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Arrests as of March 2, 2026: East Carroll Parish Sheriff: 2/27/26 - Shyban Martan, 19, aggravated battery. No bond listed.

SNAP benefit signup every Tuesday @ 9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 1st Tuesday of month @ 6:30 pm • in the Board R oom, Administration building DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER’S LICENSE OFFICE 1st Thursday of month from 9am-3 pm (lunch 12-1) East Carroll Parish Police Jury office building (old health unit) EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY COMMITTEES 1st Wednesday of month @ 10am • in the Police Jury Room EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY Tuesday following committee meetings @ 12 noon • in the Police Jury Room EAST CARROLL HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD 2nd Wednesday of month @ 10am • at Housing Authority, Mike Ave. LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 3rd Thursday of month @ 12 noon LPHA office, Foster St.

DEADLINE • LA GATOR applications due by March 16 • rules and link to application: doe.louisiana.gov/ topic-pages/louisiana-school-choice/la-gator DEADLINE • John H. Scott Memorial Fund scholarship applications due before March 31 • go to jhsfund.org for details and application Spring Break: East Carroll Parish Schools: March 23-27

March 2026 THURSDAY 5 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER’S LICENSE OFFICE 9am-3pm (lunch 12-1) East Carroll Parish Police Jury office building (old health unit) FRIDAY 6 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library MONDAY 9 Briarfield Academy - Spring Break through March 13 TUESDAY 10 EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY 12 noon • in the Police Jury Room WEDNESDAY 11 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library EAST CARROLL HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD 10am • at Housing Authority, Mike Ave..

Secretary of State Nancy Landry said last week that $25 million more is needed to cover the $100 million cost of replacing Louisiana’s 35-year-old ballot machines. The system would consist of new touchscreen voting machines that print paper ballots and have climate- controlled facilities for storage. Additional expenses would maintain cybersecurity protections and allow for risk-limiting audits, which are considered the top standard for voter integrity.

Food distribution in East Carroll will now be on a new day, according to Doris James, food bank representative in East Carroll. It will take place on the first Thursday of each month starting with the March distribution on March 5 from 10 a.m.

President Donald Trump approved last week Gov. Jeff Landry’s request for more federal funding to help with recovery from a severe winter storm that hit North Louisiana in late January.

The new restrictions for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits took effect on Wednesday, February 18, and while they could have an impact at first on the local grocery sales, Jong's store manager, Greg Jones, thinks that’s unlikely. “We won’t know until March when we’ve had a full month, but I think it will definitely affect some of our sales,” Jones said. Jones said that while the limitations might create a trigger effect in what they sell, the amount of recipients’ benefits will not change. “They will just have to spend it on something else,” he said.

Winter Storm Fern cleanup still in process around East Carroll Parish.

The board of alderman for the town of Lake Providence was recently informed that the fire department has a 10 rating, the worst rating assigned by the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL), a non-profit agency that operates within the state.