Michael Dempsey #327 of the Free and Accepted Masons gathered on Tuesday evening, May 27, 2025 for their annual Honesty and Integrity Award Ceremony. The annual award’s program recognized the achievements of selected students with the only awards the Masons give to non-Masons. The recipients and the...

We are reminded throughout God’s Word that He has given us the gift of choice and its consequences. Nowhere are we told that we cannot choose our destinies. But we are told that our choices determine our destinies. Even a casual reading of the New Testament tells us that there were those who followe...

Upcoming Events at the Library • June 5: Beading Workshop, 1-3 p.m., Jena • June 7: Crochet Project Group, 10-12 p.m., Jena • June 9: iPhone Skills, 5-6 p.m., Jena • June 10: Diamond Dots, 5-7 p.m., Jena For more information, call the Library’s Headquarters at (318) 992-5675. See below for the Libra...

Due to an early printing deadline, coverage of the parish’s two Memorial Day programs will be featured in next week’s issue of this newspaper, as anno...

New school year begins Aug. 6 Students in LaSalle Parish were dismissed for their summer vacation last Friday as the end of the 2024-2025 school year ...

The Central Louisiana Technical Community College Rod Brady Campus in Jena recently concluded another nursing cohort, seeing 23 outstanding students c...