Mr. Mike Adams has only good memories of his 31 years as an educator at Jena High School: particularly the memories, achievements and accolades associated with the students he taught. Hundreds, maybe more, enjoyed learning American history under his tutorship as he planted the seeds of patriotism an...

Memoirs of Mr. Earl Wayne Peavy As a young boy living in Trout, Earl Peavy often found himself gazing upward at the open skies and imagining himself soaring freely in the clouds above the fields and pastures of his family’s home. He, along with his brother Jerry, enjoyed taking care of the family’s ...

For many men (and a few women), pocketknives are a staple they can’t do without. Morning routines consist of shoving one into pants pockets to use throughout the day as needed - a pocket without one almost seems useless. An apt description of the humble pocketknife could be summed up as man’s best f...

The Jena High School BBQ Club, the Jena Pitbosses, will be hosting the Louisiana High School BBQ Association State Championship competition this Satur...

Christ Temple Pentecostal Church of Jena (Pastors Zachary and Tifanny Wells) is offering B-Free from Addiction classes each Monday at 7:00 pm at the c...

Local Youth To Receive Pacemaker Dayson Dean, son of Kristina Hudnall and Derek Dean, is a typical ten-year-old boy when it comes to playing video gam...