Also suggests the establishment of economic development board District 32 State Senator Glen Womack spoke at the Catahoula Parish Police Jury’s meeting June 22, where he announced a major road funding appropriation and suggested the parish establish an economic development board. Womack informed the...

On a summer morning in Philadelphia, a single sheet of parchment changed the world — or at least announced that it intended to. Two hundred and fifty years later, on July 4, 2026, a nation of 340 million people will gather under fireworks and flags to celebrate that announcement, and to argue, as Am...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Summerville Baptist Church Pastor Buddy Willis, who has contributed to this newspaper many times throughout the years, submitted his Sunday, June 28 sermon for publication to coincide with the United States of America’s 250th birthday celebration.) I am an American, and I love Americ...

PART ONE of a Two-Part Series Two hundred and fifty years ago, a collection of British colonies along the eastern seaboard declared themselves a free ...

After weeks of campaigning following the Closed Party Primary Election held on May 16, voters will head to the polls Saturday, June 27, to cast their ...

A well-known Jena pharmacist passed away last week. Sidney Mack “Maxie” Parker Jr., 84, of Jena, served as pharmacist at Jena Pharmacy, when it was lo...