The annual Art, Jazz and Jambalaya event was held Saturday, November 29 at the Centennial Cultural Center in downtown Olla. The event is hosted each year after the Thanksgiving holiday and combines three Louisiana favorites: live jazz music, local art and delicious, homemade jambalaya. “Kingdom Soun...

Christmas Lighting Event The Pinewood Garden Club will host a yard Christmas Lighting event in the Olla, Urania, and Tullos areas for the 2025 holiday season. Judging will be done on December 15, 2025, by totaling the number of likes for each picture featured on The Pinewood Garden Club’s Facebook p...

Lots of people are interested in attracting wildlife to their landscapes. Whether you are an avid bird-watcher or simply delight in seeing squirrels frolic in the trees, there are things you can do to make an area more enticing to all sorts of animals.Food, shelter and water are the bare necessities...

Jena native, Faith MaLee Edwards recently graduated from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, where she received a Bachelor of Science Forestry de...

Gun violence has once again occurred in LaSalle Parish among juveniles as a 16-year-old Jena youth was shot at the Jena Town Park Sunday night, Novemb...

A mistrial occurred last week in the case against an Olla man charged in the murder of his wife. The case against Kenny Wayne Smith Sr., 57, of Olla, ...