The LaSalle Parish Special Olympics will be held Thursday, March 20, at Guy Campbell Memorial Stadium on the campus of Jena High School.Opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. featuring the procession of athletes from schools located in La-Salle and Catahoula parishes.“This is one of our area’s m...

History was made Saturday, March 15, as Louisiana’s first National High School BBQ Association Club (HSBBQ), Jena High School’s Jena Pitbosses, captured the state’s first championship and punched their ticket to the national competition this summer. Although storms threatened the competitions, it co...

On Sunday, March 23, The Jena Times Olla-Tullos-Urania Signal will turn 120 years old. LaSalle Parish’s oldest continuously operating business published its first issue on March 23, 1905, five years before LaSalle Parish was created. Lee Brooks, father of the late Rev. K.G. Brooks of Jena and severa...

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: Teea Swasey, 38, of Alexandria, was arrested...

The GEO Group, Inc. conducted its first Community Relations Luncheon of the year last week at The Strand Theater in downtown Jena. Quarterly, GEO’s Fa...

The Jena High School Drama Club presented “The Outsiders” in three showings last weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 15-17. The story was narr...