Members of the Jena High School football, band, dance line and cheerleaders visited Jena Elementary School October 23 during the school’s Book Fair Week. The high school students read to all students to share their love for reading and to encourage them to develop a love for reading as well. The sch...

ENRIQUE “KIKI” CAMARENA Enrique (Kiki) S. Camarena was born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, California in 1966, and in 1968 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After serving in the Marine Corps for two years, Kiki was a Calexico fireman, Calexi...

BREAKFAST THURSDAY, 6th: Cinnamon toast, sausage, applesauce, juice FRIDAY, 7th: Chicken & waffles, fruit, juice TUESDAY, 11th: Breakfast pizza or toast & jelly, fruit, juice WEDNESDAY, 12th: Cereal choice, toast & jelly, fruit, juice LUNCH THURSDAY, 6th: Gumbo, steamed rice, confetti coleslaw, appl...

Various Halloween events will take place this week as the parish uses the time to provide activities along with many “treats” for area children. The t...

The Legislature faces tight deadlines this week to keep food assistance flowing to 17% of the state’s residents and to adjust next spring’s election t...

In October 2024, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation (LTHP) launched the Louisiana Register of Historic Cemeteries, a public database to inc...