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Briarfield Academy’s Head of School Lisa Walters has announced that the school will host its graduation ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Friday, May 9, on the school’s front lawn.

May 2025 THURSDAY 1 FRIDAY 2 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library SATURDAY 3 Voting Day • polls open 7am-8pm at your precinct • vote on renewal of garbage district in East Carroll John H. Scott Memorial Fund annual Scholarship Awards Program • 10am • Tallulah Community Center, 800 N.

Lake Providence Levee Festival • Saturday, May 10 • run and bike races start at 8:30am, music starts at 10am • NEW LOCATION: Byerley House at corner of Lake and Ingram streets • www.lakeprovidenceleveefestival.com.

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.

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 LIHEAP program may provide heating/ cooling bill payment assistance and crisis bill payment assistance. Applicants may only receive one LIHEAP benefit each season, Heating (November 15—March 15); Cooling (April 1—September 30); Crisis (October 1— September 30). All applications are taken on a first-come first-serve basis. Applicants are responsible for the household energy bill. Applicants must have an active heating/cooling utility account.

A group of young men, the oldest of whom is 17, broke into a number of cars in East Carroll Parish before finally getting one to crank and driving it to Tallulah. The crime spree began Friday night after the boys watched TikTok videos about car thefts and mimicked instructional information on car hopping.

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Good Thursday morning, everyone. I hope everyone has had a great week. It has been … well, eventful for me. My dispatchers, a couple of my board members, and I were in Lake Charles at the annual 911 Symposium. It is always great to go and network with others in your profession, but it is just as good to be back home.