The mason jar is an iconic symbol in American culture. Many remember their grandmothers and mothers working to preserve homegrown fruits and vegetables over a hot stove, making jellies, canning meat, and pulling the hot jars from boiling water to cool on the nearby countertops. Others recall bouquet...

Spring Ridge Baptist Church Hidden among the Aimwell hills in neighboring Catahoula Parish is a little one-room wooden church that transports visitors back to a simpler time of faith and worship: Spring Ridge Baptist Church. Well-kept and beautifully serene, this humble house of worship dates back t...

A drive through the rural countryside of Louisiana’s Lasalle Parish in early spring and around the Easter holiday reveals many beautiful changes in nature, and one of the loveliest is the appearance of the soft, white petaled flowers of the native Dogwood Tree. The trees can be seen in the timber fo...

Apart from historic markers located within a ten-mile radius, there’s little present-day evidence that 9 majestic earthen mounds once dominated the la...

The official celebration of Valentine’s Day and its romantic musings have passed, but high school sweethearts and Belah couple Don and Diane (Thompson...

The 2026 Jena High School Most Beautiful Pageant was held Saturday night, February 7, at the school auditorium with a large crowd on hand to cheer for...