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Ninety-seven LSU Law students have been named Dean’s Scholars for their academic achievement in the Fall 2025 semester. The Dean’s Scholar is awarded to the top 25% of LSU Law students earning 12 or more credits during an individual semester. Congratulations to Kiley Frances Condrey, a first-year student, for earning this academic achievement. Kiley is the daughter of Jason and Kathleen Condrey of Lake Providence.

East Carroll is one of nine parishes where the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will begin its emergency tree debris removal project along all state highways. The other parishes are Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Ouachita, Richland, Morehouse, West Carroll and Madison.

The East Carroll Community Action Agency is announcing the availability of funds to assist eligible low-income households through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). This federally funded program helps households with their home energy expenses.

The committees of the East Carroll Parish Police Jury met Monday with the primary discussion point being the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern. None of the committees were able to provide financial reports, due to the fact that Cindy Thomason, a CPA with Allen, Green and Wilkinson who normally compiles the reports, is not currently working on behalf of the Police Jury.

Whole parish expected to have power today. This week has been a whirlwind of recovery, relief, and restoration as East Carroll Parish strives to rebound from one of the worst storms this area has ever been through.

Zach Frasier was not trying to be a hero. He just did, as he said, what he hoped anyone would do. While driving to his mother’s home with his wife, Mandie, he spotted a person in the yard of his mother’sneighbor’shome. He watched as the person went into the neighbor’s bushes and then slowly lowered, as if not waning to be seen. With the knowledge that inmates had escaped Riverbend Detention Center in town, Zach directed his truck’s lights into the bushes, and then demanded that the continued...

As Northeast Louisiana continues to recover from recent winter weather impacts, United Way of Northeast Louisiana is launching the Family Relief Effort to help working families stabilize after unexpected hardship.

Valentine’s Day brings roses to mind, and for us gardeners, that’s a good thing — because this holiday serves as a reminder that it’s time to prune many of the roses we grow here in Louisiana.

Eight inmates awaiting trial on various charges have been apprehended and returned to custody after escaping early Friday morning from the RiverBend Detention Center. Savion Wheeler, 31, Hugo Molina, 27, Trenton Taplin, 29, Kolin Loney, 21, Kevin Slaughter Jr., 25, Destin Brogan, 22, Krisean Salinas, 21, and Kopelon Vicknair, 19, were all transported to Angola after being recaptured at various locations. All eight of the inmates will be charged with simple escape in addition to other charges they allegedly committed while on the run.

Good Thursday morning. I sure hope that everyone is in some stage of recovery from the weather. It’s hard to write a column about social living when no one has been living very socially this past week. But I will tell you what they have been doing. They have been helping their friends, relatives and neighbors. They have been utilizing their resources to make things better for those who could not. They have cleared roadways, moved trees, hauled propane and gasoline, provided generators, water, and other necessities, cooked, delivered meals, checked on the elderly and those who couldn’t get out of their houses. I am blown away by the people of this parish. Y’all have stepped up. I am writing this Monday afternoon, and I am still without electrical power. I have had so many people offer to let me stay with them. It has just been overwhelming.