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Veterans Day in LaSalle Parish 2025

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November 19, 2025

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LaSalle Parish Honors Veterans

Programs held in Jena and Olla LaSalle Parish residents took time Tuesday, November 11, to honor all veterans during two programs held in Jena and Oll...

November 19, 2025

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Jena High School Veterans Day Essay Winner

As part of the Veterans Day events held recently, Jena High School students participated in the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest. The school’s grand p...

November 19, 2025

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Third Annual Veterans 5K A Success

Staff Report

November 19, 2025

On Saturday, November 8, the 3rd Annual Veterans 5K was hosted by Victory Fitness of Jena, seeing over 30 participate in the run, and many more lining...

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Jena High Graduation Changed

Staff Report

November 19, 2025

The date of Jena High School’s 2026 high school graduation ceremony has been changed with officials citing parent input as the reason for the change. ...

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LGH’s Massive Renovation Project

$2-million grant to modernize second story

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 19, 2025

$2-million grant to modernize second story A massive renovation project will soon be underway at LaSalle General Hospital (LGH) in Jena, thanks to a $...

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Christmas Parades In Three Weeks

Staff Report

November 19, 2025

The countdown to Christmas has begun. Today is just 37 days from Christmas Day and just 23 days from the first of two LaSalle Parish Christmas Parades...

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LaSalle Parish’s Boy Scout

November 19, 2025

LaSalle Parish’s Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troop 14 recently participated in the Scouting For Food program, a national Scouting America program to colle...

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Community Thanksgiving Worship Service

Serervviiccee Staff Report, Staff Report

November 19, 2025

A large crowd of believers met at the Strand Theater in Jena Sunday night, November 16, to participate in the LaSalle Ministerial Alliance’s Community...

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LaSalle Arrests

Submitted Article

November 19, 2025

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: David Lamar Fredlander Jr., 38, of Harrisonb...

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#thrive Arts Painting/Drawing Camp Held

By Morgan Tarpley Smith #thrive Program Assistant

November 19, 2025

Several local youth in grades fifth through twelfth attended the #thrive Arts Painting & Drawing Camp held for eight weeks recently at the old Jena To...

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Elton 36 - LaSalle 14

LaSalle’s Great Season Comes to a Close

By Word Lindsey Sports Writer

November 19, 2025

It is now playoff time in Louisiana, and it is a privilege to be playing around this time of year. The best teams in the state met to see who would ad...

Sports

#FINISH

The Ultimate Goal:

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 19, 2025

The Ultimate Goal: The Dome From the moment the Jena Giants got back to Jena after suffering their second semifinal loss in a row last December, their...

Sports

JHS/LHS Proposed New Districts

Staff Report

November 19, 2025

Every two years, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) uses updated school enrollment data to reclassify and restructure the district...

Sports

Jena to Face Tough 2nd Round Opponent

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

November 19, 2025

For the sixth straight season, the Jena Giants will play a second-round play-off game this Friday night. The Giants who are 9-1 earned the #1 seed in ...

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Jena’s Cooper Signs With McNeese

Staff Report

November 19, 2025

Jena High School senior softball pitcher Kiette Cooper signed her letter of intent with McNeese State University in Lake Charles during the early sign...

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Jena 52 – Buckeye 0

District Champs – #1 Seed for Playoffs

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

November 12, 2025

With another dominant win over another district opponent last Friday night against Buckeye, the Jena Giants secured their second #1 ranking entering t...

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Montgomery 36 - LaSalle 32

Tigers Drop A Close Shootout

Playoff Bound for First Time Since 2022!

By Word Lindsey Sports Writer

November 12, 2025

Playoff Bound for First Time Since 2022! It’s the final week of district play in the state of Louisiana. Every young man dressing out knows what impli...

Columns/Opinions

Best Laid Plans…

By Reagan Franklin Knight Assistant Editor, By: Rev. Randy Ray Sponsored By: JENA PHARMACY Brandon Poole, Pharm D

November 19, 2025

Oh how the best laid plans often fail. Or more likely something comes along and messes everything up.Several years ago, I came home one day and Lisa h...

Columns/Opinions, Editorial

Craig Franklin:

The Different World of our Grandparents

November 19, 2025

Growing up as a child in the 1970s, one of my most dreaded experiences was going to my grandparent’s home. My dad’s mother and father died while I was...

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Sweet Dreams

November 19, 2025

One of the challenges of my sixties has been sleeping throughout the night in a restful sleepan atrocity I could not imagine in my younger adulthood. ...

Obituaries

Eva Lemoine

November 19, 2025

Eva Lois Morace Lemoine, 88, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025.A Holy Rosary meditation, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial will be held a...

Obituaries

David Jackson

November 19, 2025

David Chestley Jackson, 76, of Columbia, LA, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at Glenwood Regional Medical Center, West Monroe, LA.Services...

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Eva Lemoine

November 19, 2025

Eva Lois Morace Lemoine, 88, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025.A Holy Rosary meditation, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial will be held a...

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THE “SWEETEST” DAY

Treats given away across the parish

November 5, 2025

Treats given away across the parish Thousands of LaSalle Parish children enjoyed tons of delicious, sweet candy during Halloween events held this past...

Tigers Get ‘Trick’ Not ‘Treat’ on Halloween

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Logansport 42 - LaSalle 8

Tigers Get ‘Trick’ Not ‘Treat’ on Halloween

By Deborah Mayo Contributing Writer, By Word Lindsey Sports Writer

November 5, 2025

This past Friday’s week 9 game was in Logansport where the LaSalle Tigers took on the Logansport Tigers. The long two- and half-hour drive was paired ...

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Jena 46 – Caldwell 6

Giants’ Domination Continues

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

November 5, 2025

On Thursday night, October 30, the Jena Giants welcomed the Caldwell Spartans to town for another district matchup. The Giants were the talk of the Ce...