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Newspapers versus social media
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
Newspapers versus social media
By Craig Franklin Editor 
May 20, 2026
To many in the newspaper industry, there is a perceived battle raging between newspapers and social media. From my standpoint, it’s not so much of a battle as a shift in the public’s information dynamics that newspapers need to harness rather than wage war against. But there is a question I find mys...
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Take Time to Make Time
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Deborah Mayo:
Take Time to Make Time
May 20, 2026
My bonus grandson is just a few days away from graduating at Jena High School and adventuring into adulthood. Like all graduates, he has some important and exciting decisions to make and endless opportunities ahead of him. It was only a minute ago that he was peeking at me over the edge of the churc...
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Trump’s Historic Trip to China
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
Trump’s Historic Trip to China
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 20, 2026
President Trump traveled to China last week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and he didn’t go alone. Accompanying him were some of the most influential Trump Administration officials, including Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Treasury, Scott...
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Newspaper of the Year. What an honor.
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Craig Franklin:
Newspaper of the Year. What an honor.
By Craig Franklin Editor 
May 13, 2026
Shocked. That was honestly my emotion when Louisiana Press Association (LPA) Executive Director McHugh David announced The Jena Times had won the Divi...
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A Kid, A Mud Puddle, and a Few Memories
Editorial
A Kid, A Mud Puddle, and a Few Memories
May 13, 2026
Yesterday, I sat on my daddy’s front porch and watched my grandson turn a mud puddle into a grand and riveting adventure. It was your average puddle w...
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No more troops for disloyal NATO nations
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
No more troops for disloyal NATO nations
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 13, 2026
President Trump is reportedly considering pulling American troops out of nations that have not been supportive of the U.S. effort in Iran and placing ...
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An Unusual Mother’s Day Editorial
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
An Unusual Mother’s Day Editorial
By Craig Franklin Editor 
May 6, 2026
Allow me to use this space to wish a very special person a happy Mother’s Day - but do so in an unusual way. Just a few days after Mother’s Day, May 1...
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SCOTUS Historic Ruling Redistricting Case
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
SCOTUS Historic Ruling Redistricting Case
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 6, 2026
I return to this topic given the historic nature of the ruling and its novelty involving a Louisiana case, Callais v. Louisiana. This past week the Su...
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The Many Colors of Friendship
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Deborah Mayo:
The Many Colors of Friendship
By Deborah Mayo 
May 6, 2026
Because my daddy was an oilfield man, we moved from town to town, state to state, and from stem to stern quite frequently during my growing up years. ...
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The Will of God
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
“A Line of Truth”
The Will of God
By: Rev. Randy Ray Sponsored By: JENA PHARMACY Brandon Poole, Pharm D 
May 6, 2026
The other day I was thinking about some things that are going on in my life and was praying and the Lord pressed on my mind this thought, “the Christi...
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