At 91 years of age, retired educator, Mrs. Annie Riser is a picture of grace and loveliness. She is happy for the decades she taught the students of LaSalle Parish and relishes the years of retirement and travel she was privileged to spend with her late husband, Mr. Cleveland Riser. Her two children...

It was in a muddy rice field in Vietnam many decades ago that a young Brandon Phan stood barefoot with his sister watching a US plane fly overhead, and cried, “Come get us. Come get us. We want to go to USA! Come get us!” The plane, however, continued on its way and the brief incident wouldn’t seem ...

The LaSalle Parish School Board APPLES Program (Homeless Program), under the present direction of Homeless Liaison Director Stephanie Francis, has been making Christmas wishes come true for LaSalle Parish children for the last 29 years. The program, specific to LaSalle Parish, collects donations fro...

The first annual LaSalle Parish Walk for Recovery has been scheduled for September 28th, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m., in downtown Jena, sponsored by the local Cele...

Ms. Victoria Morace is back in her classroom at Fellowship Elementary School teaching her students with zeal and intent, but just a few months back, s...

Reading to and reading with toddlers and elementary school age students is one of the greatest educational advantages that parents and adults can give...