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False Allegations Made Against Gibson Center RV Park

Louisiana Department of Environment Quality officials made a surprise inspection of The Gibson Event Center and RV Park, located in north Jena, Friday...

September 13, 2024

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Truck Crashes Into Business on Labor Day

A two-vehicle traffic crash on Labor Day sent one truck crashing into a downtown business and left two people with minor injuries. According to Jena P...

September 11, 2024

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Ordinance Prohibiting RV Parks in Jena Fails – Supporters of Proposed Law Angrily Leave Two-Hour Jena Council Meeting

Supporters of Proposed Law Angrily Leave Two-Hour Jena Council Meeting For an hour and a half, the September 3 meeting of the Jena Town Council was co...

September 11, 2024

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Sales Along 84 Successful:

Sales Along 84 Successful: Slow Start Due to Heavy Rains

Staff Report

September 11, 2024

Heavy rains fell to start the 2024 Sales Along 84 last Thursday, but that did not damper the second annual event from being deemed very suc-cessful wi...

News

Jena Purchases Downtown Corner Property

By Craig Franklin Editor

September 11, 2024

The Jena Town Council voted to invest in the future as they agreed to purchase property on the corner of E. Oak Street (US 84) and Third Street during...

News

LaSalle Arrests

Submitted Article

September 11, 2024

The following individuals were arrested during the past two weeks and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail: Steven C. Gibbs, 49, of Jena, was arrested ...

News

What is Hippotherapy?

Part 2

By Anna Borne Spirit Reins Equine Center

September 11, 2024

Last week the definition of hippotherapy was introduced, along with an explanation of how the movement of the horse impacts postural control, in turn ...

Community Events, News

Community Events

Run for the Reins

September 11, 2024

Revival at Pinehill BC, Olla Pinehill Baptist Church of Olla will be having Revival Services beginning on Sunday, September 15 at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. S...

Community Events, News

LaSalle Parish Public Bodies Meeting Schedule

September 11, 2024

Jena Town Council 1st Monday, 9 AM at Jena Town Hall Urania Town Council 1st Monday, 5 PM at Urania Town Hall Tullos Town Council 1st Monday, 6 PM at ...

Community Events, News

LPSB SCHOOL MENUS

BREAKFAST

September 11, 2024

BREAKFAST THURSDAY, 12th: Pancake/sausage bites, fruit, juice FRIDAY, 13th: Confetti waffles, popcorn chicken, fruit, juice TUESDAY, 17th: Breakfast p...

News

LaSalle Schools Closed Wednesday

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September 10, 2024

LaSalle Parish schools will be closed Wednesday, September 11, as a result of Hurricane Francine making landfall in Louisiana. According to school off...

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Tigers Fall in Season Opener 36-6

By Greg Jones Sports Writer

September 11, 2024

The LaSalle Tigers hosted the Delta Charter Storm for the 2024 season opener this past Friday night at Tiger Stadium in Olla and the Storm would go on...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Giants Hold on to Defeat Mangham

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

September 11, 2024

The Jena Giants football team began their 2024 campaign with a home game this past Friday night against the Mangham Dragons. Jena and Mangham have pla...

Sports

JJHS Giants’ 2024 Season Underway

Staff Report

September 11, 2024

The Jena Junior High School Giants football team continues to be the foundation for a successful high school program as Head Coach Austin Whatley and ...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Meet the Giants – 2024

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September 4, 2024

Photos from Meet the Giants, 2024, held on Friday, August 30:

Photo Gallery, Sports

Jena Giants Shut Out Many 30-0

This Friday the Mangham Dragons Come to Jena

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

September 4, 2024

The Jena Giants have made it a tradition to play in the Bayou Jamb in recent years. For the sixth time since 2018, the Giants were invited to particip...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Tigers Have Final Dress Rehearsal

Season Opener This Friday in Olla

By Greg Jones Sports Writer

September 4, 2024

The LaSalle Tigers football team was able to suit up and have a final dress rehearsal in Columbia last Friday night in preparation for their season op...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Giants Dominate Mansfield in Scrimmage

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

August 28, 2024

The Jena Giants traveled to Northwest Louisiana this past Friday to take on the Mansfield Wolverines in a scrimmage. It would be a good measuring stic...

Columns/Opinions, Editorial

Craig Franklin:

A Lesson From My Grandpa

September 11, 2024

I remember years ago, listening to my Grandpa Jim Richmond, a Baptist minister for the final 35 years of his life, talk about how bad it was during th...

Columns/Opinions, Editorial

Road Irritation

September 11, 2024

My better half has always struggled with, shall I say, road ‘irritation’. If I were impolite, I would term it what it appears to be, but ‘rage’ seems ...

Columns/Opinions

My First Pastorship

September 11, 2024

It was somewhere around January 8 or 9, 1979, I received a phone call one night from a man named Bobby Reppond. Bobby was the chairman of the pulpit c...

Obituaries

Ted Gahn

September 11, 2024

Ted Gahn, father, friend, outdoorsman and businessman, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at age 52.Raised in Alexandria, Ted’s love of business w...

Obituaries

Drew Cader

September 11, 2024

Gary Lindrew “Drew” Cader, 45, of St. Joseph, LA, passed from this life on Friday, August 30, 2024, in Winnsboro, LA.Services were held at 11 a.m., Tu...

Obituaries

David Scales

September 11, 2024

David Henry Scales, AGE, of 64, departed from this life on Saturday, August 24, 2024.Services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Hixso...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Tigers’ Changing of the Guard

By Greg Jones Sports Writer

August 28, 2024

For the first time in almost 20 years, the LaSalle Tigers football team will have a new Commander in Chief. Hunter Johnson has spent the past few year...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Meet the Tigers – 2024

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August 27, 2024

Photos from Meet the Tigers, Thursday, August 22:

News, Photo Gallery

The Little Mermaid Jr. Musical Makes a Splash

Staff Report

July 31, 2024

After two weeks of intense practices, the cast and crew of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. presented a spectacular performance at the Jena High School...