When I was young, just a few months ago, I could sleep the sleep of the dead and never lift an eyelid or roll a toe. Seriously. If you’ve read some of my past articles, you know that I have even slept through a tornado that threw a tree through my house. To farther prove my point, I can’t tell you t...

The lengthy report from Special Counsel John Durham regarding the Russia-Collusion Hoax is one for the ages. Its conclusions are both stunning and disturbing to all Americans who believe in equal justice under law. In his report, Durham broadly concludes what millions of us have believed about this ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor column by the late Sammy J. Franklin, Publisher/ Editor of this newspaper for 54 years, appeared in the May 22, 2019 issue of this newspaper.) For 151 years, citizens of this country have paused on the last Monday of May to remember and honor those Americ...

With the last day of school for students tomorrow, summer unofficially begins in La Salle Parish and attention is quickly turning to the upcoming fall...

70 Years Ago May 14, 1958 After several years of planning by Jena’s civic leaders and aviation enthusiasts, actual construction of a Jena-owned, non-p...

LaSalle School of the past. More next week! Jena School of the past. More next week!