(EDITOR’S NOTE: With football season underway, the spotlight is typically thrust upon the game, the players, the touchdowns, and the final scores. But Friday nights would not be the same without our parish high school bands. This article by Russell Estes pays tribute to the JHS and LHS Marching Ban...

Jena Mayor LaDawn Edwards signed a proclamation last week declaring the month of September as National POW/MIA Recognition Month and September 15 as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Joining her at the signing ceremony was SFC U.S. Army Retired James “Cowboy” Robertson. 

Jacquelyn Brooks was only five years old when she sold her first goat for a bag of Funyuns and a jump rope. The sale began with the potential buyer asking for a price tag with Jacquelyn thinking it over for a minute then replying, “A bag of Funyuns.” “But what else?” the purchaser bargained, pressi...

Fall Fifth Quarter Events This fall, Fifth Quarter events will take place after JHS home games - September 1, September 15 and October 27. All student...

LaSalle Parish students are being encouraged to join 4-H as the new school year begins. Silas Cecil, 4-H Agent for LaSalle noted that being a part of ...

In the late summer of 1953, an unknown 18-year-old Elvis Presley paid $4 to have two songs recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, TN. The rest is histor...