The Strand Village Project #thrivewill offer three free youth camps this fall in Jena and Urania. The #thrive program is coming off a successful two years of hosting camps for local youth in a range of topics such as robotics, graphic design, theater, art, drones and music. Camps were first offered ...

The first-ever newspaper scavenger hunt was deemed a tremendous success by organizers last week with many residents participating and calling to record their answers.The contest was sponsored by The Jena Times Olla-Tullos-Urania Signal, KJNA FM 102.7 Radio and Speedy Mac’s of Jena, Olla and Grayson,...

Ashtyn Berry captured this picture of fouryear-old Ryan Graham as he looks at a recent edition of The Jena Times. Ryan is the son of Chris and Sara Graham of Jena and loves seeing the pictures in the newspaper. He will really be surprised to see his own picture in this week’s issue! If you see somet...

In my life, time has a way of getting out of control. If I could control time, I would be a very happy dude. My one question in life is, where does ti...

Following over forty minutes of discussion, the Jena Town Council voted during their regular meeting August 5 to introduce an ordinance that will proh...

For the 25th year in a row, the LaSalle Parish School Board’s (LPSB) Business Department has been recognized with one of the highest awards of account...