The life and times of artifact collector Reggie Ingram Jena resident Reggie Ingram–retired educator, school principal, oilfield entrepreneur, and family patriarch–has been roaming the rivers, woods, and countrysides of LaSalle and Catahoula Parishes all of his life. It’s hard to name a place that he...

Brother Elsie Ray Johnson Age is just a number to Reverend Elsie Ray Johnson, and at 87 years of age- soon to be 88he is still preaching the word of God saying, “I’ll preach wherever they call me!”. Reverend Johnson or ‘Brother Johnson’ as he is locally known and his late wife of 65 years, Joy Lofto...

Shot guns, ammo, a reliable duck call, a good pair of waders, and a sturdy blind: duck hunters have created their own culture and community in the local area for decades and perhaps a generation or more. The oral stories date back farther than the written ones and tell of times when decoys were non-...

A Christmas Chronicle It was a long 90 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem and every weary footstep he put down felt like the last. The journey had compl...

It’s the time of the year that many relish and celebrate big! It’s officially the Christmas season and there is a trio of area home designer extraordi...

Nothing says Christmas like the gathering of family and friends around the dinner table set with cornbread dressing made from grandma’s favorite recip...