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With a difference of just 110 votes, former Alexandria Police Department Lieutenant Lane Windham narrowly won the election for LaSalle Parish Sheriff ...

November 22, 2023

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Performance Scores Released

The LaSalle Parish School System continues to prove they are one of the top performing districts in the state with last week’s release of the District...

November 22, 2023

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Election Day Death Shocks Community

For the second time in three weeks, LaSalle Parish was shocked Saturday morning, November 18, upon learning of the death of a LaSalle Parish Police Ju...

November 22, 2023

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Voice of Democracy Essay Winners

Submitted Article

November 22, 2023

Voice of Democracy Essay Winners The annual Voice of Democracy Essay competition, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced the two winners...

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LaSalle Parish Essay Winners

Staff Report

November 22, 2023

LaSalle Parish Essay Winners As part of the LaSalle Parish Veterans Day events, an essay event for LaSalle Parish students was conducted where student...

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LaSalle Arrests

Submitted Article

November 22, 2023

The following people were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail last week: Pamela Pardue, 36, of Urania, was arrested November 14 by the La...

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Jena Junior High Lists Honor Roll

November 22, 2023

Honor roll students for the second six weeks grading period at Jena Junior High School have been announced by Principal Jeremy Cassels, as follows: Si...

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Runoff Election Saturday

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 15, 2023

The November 18 Gubernatorial General Election will be held this Saturday with LaSalle Parish voters joining with voters across the state to decide th...

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Jury To Appoint Fowler Position

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 15, 2023

The LaSalle Parish Police Jury will be called upon to appoint someone from District 5 to fill the seat of Robert “June” Fowler due to his sudden death...

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Dorroh Family Honored at LSU

Staff Report

November 15, 2023

The patriarch of the Dorroh family, Walter Evans Dorroh, Sr., was inducted posthumously into the one of Louisiana State University’s (LSU) highest mil...

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Veterans Day Events Held Across Parish

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 15, 2023

LaSalle Parish honored all veterans during several events held this past weekend as the nation paused to pay tribute during Veterans Day. While the to...

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Giants Blowout Caldwell… Again

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

November 22, 2023

Quarterfinal Game Friday in Jena For the second time in four weeks the Caldwell Spartans came to town to take on the Jena Giants. This would be a big ...

Outdoors, Sports

Jim Spencer Might be a Trickster But One Heck of a Writer

November 22, 2023

I have this quirky friend up in north Arkansas that you really have to keep your eye on. Here’s what I’m talking about…I was invited once several year...

Sports

Jena’s Historic Senior Class

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 15, 2023

The Jena Giants enter the 2023 LHSAA State Playoffs as the Number 1 Seed in Division III Non-Select – a feat that has never occurred in the history of...

Sports

Giants Hosting Caldwell Friday

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

November 15, 2023

The Jena Giants had an off week this past week as they earned a bye in the first round of the state playoffs by earning the #1 seed. The Giants still ...

Outdoors, Sports

Bobcats Create Hair-Raising Experiences

November 15, 2023

My initial close-up-and-personal encounter with a bobcat was a hair-raising experience. (If I had such an experience today, I’d have to describe it di...

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Giants Defeat Buckeye 74-38

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

November 8, 2023

History Made Last Friday The Jena Giants had a lot to play for this past Friday night. Even though the Giants earned a share of their fourth straight ...

Lifestyle, Sports

JHS Band in Competitions

Staff Report

November 8, 2023

The Jena High School Marching Band has been busy during the past few weeks as they have competed in three different festivals recording outstanding sc...

Columns/Opinions

My First Thanksgiving

November 22, 2023

Craig Franklin:I was five months old when I experienced my first Thanksgiving. To be honest, I don’t remember anything about it. But there have been o...

Columns/Opinions

What’s in a Title?

By Deborah Mayo

November 22, 2023

My Perspective Growing up, my parents required my siblings and myself to use certain titles when addressing adults. The use of said titles wasn’t opti...

Columns/Opinions

A Thanksgiving Reflection

By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer

November 22, 2023

As we enter Thanksgiving week it may benefit us to take a deep breath and realize that although this past year was at times difficult, we have made it...

Obituaries

Ruth Jackson

November 22, 2023

Ruth Naomi Daniels- Jackson, 103, departed from this earthly life on Monday, October 30, 2023, following an illness.She was born November 20, 1919 in ...

Obituaries

John Fleming Sr.

November 22, 2023

John Randolph Fleming Sr., 77, of Monroe, was received into Heaven on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.He was born August 8, 1946 in Oak Grove, LA to the ...

Obituaries

Cynthia Phelps

November 22, 2023

Cynthia Diane Phelps, 52, of Tullos, passed from this life on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at her home in Tullos.She was born July 17, 1971 in Columbi...

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Jena’s Veterans Day Events

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November 14, 2023

LaSalle Parish honored all veterans during several events held this past weekend as the nation paused to pay tribute during Veterans Day. Veterans Day...

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Olla’s Veterans Day Program

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November 14, 2023

LaSalle Parish honored all veterans during several events held this past weekend as the nation paused to pay tribute during Veterans Day. While the to...

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Tigers’ 2023 Season Ends With Loss

By Greg Jones Sports Writer

November 8, 2023

The LaSalle Tiger football season came to a close last Friday night north of Bastrop with a 35-18 loss to Beekman Charter. The Tiger’s left it all out...