The Olla Police Department’s highway criminal interdiction program continues to yield positive results as last week officers thwarted two attempts of people trying to get large amounts of illegal drugs into a parish jail. According to Olla Police Chief Jody O’Bier, two separate traffic stops during ...

The Jena Times’ Facebook Top Content of 2025 The online world of Facebook moves fast, and amid the family photos, community happenings and local drama, it has also become many peoples’ main source of local and world news. While headlines and images flash on the screen, passing by in a matter of seco...

Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) celebrated a year of significant accomplishments and milestones in 2025. The college was ranked as the best community college in Louisiana and received national recognition from the Aspen Institute for the third consecutive engagement as one of t...

Renewable energy company Drax has announced the donation of $20,000 to the Center for Children and Families. This year’s fundraising efforts banked th...

The year 2025 is officially in the history books and the parish has begun a new chapter with the start of 2026 last Thursday, January 1. Many events a...

It was New Year’s Day, and I got up before The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. I poured my coffee and then sat in my easy chair to reflect on the ...