Not long ago I saw a survey that said people are more outspoken than they used to be. So last month - accompanied by a recorder, my friend George and his dog Gopher - we conducted our very own poll. Completely on Impulse (Impulse is a street near our house), we asked ten people, “Are folks more outs...

In my long and unproductive life, I’ve encountered several disgusting things…and I’ve stepped in a few of them.But few gave me more displeasure than dissecting a frog. This was a school requirement, and I dreaded it for weeks.My biology teacher, however, seemed to enjoy watching us approach a big va...

Like most from LaSalle Parish, I have many vivid and wonderful memories of fishing and camping at Kitterlin Creek Bay during my childhood. From cooling off at the spillway to bream fishing in the bay and avoiding the millions of stumps, from bass fishing Walker Lake to camping with family where we’d...

Dear Rusty: I am writing to you on behalf of my husband. His intentions are to go part time as of January 1, 2026, working 30 hours a week and take So...

Shortly after my dad, Sammy Franklin, purchased The Jena Times in 1968, he established this newspaper’s motto of “Dedicated to the PROGRESS and GROWTH...

I have watched with interest the negative attacks in response to the American Eagle ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney modeling, in an attractive and...