From schoolwork and homework to friendships and extracurriculars to potentially dealing with difficult situations like bullying, there is a lot for kids to navigate during the school year.Fortunately, efforts are being made to provide tools that help protect kids’ mental health—and parents and teach...

New woody ornamentals don’t come along as often as annual bedding plants. So when El Niño desert orchid hit the market, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Jason Stagg was excited to see the flowering shrub’s potential for Louisiana gardens.Something else about this new plant intrigued Stagg. El Niño is a h...

Jena Town Council1st Monday, 9 AM at Jena Town Hall Urania Town Council1st Monday, 5 PM at Urania Town Hall Tullos Town Council1st Monday, 6 PM at Tullos Town Hall LaSalle Parish Police Jury2nd Monday, 6 PM at LaSalle Parish Courthouse LaSalle Parish School Board1st Tuesday, 5 PM at LaSalle Parish M...

Retail economy on upward trend Following a decrease of nearly 14% from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025, LaSalle Parish sales t...

Jena High School’s longest tenured coach in any sport in school history, Ted McKee, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2025, with his funeral held last We...

On July 1, Sheriff Lane Windham celebrated his one-year anniversary as LaSalle’s Sheriff, the first of a four-year term as the chief law enforcement o...