(The Center Square) – Louisiana U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is attempting to secure $1.1 billion in federal disaster relief from a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill he voted against last week. Kennedy has made repeated requests for funding to help Louisiana residents and businesses recover from last ye...

An online phlebotomy technician training course through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education will begin on Monday, August 30. This nine-week course is broken down into two parts. The first part will be six weeks of online classroom instruction that concludes ...

Sod webworms were biblical last summer. Not to be outdone, the armyworm troops have now set up camp. They are out in full force, causing headaches for many homeowners. If you’ve noticed large brown patches in your lawn, you may have armyworm damage. It is the caterpillars, or larval stage of the adu...

The following were booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail in Jena during the past week: Gregory J. Stephens, 43, of Alexandria, was arrested Aug. 1 by sh...

A complaint to law enforcement about suspected domestic violence at a Urania residence led officers to arresting a pair on numerous narcotic charges, ...

As the opening of the 2021-22 school year approaches, the LaSalle Parish School System has been forced to make changes to its “Ready to Achieve” re-op...