With photos of big double digit bass constantly showing up on social media, I began thinking about fishing for bass from the perspective of a novice, a non-pro, in other words, from me. I love to fish for bass. Something about the explosion on top of the water when a bass smacks a topwater plug giv...

Jena High School now has two brand new scoreboards in the Guy Campbell Memorial Gymnasium thanks to Southern Heritage Bank. The old scoreboards were purchased by Southern Heritage Bank in the 1990s. “I would like to thank Southern Heritage Bank for their donation,” JHS Principal Anthony Jackson. “We...

The Jena Dixie Softball Darlings All-Star team recently competed in the 2021 State (7-8 Year Old Darlings) Tournament in Rapides Parish where they went 2-2 and won the coveted team Sportsmanship Award. The state tournament was held July 9-12 in Alexandria and Tioga featuring all-star teams from Jena...

The Jena Giants have been busy this summer hitting the weight room and conditioning preparing for the 2021 football season. Workouts will intensify th...

I grew up in the hills of north Louisiana not knowing until much later that not too far back in my lineage was a rather famous relative, long-time st...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) authored an op-ed for the Daily Iberian in Iberia Parish, calling for hunters to have more of a voice in determining the len...