The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) recently released results from the beginning-of-year literacy screener for students in kindergarten through third grade. The 2025 data show continued statewide progress, with 50 percent of K–3 students now reading on or above grade level. This marks the s...

When Hwy. 28 was a dirt fill across the Saline swamp, you could go to the Muddy Bayou bridge and that was the end of travel on that road, at that time. When I was about five years old, I went fishing down there with my dad, Don Cannaday, and my uncle Dub Whitehead. The back water had been high and w...

Veterans Day Special Section pages: 11192025JENC01 11192025JENC02 11192025JENC03 11192025JENC04 11192025JENC05 11192025JENC06 11192025JENC07 11192025JENC08 Several public events took place last Tuesday, November 11, as LaSalle Parish stopped to recognize all military veterans on Veterans Day. Shown ...

$2-million grant to modernize second story A massive renovation project will soon be underway at LaSalle General Hospital (LGH) in Jena, thanks to a $...

The countdown to Christmas has begun. Today is just 37 days from Christmas Day and just 23 days from the first of two LaSalle Parish Christmas Parades...

LaSalle Parish’s Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troop 14 recently participated in the Scouting For Food program, a national Scouting America program to colle...