During one of my many trips to the grocery store I decided to bring my glasses and read all of the ingredients on the labels. I was determined to buy whole food or food with minimal processing. I started out reading labels of food that I knew was highly processed. Spam was the first one and this stu...

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 Social Security benefits as supplemental income. How can we determine what his Social Security benefit would be with him still working part time? He wil...

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 of LaSalle Parish.” This motto has remained the centerpiece of this newspaper even in his absence and when opportunities arise that helps our parish ...