History was made Saturday, March 15, as Louisiana’s first National High School BBQ Association Club (HSBBQ), Jena High School’s Jena Pitbosses, captured the state’s first championship and punched their ticket to the national competition this summer. Although storms threatened the competitions, it co...

The Olla Town Council turned down an offer to join a parish wide local fire district during their regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, March 11 in Olla. During the meeting, Mayor Rhonda Elliott informed the Council that Jena Fire Department Chief and President of the LaSalle Parish Fire Chiefs Josh...

On Sunday, March 23, The Jena Times Olla-Tullos-Urania Signal will turn 120 years old. LaSalle Parish’s oldest continuously operating business published its first issue on March 23, 1905, five years before LaSalle Parish was created. Lee Brooks, father of the late Rev. K.G. Brooks of Jena and severa...