Schools in LaSalle Parish will be closed next week – Feb. 20-24 – for winter break. LaSalle Parish public schools, as well as Temple Christian Academy, will all observe the break. The LaSalle Head Start facility will take two days off, Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 20 and 21, for their winter break and r...

Northwestern State University’s Office of Student Financial Aid is working to make NSU students, prospective students and parents aware of available financial aid to help pay for college as part of Financial Aid Awareness Month in February. According to NSU Director of Student Financial Aid and Scho...

Donald Evans, popular young radio singer, is to be a featured entertainer on the program for the Sweetheart Banquet, to be held on Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. Miss Maxine Russell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Russell, has been named by the Jena High School FFA Chapter as its queen for 1953-...

The Jena Town Council’s regular February meeting last week focused on the upcoming regulation from the Louisiana Department of Health requiring the ad...

I’m jealous of people who find their life’s work early. For some, the discovery starts in elementary school. Ray was a very likeable, outgoing guy. He...

• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, cubed • 1 stick butter • 2 tbsp. butter • 2 lbs. crawfish (or shrimp or 1/2 shrimp & 1/2 crawfish) • 1 lg. onion, chopp...