Kevin Bates of Winnsboro, officially announces his candidacy for the District 20 House of Representatives seat in the election set for October 14, 2023.The district comprises all of Caldwell and portions of LaSalle, Franklin, Catahoula and Ouachita parishes.In LaSalle Parish, the following Wards and...

Around 20 people attended a forum at LaSalle High School Thursday night, September 21, as LaSalle Parish School Superintendent Jon Garrett provided an overview of the benefits of the school system’s one-cent sales tax proposition that will be on the October 14th election ballot.The proposition that ...

LaSalle Parish’s jobless rate for August fell to 2.9%, however, so did many other parishes leaving LaSalle tied for seventh place for the state’s lowest unemployment numbers released last week by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.In July, LaSalle’s unemployment rate was 3.7%, so the 2.9% August dat...

I want to begin this month’s column by thanking you for being a part of our school system. Whether you are a student, a parent, an employee, or a memb...

Every morning when my mirror smiles back, I am grateful to two dentists who have helped me for decades.They must be darn good, because thanks to regul...

After weeks of extreme heat and little rain, the landscape is looking parched.While gardens and lawns are the first to show evidence of a water shorta...