Today is the National Day of Prayer. As I scroll though Facebook, I see many pictures of the many different gatherings of people who attended prayer services across the land. There were several pictures of prayer gatherings there in Jena. For more than forty-five years I have participated in the Nat...

Destinee Beard of Jonesville and Samuel Lawson of Jena, are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The bride-elect is the daughter of Kimberly Fannin of Jonesville and Kelvin Beard of Monterey. Destinee will be attending the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the fall for R...

Three cafeteria ladies from Jena High School were honored as “LaSalle Parish School System Employees of the Month” during the school board’s regular May session held Monday night of last week. The three honorees are Kim Kittlin, and Michelle Hatcher, both employed since 2008, and Jennifer Hester, em...