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Good Thursday morning. First things first. I messed up last week and put the wrong name on the wrong family reunion. So I’m going to start this week out by correcting these reunion pictures. In the pretty purple shirts, you have the Jackson Stewart Reunion. And in the green shirts at the Louisiana Cotton Museum is the Blockwood family. I enjoyed seeing all the family pictures at both of these reunions and seeing the ones I knew. My favorite was the one of all the pretty girls sitting at the table together.

Shhh! Our cook of the month for July is a secret. Nominated by her granddaughter, Danielle Dye, Mrs.

84% of youth are more active after the program. A Read & Ride pilot program was just completed by the LSU AgCenter in Caldwell, Franklin, Ouachita, Richland, and Union Parishes.

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 2nd Tuesday of month @ 12 noon • in the Police Jury Meeting 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.

With row crops rapidly growing, now is the ideal time for midseason tissue sampling. Whether you're in cotton, corn, or soybeans, LSU AgCenter experts recommend tissue testing to diagnose hidden deficiencies before they affect yield.

Arrests as of July 8, 2025: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 7/1/25 - Jeffrey Brown, charged with theft, monetary instrument abuse, Identity theft. Bond set at $16,000.

You’ve heard of landscaping. How about hardscaping? Hardscapes are the manmade features that bring form and function to our landscapes, providing a contrast to living elements such asplants,treesandturf—otherwise known as softscapes.

A new Housing Needs Assessment commissioned by Grow NELA, the regional economic development authority for northeast Louisiana, underscores the transformational economic and population growth expected across Northeast Louisiana as Meta begins construction of its AI Data Center in Richland Parish. Conducted by John Burns Research and Consulting, the study projects the formation of more than 740 new households in Ouachita and Richland Parishes by 2029 as a direct result of the project—570 renter households and 170 owner households beyond what the region would otherwise anticipate.

The East Carroll Parish Hospital Board agreed to help the police jury out of a bind at its regular monthly meeting last Thursday. Kendall Thompson, jury president, and Ronata Johnson, jury secretary- treasurer, appeared before the hospital board to request the use of the building that formally housed the Family Practice Clinic, located on North Hood Street, to serve as the district attorney’s office while repairs were being made to the DA’s current building.