Thanks to a mom who loved birds, I developed an interest in songbirds as a kid growing up in Goldonna. When she heard the song of a bird with which she was not familiar, she would reach up on a shelf, pick up her tattered bird book, summon my brother, sister and me to follow her to the yard to try ...

Hall of Fame Coach Geraldine “Jelly” Pigott was honored posthumously by former players and co-workers of the Jena Lady Giants from 1952 to 1970 at a reception last week at the Jena Town Hall. Representatives from nearly every team Pigott coached at JHS were in attendance along with family members a...

The #10 Jena Giants made the trip to Farmerville this past Friday night to take on the #7 Union Parish Farmers in the 2nd round of the class 3A state playoffs. It would be a tough matchup for the Giants as Union Parish was the state runner-up in the previous year and returned their star running bac...

The Jena Giants had their 1st round playoff game this past Friday night. This would be the 9th year in a row that the Giants have made the playoffs. ...

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited a Louisiana man for alleged deer hunting violations on Nov. 3 in Grant Parish....

After reading the account of an area female deer hunter who had an encounter with a black bear after tracking down the buck she had shot only to find ...