Mother’s Day, celebrated Sunday, May 8, is a great time to check on the grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and other elder women important to your family who may need help protecting themselves or protected from harm by those who care for them on a regular basis, said Ebony Thomas-Phillips, Director, Lou...

Tasha, the only girl in my computer science class, had played a joke on every boy in the class. They wanted my help to get her back, but I told them I was staying out of it. That is, I was until she played one on me. Then I finally agreed to join them. We had a meeting to make our plan. “What would ...

Thanks in part to a $3,000 donation by the Jena High School Alumni Association, the JHS Marching Band will have brand new uniforms this fall. The uniforms were designed by Director Steven Taylor, shown second from left, and are made of light-weight, cooler material and have incorporated the traditio...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Catahoula/LaSalle Parish today announced that ranchers and livestock producers can...

A complaint received by the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office (LPSO) on April 12 led to the arrest of a 36-year-old Urania man on malfeasance charges. J...

When one of her friends called on the phone I usually got the hand signal. Two fingers to and from the lips meant, “Bring me my cigarette case and lig...