April is one of my favorite months. The arrival of spring, with all its intense color and fragrances in the plant world, make it a month hard to ignore: so much beauty around us, so many pleasing activities outside to make us thankful to have survived another winter. April is overload month when it ...

I continue to be amazed at the state of Maine’s resistance to returning to the original, correct, and traditional view of Title IX: that it does not allow biological male athletes to compete as girls. It is truly costing the state financially, if not politically. What caught my eye this week was the...

The year was 2021. Coming off the never-to-be-forgotten Covid year of 2020 when all high school baseball, softball and other sports were cancelled, the year 2021 would be a year of destiny for both of LaSalle Parish’s high school softball teams.It was on the same day, Saturday, May 1, at nearly the ...

We have all heard the roar of criticism of President Trump’s tariffs imposed on April 2nd. Let me begin by saying that Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff...

Ask Rusty - Dear Rusty: I’ve been reading a lot lately about speculation on what next year’s benefit increase will be, and it seems like most of the e...

Two weeks ago, we announced that this newspaper was observing its 120th birthday. The very first issue of The Jena Times was published on March 23, 19...