I have a prayer chair in my bedroom where I meet and talk with Jesus every day. There’s nothing special about this old worn piece of furniture – it’s very ordinary and mundane to the eye. It takes up good space that could be used for other purposes, but in truth, there is no greater purpose than ent...

The Trump Administration announced last week it was freezing $2.26 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts that were to be awarded to Harvard University after the school refused to comply with the Trump Administration’s demands that it dismantle so-called diversity programs and limit student ...

As a member of the Louisiana Press Association’s Board of Directors, I have the opportunity to visit with publishers and editors from across the state on a regular basis during our board meetings held several times a year. Last week, I was in Baton Rouge for an LPA board meeting where one of our dis...

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...

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...

I have never met anyone who loves doing laundry: male, female, old or young. I, too, fall into this category – laundry is not my forte. I have often a...