Last Friday, Debra Jo and Tommy Hailey, also known as a “Pair-a-Docs”, visited the Jena branch of the LaSalle Parish Library as a part of the Summer Reading Program. These Pair-a-Docs “edutained” with magic, music and comedy in educational games and activities.The Summer Reading Program will conclud...

The Centennial Cultural Center held its second camp of the summer – Art Camp – last week in downtown Olla. The camp was comprised of over 30 students from ages four to fourteen, coming from Olla, Jena, Columbia, Georgetown and Texas.Attending campers were taught several art skills and concepts and w...

The LaSalle Riding Club hosted their end of-the-year banquet Monday night, June 17, at the Jena Rodeo Arena facility. Boosting of one of the large memberships in recent years, this year’s club is comprised of high school students from throughout the area and achieved great success during the 2023-20...

Finally, A Reliable Fire Truck... By Jack Willis - The Jena Times, February 24, 1999 Jena’s first fire protection provided by an old antiquated fire t...

Historic Castor Springs – Part 2 In the June 5 Jena Times, this column gave information about the early history of Castor Springs, the first settlemen...

There are some awful forces loose in America: Antifa, BLM, Gaza Goons, anti-anything Israeli protesters, radical LGBQXYZ forces, the main stream media...