Voters across the state of Louisiana are now subject to Act 1 of the 2024 Legislative Session that mandates closed primary elections for certain elections. In essence, it means that only Republicans can vote for Republicans and Democrats for Democrats in the closed primary election May 16 to determi...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: As the Louisiana Legislature opened their 2026 session last week in Baton Rouge, LaSalle Parish independent logger Jeffrey Lasiter sent the following letter to many Legislators and other state officials in an effort to prompt the state to take strong action to save Louisiana’s timber...

2026 Man Up Event This year’s annual Man Up Event will be held on Thursday, March 19th at 6:00 p.m. All men of all denominations are welcome to attend for a meal and worship at the Jena Community Center. Rubin Weaver will be the special guest speaker. LEDD Community Meeting The LaSalle Economic Deve...

Thirty Jena High School juniors were inducted into the school’s prestigious honor society Monday night, March 9. The induction program was held in the...

Architects are officially working on the design It was a day that had been long anticipated last Tuesday for the Central Louisiana Technical Community...

Tullos Mayor Karla Cockerham informed members of the Tullos Town Council during their monthly meeting held March 2 that she has been looking into gett...