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Lekeisha Lucas has to be one of the busiest ladies in East Carroll Parish. And she certainly is a jewel for our children. This past week has been so busy for 4-H and LSU AgCenter office with numerous events which they all willingly share with us.

In collaboration with Progressive Ag Safety Day, the East Carroll LSU AgCenter provided safety education to all 5th-grade students in East Carroll Parish. The event was held on Monday, April 28, at the First Baptist Church.

For Renee Curley, the kitchen is all she has known in her lifetime. Her mother stayed in the kitchen, most of the time cooking three full meals a day for her family. At the age of 12 or 13, she began helping her mother in the kitchen, and found her gift.

East Carroll had a very low turnout for last Saturday’s election in which they approved a renewal of a parish millage for garbage district number one. Less than 8% of registered voters – about 135 people – went to the polls to vote on the ballot proposition.

Over $150,000 worth of drugs are off the streets of Lake Providence after East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s investigators discovered them during a traffic stop. Keldrick Dixon, 38, of Lake Providence, was stopped Monday, April 28, at approximately 3:40 pm at the corner of Charles D. Jones Boulevard and Brannum Street for failing to signal. Sheriff investigator Tystin White said that they could smell a strong odor of marijuana in the vehicle which prompted a probable cause search.

East Carroll Parish now has a full slate of committee members who can offer input when manufacturing businesses seek to get an exemption on their parish property taxes. The Lake Providence Board of Aldermen at a special meeting last week voted to appoint Jason Condrey to represent the town on the parish’s Local ITEP Committee.

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Memorial Day Ceremony and Flag Retirement service will be held Monday, May 26 at Grant’s Canal Park across from the Byerley House at 11 am. Immediately following the ceremony, Moses Shelby Chapter NSDAR will be offering brown bag lunches for $5. Contact Carolyn Brown at 318-381-9547 for tickets and for pick up of your worn out flags for proper disposal.

East Carroll Banner took home four first-place and several second- and thirdplace awards from last week’s Louisiana Press Association 2024 Better Newspaper Competition. Billy Coleman was posthumously awarded the 2024 Sam Hanna Award for Best Regular Column for his February 22, 2024 column about the importance of serving jury duty.