Emergency cell phone alarms blasted through the silence of the early morning hours Friday, June 16, warning residents of severe storms and possible tornadoes. As damaging winds and at least one tornado swept across LaSalle Parish during the following 15 minutes, many trees fell across roads and som...

A career invested in children can never be wasted as Janet Tullos well knows. Tullos recently retired from the LaSalle Parish School System after 33 years of investment. Her story is one worth reading and as she exits the school arena, she finds herself rich in the lives and education of students a...

“This is something that no newspaper wants to do but we are being forced to do this by the United States Postal Service (USPS),” Editor Craig Franklin said speaking about subscription increases set to begin in just over two weeks. Starting on July 1, subscriptions for The Jena Times Olla-Tullos-Uran...

LPSO to Host Blood Drive On Thursday, June 22 from 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. the LifeShare Blood Drive Bus will be at the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Department ...

Hundreds of people, many of whom were firefighters from across the state, attended the funeral of Olla Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Joe Thomp...

People often ask me “what is your favorite flower”? My answer is always the same…the pansy! They are not big and grand like a magnolia blossoms or exo...