Urania native plays for semipro football team at Pineville

Sports

March 22, 2022

Word Lindsey, a Urania native and LaSalle High School graduate, is continuing his football career by playing for Cenla’s newest semi-pro football team, the Pineville Wolverines. Lindsey graduated from LaSalle High School in 2015.

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Truck Crashes Into Business on Labor Day

Staff Report

September 11, 2024

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...

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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

By Craig Franklin Editor

September 11, 2024

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...

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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...

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 ...