Jena resident Jackie Jones spotted a rare juvenile male Bullock’s Oriole in her backyard last week. The sighting was confirmed through submitted photos to Badgerland Birding and Jones reported the sighting to the National Audubon Society. Bullock’s Orioles are medium-sized songbirds and are related ...

During the first meeting of the year on Monday at 9 am, Superintendent Ronny Steele reported that the Town of Jena received a preliminary “Grade Score” of “D” from the Louisiana Department of Health on the Town Water System as per new regulations. The score was a result of unresolved deficits inclu...

Robert Simmons of Jena has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Fall 2022 President’s List. The fall terms run from September to December. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’...

The other day I heard a lady say, “If you think grandchildren are great, just wait until you have great grandchildren!” I, being a grandmother or “Mam...

On Tuesday, January 10, we met at Cotton Boll Florals, 3285 North First Street, downtown Jena (formerly the old Bank of Jena building). Present were J...

Is there a woman alive on this earth that doesn’t want a beautiful necklace of pearls? I don’t know of any. Do you know that only one out of 10,000 oy...