I’m proud of the fact that you can drive 100 miles in any direction from here and not find a school system that outperformed ...

James Keith Bigger, 61, of Starkville, Mississippi, and formerly of Jena, LA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 20, ...

With the departure of longtime head baseball coach Clay McGuffee at the end of last season, the Jena Giants will have a new ...

More than 1,500 youth, adult volunteers and agents came together for the 111th 4-H University held on LSU Baton Rouge campus ...

Children at the LaSalle Parish Library had a fun and meaningful experience this week during a special Summer Reading Program ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series featuring LaSalle Parish’s State Legislative Delegation concerning ...

Ida Mae Stockman, 86, of Jonesville, LA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Jena, surrounded by her loving ...

Francis Elaine “Lanie” Manchester King, 92, passed peacefully into the gates of Heaven on Monday, July 7, 2025, surrounded by ...

Van Dale Evans, 78, of Jena, LA, claimed his heavenly home on Sunday, July 6, 2025, surrounded by his family and friends.

Here at your parish newspaper, we sometimes get accused of highlighting the negative aspects of our area more than the ...

Congresswoman Julia Letlow announced last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has designated the Ouachita River as a U.S. Marine Highway, further unlocking the 605-mile river’s ...

Four locals have joined together under one mission: bring a skatepark to Jena. Hailey Lovasz, Daniel Aymond, Jeremy Smith and David Nealy form a small and active planning committee to create a safe, ...