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Small Town Christmases
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
Small Town Christmases
Staff Report 
December 24, 2025
The big cities may have more entertainment, more public productions, more decorations, and more lights to illuminate the skyline, but they will never be able to compete with a small-town Christmas. I’m thankful I’ve had the opportunity to visit several large cities during the Christmas season and it...
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A Country Christmas
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
A Country Christmas
By Craig Franklin Editor 
December 24, 2025
Family gatherings, church services and Christmas songs are what make the Yuletide merry, and my country upbringing is deep seated in these simple traditions. Christmas memories have shaped the table that I set each year, the Christmas carols that I enjoy, and the importance of keeping Jesus’s birth ...
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A Christmas Reflection
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
A Christmas Reflection
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
December 24, 2025
We are likely in the crush of the Christmas season. Perhaps things are just as, if not more, busy and hectic than they’ve been all year. We feel pressed into a dizzying pace to address the countless things to be done for work, for our families, and the additional requirement of gifts and activities ...
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Christmas is about Remembering
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Christmas is about Remembering
Christmas is about Remembering
By: Rev. Randy Ray Sponsored By: JENA PHARMACY Brandon Poole, Pharm D, By Kimberly Franklin Staff Reporter 
December 24, 2025
This morning as I sat at the bar in our kitchen drinking a cup of hot coffee, I pondered on all the things that I needed to do and with not enough tim...
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Superdome Experience Required Many
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Superdome Experience Required Many
Thank Yous Extended: Special Editorial
By Craig Franklin Editor, By Kimberly Franklin Staff Reporter 
December 17, 2025
Thank Yous Extended: Special Editorial Without a doubt, the trip to New Orleans to experience the LHSAA State Championship is the direct result of the...
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Letter To The Editor
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Letter To The Editor
December 17, 2025
Well, it has certainly been a historic last few weeks in our fair town and parish. First, our Jena Giants football team plowed through all comers from...
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One Incredible Experience
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
One Incredible Experience
December 17, 2025
In my 56 years on this earth, I’ve had some incredible experiences. My definition of an incredible experience is being part of an event that so profou...
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The Climate Change ‘House of Cards’
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The Climate Change ‘House of Cards’
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
December 17, 2025
We may recall Al Gore, in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, focused on climate change. The film included a moving clip of a ‘sad, animated polar...
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The Three Wise Women
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The Three Wise Women
December 17, 2025
There are much talk and discussion about the ‘Three Wisemen’ or the Magi in the Bible. While it’s true, the number ‘3’ is a myth, the Magi were a real...
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Justified Destruction of Drug Boats
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Justified Destruction of Drug Boats
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
December 10, 2025
America has been engaged in fighting a War on Drugs since at least the 1980’s. We finally have a president who fights the tyranny of the ‘War on Drugs...
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