All of LaSalle Parish public schools will be closed tomorrow, January 27, as the effects of Winter Storm Fern continue to plague the parish. According to LaSalle Parish School Superintendent Jon Garrett, the decision to close schools tomorrow was due to the continued power outages on the Northside o...

A large crowd attended the annual Martin Luther King Day Annual MLK Prayer Breakfast held Monday morning, January 19, at L&A Missionary Baptist Church in Good Pine. With the theme of “Embracing The Mission,” attendees sang, offered prayers and listened to speakers as they reflected on the work of th...

In what is being described as an “unfortunate accident,” the husband of Jena Mayor LaDawn Cooper Edwards, Hugh “Eugene” Edwards, died last week as a result of drowning in Little River in south LaSalle Parish. Eugene Edwards was 69 yearsold and had retired last year after many years of working in the...

The Jena Police Department had their 2026 budget increased by $22,000.00 during the Jena Town Council’s January 12 meeting last week.Mayor LaDawn C. E...

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: Angella Fisher, 30, of Olla, was arrested Ja...

The Olla Police Department made another significant narcotic arrest recently which resulted in a large number of illegal narcotics from being distribu...