The Town of Urania’s Acting Mayor Pat McDougald discussed the town’s upcoming Christmas events with the Council during their regular monthly meeting last week. McDougald said the Senior Citizens Christmas Supper is set for Thursday, December 1 at 5 p.m. at the Urania Recreational Hall and Santa in t...

This article is about yet another multi-millionaire from central Louisiana. He is little known but had the reputation as THE MAN WHO FENCED THE WEST. William Edenborn was the inventor of steel barbed wire and the production of millions of steel nails of various sizes. He patented the design for a ma...

Honor roll students for the second six weeks grading period at Nebo Elementary School have been announced by Principal Stephanie Francis, as follows: First Grade All A’s – Olivia Brown, Maverick Carney, Heath Jackson, Greysen Jones, and Channing Sharp. A’s and B’s – John Anderson, Tripp Davidson, Ca...

Erin read an article about lawn burweed from the AgCenter and then sent this email, “I do not want to use herbicide. How [do I] stop burweed before i...

The following were booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail in Jena during the past week. William Nolan, 24, of Sicily Island was arrested November 5 by sh...

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is launching a new program that will provide thousands of families with $1,000 tutoring vouchers to help ...