XTO Superintendent Reflects on 42 Years During a summer in college in the late 1970’s, a young Dennis Molan was part of a workover gang with Justiss Oil Company who battled the hot sun building platforms for wells drilled on Catahoula Lake. Less than ten years later, he was the superintendent of the...

The Summerville bridge replacement and highway closure was completed a day early last week, according to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD). Construction on the new bridge, located on LA 503 approximately 1.27 miles east of the intersection of LA 127 and LA 503, began J...

Members of the L.A.D.D. Center in Jena visited the Centennial Cultural Center (CCC) in downtown Olla last Friday morning for a special Mardi Gras celebration. At the start of the program, attendees walked through the doors of the Cultural Center where they were adorned in Mardi Gras fashion items of...

Louisiana lawmakers voted to join 27 other states that allow citizens to carry a concealed handgun without permits or training as a deterrent to risin...

A special meeting of the LaSalle Parish Police Jury was held Tuesday night, February 20, in order to adopt a resolution in time to apply for a grant.E...

The following people were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail last week: Donald Chevallier, 63, of Jena, was arrested February 17 by the ...