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Community Events, News

March 4, 2026

Community Events

This year’s annual Man Up Event will be held on Thursday, March 19th at 6:00 p.m. All men of all denominations are welcome to attend for a meal and worship at the Jena Community Center. Rubin Weaver will be the special guest speaker.

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Beyond the Beat:

By Deborah Mayo Contributing Writer

March 4, 2026

Local Youth To Receive Pacemaker Dayson Dean, son of Kristina Hudnall and Derek Dean, is a typical ten-year-old boy when it comes to playing video gam...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Quarterfinals for Second Straight Year

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

March 4, 2026

Lady Giants’ playoff run ends in Westlake For the second year in a row, the Jena Lady Giants advanced to the quarterfinals in the state basketball pla...

Photo Gallery, Sports

Gus Morphis’ 3-Pointer Advances Giants

By Austin Whatley Sports Writer

March 4, 2026

Jena played Tuesday night in second round For the third straight season the Jena Giants started their playoff run under Head Coach Matt Whitman this p...

News

Caldwell Plant to Impact LaSalle Economically

By Craig Franklin Editor

February 25, 2026

More Jobs - Invigorate Logging Industry No matter what one’s opinion is regarding Carbon Capture Sequestration (CCS), the new plant planned for Caldwe...

News

Make-Up Day Set For LaSalle Parish Schools

Staff Report

February 25, 2026

LaSalle Parish schools will be in session an extra day for a “Weather Make-Up Day” on Monday, March 30.LaSalle Parish School Superintendent Jon Garret...

News

New Rod Brady Campus Update

By Craig Franklin Editor

February 25, 2026

The new campus of the Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) Rod Brady Campus of Jena is progressing, as noted at the LaSalle Economic ...