Town of Jena agrees to 10-year payment for new meters The Jena Town Council approved a financial plan to pay off new electronic water and gas meters during their monthly meeting held December 1. Last month, the Council voted to purchase the new meters at a price tag of just over $1 million. The new ...

Math and biology teachers in LaSalle Parish will no longer be required to be certified in their subject to receive a $5,000 stipend. The change in the Differential Compensation Plan (DCP) was adopted at the LaSalle Parish School Board’s (LPSB) December 2 meeting and junior high and high school math ...

In what is often described as the most boring stretch of highway in LaSalle Parish, over a dozen Buddhist monks walked the approximate 10-mile La-Salle portion of LA 28 last week offering motorists much different scenery than normally viewed. The monks, from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in...

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: (more…)

The Town of Jena’s annual nighttime Christmas Parade has been moved to next Friday, in light of the Jena Giants football team winning their semifinal ...

A year ago this month, the Jena Town Council finally ended a months-long saga regarding recreational vehicle (RV) parks inside its city limits by adop...