70 Years Ago September 9, 1954 JM Breland of Route 1 Trout, in the Fellowship-Belah area, is the first LaSalle Parish farmer to report the ginning of a bale of cotton grown in LaSalle parish this year. Mr. Breland’s cotten was ginned last Saturday morning at Jonesville and netted 490 pounds. Permiss...

A new campus cannot come fast enough for the Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) Rod Brady Campus in Jena which had a 33 percent increase in enrollment over last year’s totals. “On days when everyone is on campus there are cars parked everywhere,” said Rod Brady Campus Dean Michell...

Nearly 50 firefighters and fire chiefs attended a meeting in Jena last week where they heard from Property Insurance Association of Louisiana representatives on ways to improve fire ratings. The monthly meeting of the Northeast Louisiana Firefighters Association (NLFA) was held at the Jena Town Hall...

Unemployment rates rose across the state for the month of July, according to recently released date from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.With t...

The following people were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the past week: Tyler Carson, 34, of Jena, was arrested August 16 by ...

Cattlemen from four parishes met in Jena last Thursday, August 22, where special guest speakers encouraged them to continue efforts to unite to mainta...