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Briarfield Academy will celebrate its homecoming tomorrow beginning with the presentation of the court in a ceremony at 1 p.m. on the school’s front lawn. Following the crowning of the queen, naming of the 2025 football captains, and a pep rally by the cheerleaders, a parade will follow from the school, around 2 p.m. See page 5 for a map of the parade route. The theme for this year’s event is 'Hometown Homecoming,' celebrating everything Lake Providence.

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 Media 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.

Arrests as of October 6, 2025: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 9/23/25 - Willie Jackson, 26, sexual battery. Bond $50,000.

Homecoming for General Trass • October 24 Breast Cancer Awareness Event • Saturday, Oct. 25 • 10am • East Carroll Parish Library • register by Sept.

9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency October 2025 THURSDAY 9 FRIDAY 10 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library Homecoming for Briarfield Academy SATURDAY 11 SUNDAY 12 MONDAY 13 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library TUESDAY 14 SNAP benefit signup WEDNESDAY 15 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library THURSDAY 16 LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 12 noon • LPHA office, Foster St. LAKE PROVIDENCE BOARD OF ALDERMEN 5:30pm • in the Mayor’s C ourt room, City H all.

Residents returned home to devastation We continue our commemoration of Hurricane Katrina with the remainder of the stories told by Laurie Brister and her mother, Elaine Reis. East Carroll Banner is collecting and sharing stories of those who came to East Carroll before and after the storm and lived through its devastating aftermath.

Editor's note: On Monday, August 29, the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast commemorated the arrival of Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago on that day. Lake Providence was on one of the evacuation routes, so Katrina also affected our parish.

The East Carroll Parish Hospital Board of Directors hired four new doctors and re-hired a doctor currently serving in the parish hospital system. The four doctors hired include Dr.

A recent major 911 outage across Louisiana and Mississippi left residents unable to make emergency calls through the traditional 911 phone system, and in some parishes, unable to call 911 at all. Officials with AT&T, which provides internet connectivity for 911 services in East Carroll and other parishes and counties, said that the widespread 911 outage was caused by six separate fiber optic lines being cut, impacting emergency services in every parish in Louisiana and much of Mississippi for most of Thursday, September 25.

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