70 Years Ago December 27, 1951 Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Owens are the happy parents of a newly adopted baby daughter, Eleanor Dianne, born on December 4th. The Owens invites their many friends to come by and see the new arrival. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wagner entertained The Jena Times employees with a delici...

My Uncle Andy recently turned 90, and it was hard to imagine what a guy would like for his 90th birthday. At 90, getting a lot of new stuff doesn’t sound very appealing. Andy is in the process of getting rid of stuff, a job made more challenging by the fact that neither he nor his wife, Bea, have a...

I moved to Minden years ago to marry my childhood sweetheart. But that’s a love story for another time – another day. When they were little, I used to bring my kids over from Texas to North Louisiana, so they could see where I grew up – learn to appreciate why I called this God’s country. One day I ...

One of my favorite articles at Christmas time is one written by the editor of The Sun newspaper way back in the year 1897 - more than one hundred year...

If fellow Louisianans were living without water or electricity, we would all be up in arms making sure our neighbors could get those basic modern bene...

If Love means never having to say you’re sorry (it doesn’t), then being a member of the media means never having to admit you were wrong (it does). I ...