The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: Teea Swasey, 38, of Alexandria, was arrested March 10 by the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office for possession of CDS II and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sharon Smith, 46, of Jena, was arreste...

The GEO Group, Inc. conducted its first Community Relations Luncheon of the year last week at The Strand Theater in downtown Jena. Quarterly, GEO’s Facility Administrator, Shad Rice, addresses various community leaders to provide updates concerning activities at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing ...

The Jena High School Drama Club presented “The Outsiders” in three showings last weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 15-17. The story was narrated by Ponyboy who was played by senior Kolton Bradford. This is the last production with the JHS Drama Club for Bradford and other seniors Andrew St...

Louisiana State Treasurer Dr. John Fleming was in LaSalle Parish last Friday visiting with many residents as part of his campaign for United States Se...

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, along with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, granted an official pardon to Huval the Crawfish ...

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is updating its Freedom Framework social studies standards to reflect President Trump’s executive order r...