash of recent burglaries in Lake Providence. The burglaries began in the late hours of May 5 and continued into the early morning hours of May 6. Several businesses were targeted in the break-ins, including the car washes located on North Hood and Sparrow Streets, the storage units behind the car wash, A.J.’s Eatery, and the ice machines on North Hood Street.

A middle of the night thunderstorm threatened to again disrupt the Lake Providence Levee Festival, but in the end, the storm cleared out, the sun came out, and the people showed up. Music devotees sat in church pews, kids jumped in a bounce house, kids of all ages played ping-pong, runners and walkers and bikers completed races (some of them even with the company of a horse out of its pasture), and the music, food and art vendors created a joyful, family-like atmosphere for everyone who attended. “It’s hard to believe this is our fifth year,” said event coordinator Cassie Condrey. “It just keeps getting better.”

It was supposed to be a celebration, a final step towards everyone in East Carroll having access to reliable, highspeed, affordable internet. But last Friday’s broadband conference hosted by Delta Interfaith ended up being a strategy session on next steps toward finishing a job that was started in 2021.

East Carroll Banner received a bevy of awards during the Louisiana Press Association annual Better Newspaper Competition awards ceremony last week. JanieandJimmyNeighbours represented the Banner at the ceremony and collected a first place in General Excellence for 2025, along with eight other awards in categories such as best front page, best feature story, best news photo, and others.

Briarfield Academy held its graduation ceremony last Friday, May 8, at 6 p.m. on the school’s front lawn. Head of School Lisa Walters announced that the 16 graduates had been awarded and accepted approximately $175,000 in scholarship money. The following are each student’s plans for after graduation.

General Trass High School held its commencement ceremony on Friday, May 8, 2026, at 6 p.m. Smiles lit the faces of the graduating members of the Class of 2026 as they entered the auditorium to the traditional strains of Pomp and Circumstance. Family and friends stood proudly as the class marched precisely to their appointed seats. The class motto, “A Rewarding Future Governed by Persistence,” set the tone for the evening.

Good Thursday morning. If you didn’t go to the Levee Fest this past weekend, you missed out. There was absolutely something for everyone, and it seemed everyone was there. You couldn’t really complain about the rain. Yes, it was a little muddy, but it quit when it needed to and never started back. Of course, my favorite part was seeing the children having such a good time. And the booths. It was easy to find Daggum BBQ. You just followed the line. There always seemed to be lines at the food vendors.

The Memorial Day and Flag Retirement Ceremony is set for Monday, May 25, at Lakeside Park Gazebo beginning at 11:30 a.m. A brown bag lunch, sponsored by Moses Shelby Chapter NSDAR, will be held immediately after the ceremonies at Virginia Harris Hall at Grace Episcopal Church, across the street from Lakeside Park.