AT LEFT: Homeland Bank teller Laken Jones points out a piece of artwork to fellow teller Bailey Moss from the #thrive Arts student art display at the bank in Jena last week. The display was made up of over two dozen pieces of artwork created with different mediums by 11 students in grades 6th to 9th...

Well over three hundred attendees watched the Jena High School Drama Club’s musical comedy, “The Addams Family,” over three performances from April 8-11 in the JHS Auditorium. A student performance was also held on April 11 for the entire JHS student body. The runtime of the musical was two hours a...

LaSalle Parish’s unemployment rate dropped once again during March, from 2.6% in February to 2.3% in March, maintaining its status as the parish with the lowest unemployment rate in the entire state. It’s a title LaSalle has held since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Prior to t...

Breakfast Thursday, 4-28-22: Beignet Bites, Sausage Patties, Fresh Fruit and Fruit Juice Choice. Friday, 4-29-22: French Toast, Sausage Links, Fresh F...

My computer science class was comprised of forty-four boys and one girl. That was typical back then. If I even had one girl, I felt lucky. A girl in t...

Living down here on Tupelo Brake, south of Jonesville, wildlife critters are fairly common visitors to my yard. Raccoons, possums, armadillos, deer, c...