Last year, Jena couple Dewey and Erin Amyx were expecting baby number two, a second little girl with a due date of July 10. But in early April, health complications arose, and Blair was born on April 15, which marked the beginning of Blair’s 80-day stay in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). “M...

A long and exhaustive meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) Thursday, April 3, resulted in a deer feeding ban for much of LaSalle and Catahoula parishes. The Commission met in Baton Rouge to discuss Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) that has been discovered in Louisiana deer ...

The LaSalle Parish School Board announced their intention to call an ad valorem millage renewal election for this fall during their April 1 meeting held last week in Jena. This is not a sales tax or even a new millage tax, but rather a renewal of a longtime existing millage used for maintenance. The...

A team of the LaSalle High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter qualified for the national conference in California this summer af...

Live and fried alligator, squirrel cutter calls, and wildlife feeders set the center stage for the 2025 4-H Wildlife Workshop held May 24, 2025.The ev...

This iconic 120-year-old Jena home, located at the corner of US 84 and South 4th Street, is nearing the final restoration stage by Patrick and Daniell...