The following were booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail in Jena during the past week: Wetzel N. Tomlinson, 19, of Tullos, was arrested April 30 by Tullos police and charged with driving under suspension and no proof of insurance. Dustin H. Nugent, 38, of Jonesville, was arrested April 30 by sheriff o...

Urania Mayor Terri Corley announced to the Town Council last week that the town’s overall fire rating will remain a Class 6. She said the town’s PIAL (Property Insurance Association of Louisiana) inspection in January of this year was a follow-up after the main inspection was done in 2019 and result...

Gov. John Bel Edwards and CEO Paul Schubert of Strategic Biofuels LLC announced that the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Louisiana Green Fuels, announced plans to develop a renewable diesel plant near the Caldwell Parish seat of Columbia during a site visit last Friday. The initial phase of the ...

All four LaSalle Parish baseball and softball teams have won a spot in the state playoffs this year. The semi-final softball games have been set for t...

For over 20 years, the Centennial Cultural Center in downtown Olla has carried out its mission to “Stimulate, encourage, nurture, promote and produce...

Many of you, the readers of our weekly column, will be able to trace your roots to one or more of the men pictured today. We want to honor our Confed...