Members of the Town and Country Garden Club met on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at the home of Martha Woods in downtown Jena. Those present for the meeting included host Martha Ann Wood, Judy Baker, Beth Zoller, Nelda Tarver, Audrey Maxwell, Barbara Germany, Barbara Murphy, Sis Welch, Lisa McCann, Mica Ki...

The name Allbritton is a familiar one in LaSalle and surrounding parishes. According to researchers on Ancestry.com, the immigrant ancestor of this family was Joseph Albrighton, who was born in Staffordshire, England in 1633 and died in York, Virginia in 1670. It is not known exactly when Joseph ca...

BATON ROUGE--The House passed a bill 55-44 Tuesday to require any school bus entering the school system in 2023 or after to have seat belts for passengers. Rep. Robby Carter, D-Amite, said he brought the bill because he knows that the state will not be able to appropriate the funds to require seat b...

Audrey Maxwell, 91 years young and a faithful patron for decades was the first person to check out materials in the newly constructed LaSalle Parish L...

Some new/old photos on display this week. Hope you enjoy these photos of the past. More next week!

Who were the greatest Presidents in my lifetime? John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and maybe a Bill Clinton come to mind. The worst Presidents were Jimmy...