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The East Carroll Parish School District has announced its students of the year awards spotlighting three outstanding students. Winner at Griffin-Southside Lower and Upper Elementary School for grade five is Zalayah Kellis Green.

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Together for Hope Louisisana, based in Lake Providence, will hold its final diaper giveaway for eligible residents Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

East Carroll Parish School Board employees got a nice surpriseintheirlastpaycheck issued Friday, November 7th. School superintendent Meagan Brown informed the board that each employee would receive an additional $5,250 in supplemental pay. Brown explained that the amount received would equal about $4,700 after normal withdrawals were held. She emphasized that the supplemental pay would be received by each employ- ee equally. “We are the only school district in the state that gives equally to all employees,” Brown said.

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The third time was the charm for the East Carroll Parish Police Jury, when they finally accepted a low bid and sold the property known as Sullivan’s park. The land, a 29-acre parcel located across the levee at Alsatia, was purchased by Sonny Muse for a bid of $45,000. The jury had advertised the property for sale twice in the past but had not received a bid.

The Town of Lake Providence has officially made history as the first city in Louisiana to proclaim November as Childhood Trauma Awareness Month, marking a groundbreaking step toward healing, prevention, and community education.

Two people got top scores this week – Milton Andrews and Zach Payne. So we had to go to the tiebreaker, which revealed that, for the second week in a row, Andrews was the weekly winner.

Good Thursday afternoon. I hope everyone has been enjoying the cool weather.