Just across the LaSalle-Grant parish line lives a very artistic and talented teenager by the name of Samara Timms, daughter of Shay and Sam Timms. Like many of her high school peers, Samara is active in cheering, Beta Club, drama club, school sports and the like; however, she has found her creative ...

Searching for fellow graduates 1954 Jena High School graduate Allen Simmons has been on a quest to find and contact any of his classmates from his graduating class. Simmons, a retired minister of music, public school teacher and former newspaper owner and editor, lived in Jena with his parents and s...

JHS Lady Giant Basketball Team There’s an undercurrent of newfound pride and high expectations on the courts of the Jena High School Lady Girls’ Basketball team. The players feel it. The coaches know it. The team parents are pushing it, and the former basketball alumni are lending their voices to th...