Easter bonnets, laced gloves, pastel spring dresses and matching purses with shoes were once the Easter Sunday style for girls of all ages, including my sister, myself and all my Bailey cousins. Young and old alike planned their special Easter attire for weeks in advance and no sacrifice was too gre...

The week before Easter Sunday is called the Passion Week (not literal seven days). It begins on the Friday before the Triumphant Entry and runs through the Resurrection Sunday. When one stops for a few moments and studies this last week of the life of Jesus, we see that it is full of great truths th...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article, by Sammy J. Franklin, originally appeared in this newspaper on April 20, 2011, but has been a regular Easter article since. Franklin was the publisher/editor of The Jena Times from 1968 until his death in 2022.)Did you know if you went on the Int...

The other day as I was getting out of my truck I dropped what was in my hand. As I bent over to pick it up I noticed the front tire on my truck had so...

If you have never lived in or visited California you have probably wanted to. California is referred to as the Golden State from all of the gold found...

Oh, my goodness, it’s another crackpot alert coming out of Washington, D.C., this time in the person of Jasmine Crockett. No kin to Davy, thank goodne...