Northwestern State University in Natchitoches announced their Dean’s List and Honor List students for the Fall 2025 semester.Students on the Dean’s List must be enrolled full time and earn a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.99.From LaSalle Parish, Olla student Kelsey Bradford and Trout stude...

We met on January 13, 2026, at Nolley Methodist Church Palmer Hall at 2 p.m.President Kelly Thompson called the meeting to order. Nelda Tarver gave the club prayer.Present were: President Kelly Thompson, Donna Justiss, Katherine Stagg, Lisa Mc-Cann, Nelda Tarver, Audrey Maxwell, Glenda Cooper, Barba...

Several students at Good Pine Middle School traveled back in time recently as they had the opportunity to make homemade butter.Third graders who are part of the club “4H Cloverbuds,” the predecessor program to the 4H Club, went on a virtual field trip to Kleinpeter Farms Dairy in Baton Rouge where t...

In what is being described as an “unfortunate accident,” the husband of Jena Mayor LaDawn Cooper Edwards, Hugh “Eugene” Edwards, died last week as a r...

The Olla Town Council was updated about several projects and initiatives currently underway during their first meeting of the new year held January 13...

The LaSalle Parish Police Jury elected their 2026 officers during the first meeting of the new year held Monday night, January 12. For the first time ...