The Jena High School Drama Club presented Yes, Virginia: The Musical last week at the JHS auditorium and the Town of Jena’s Historic Strand Theater. The cast and crew shown are Emma Howard, Ashlyn Alexander, Taylor Belgard, Clintt Hall, Parker Roark, Sarah Alexander, Mason Morrow-Snell, Ethan Reave...

Al Lenard and David Herring with Clearpath Fiber, LLC. out of Monroe gave a lengthy presentation at the Olla Town Council meeting last week regarding their company’s service providing highspeed Internet connectivity to rural Louisiana through the use of fiber optic cable. Last month, Mayor Rhonda El...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA is investing $5.2 billion to build and improve critical rural infrastructure in 46 states and Puerto Rico. Nebo Water System, Inc. is one of the nonprofit organizations in Louisiana which will receive funding under t...

A student from Olla were among graduates during Louisiana Tech University’s 338th commencement ceremony held Saturday, November 20, 2021. Jeffery Scot...

The weather for the annual Jena Christmas Parade featured temperatures in the upper 70’s and the warm weather brought a huge crowd to downtown Jena to...

Mr. Darrian from Vernon Parish brought in some growth samples from his yard trees to identify. Mr. Darrian has harmless lichens on his trees. The str...