The West Carroll Gazette

07/01/2025

📢 Official Notice: West Carroll Parish School Board Relocation

The West Carroll Parish School Board will be relocating its offices effective July 1, 2025. The new location will be:

📍 Media Center
410 Willis Street
Oak Grove, Louisiana 71263

Please be advised that our telephone number will remain the same: (318) 428-2378.

We kindly ask for your patience and understanding during this transition period as we work to ensure a smooth and efficient move. Our commitment to serving the students, families, and stakeholders of West Carroll Parish remains our highest priority.

Thank you for your continued support!

05/28/2025

📚☀️ Summer Reading Fun Awaits! ☀️📚

The West Carroll Parish School Board encourages all parents to sign up their children for the West Carroll Parish Library Summer Reading Program 2025!

This is a fantastic way to keep young minds active, build reading skills, and spark a love for books—all while having fun this summer!

🎉 Open to grades Pre-K through 6th
📅 Program runs May 28th through July 31st

Wink the Juggler will kick off the first event of the summer TOMMORROW at 10 am!🤹‍♂️

Visit your local West Carroll Parish Library for more information and registration details.

Let’s make this a summer full of stories, learning, and imagination!

05/28/2025

🌵🤠 YEE HAW! VBS 2025 is coming soon! 🎉🐴

Get ready for an unforgettable wild-west adventure as we celebrate God’s Greatest Gift at Harvest Assembly's VBS 2025! Kids will enjoy fun, games, music, crafts, and powerful lessons from God’s Word.

📅 Dates: July 13–15, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM each night
👧🧒 Ages: 3 years old – Just finished 5th Grade
📍 Location: Harvest Assembly

Invite your friends and family—everyone’s welcome! Let’s giddy up and grow in faith together. 🌾✝️

05/28/2025

Opening entries today! If you would like to pre enter text 318-376-9294!

The weather is looking very promising! But check the R- page or call before you haul!

05/28/2025

Join Memorial Monuments of Louisiana for the Grand Opening and ribbon cutting of their Oak Grove Location at 606 S. Constitution Ave. this Friday, May 30, 2025 at 10 a.m.
"Our team is looking forward to visiting with the community we serve, so please plan to swing by to get to know each of us! They will be there to answer any questions you may have.
Ask us about our Veteran's Discount. We appreciate the support that we've already received And are looking forward to serving our community in the future!"

04/30/2025

Important dates and times for this year's upcoming graduations!🎓✨

04/28/2025

04/28/2025

04/08/2025

ATTENTION

Petit jurors that were ordered to return to court on Wednesday, April 9 at 9AM, DO NOT need to appear. The last case on the docket has been resolved with a guilty plea.

The District Attorney’s Office appreciates your willingness to serve your community!!

04/03/2025

🚨Attention all vendors and festival goers🚨

It looks like the rain has taken over for the weekend. ☔️
But, we have a plan! ✅
We will be relocating everything possible on Saturday, April 5th to

📍Thomas Jason Lingo Center
10284 Parish Road 3105
Oak Grove, LA 71263

We are SO thankful to have access to this wonderful venue just 4 minutes away from our usual location around the courthouse!

Here’s what all you can expect to see at the Lingo center….

🎟️ FREE admission

🎶 Our regularly scheduled entertainment lineup ….
•Farm Bureau talent contest
•Tabor Sullivan
•Generation Rust (full band)
•Front Street Band

🍔Food trucks and Vendors you won’t want to miss! 🛍️

🐂 Mechanical Bull - for all the kids (and kids at heart) to take their shot at an eight second ride!

Facepainting 🎨

Sweet Tater Decorating Contest 🍠✨

A Festival Kid Favorite,
🧡The Tater Tot Trot! 🤩🏁
This year kids will make all their checkpoints at marked Main Street businesses and end at the Lamb Weston booth at the Lingo Center!

Vendors, be on the lookout for an email which will contain additional information! Feel free to reach out over the next two days with any questions or concerns!

❌CANCELLED EVENTS/ATTRACTONS❌
PARADE
Tater’s Treasures Street Sale
Pony Rides
Ballerz Water Walking Balls
Foam Frenzy
Bounce Houses

West Carroll Chamber of Commerce
Lamb Weston
Lingo Center -