Midwives, Black Draught, and House Calls Before the advancement of local hospitals, antibiotics and readily available health facilities in rural LaSalle Parish, medical care was quite different from today’s modern offerings. Written and oral records tell of the essentiality of self-reliance such as ...

A historical look at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church The Mount Nebo Baptist Church, located on LA 777 around nine miles south of Jena, has been a light and a cornerstone of faith in the Nebo community for well over 100 years. Its roots go back more than a century to the year 1855 before LaSalle Parish was c...

The goodness of homegrown tomatoes The definition of ‘fine dining’ is often subjective to the area of the country in which one resides or visits. The tastebuds acclimate to area recipes and offerings. While there are those who define finer cuisine to such rarities as caviar, wagyu beef, truffle past...

Olla resident Mrs. Linda Yeager, while preparing to relocate, was sifting through some old boxes that had been stored in her home for decades. The con...

Mr. Mike Adams has only good memories of his 31 years as an educator at Jena High School: particularly the memories, achievements and accolades associ...

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 s...