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HISTORY MADE! ON TO THE DOME!
News, Sports
HISTORY MADE! ON TO THE DOME!
Jena Giants to play for State Championship For the first time in Jena High School history, the Jena Giants football team will be playing for a state c...
December 10, 2025
Lease-Purchase Agreement Approved
News
Lease-Purchase Agreement Approved
Town of Jena agrees to 10-year payment for new meters The Jena Town Council approved a financial plan to pay off new electronic water and gas meters d...
December 10, 2025
School Board Revises Bonus Money Plan
News
School Board Revises Bonus Money Plan
Math and biology teachers in LaSalle Parish will no longer be required to be certified in their subject to receive a $5,000 stipend. The change in the...
December 10, 2025
Buddhist Monks Travel Through LaSalle
News
Buddhist Monks Travel Through LaSalle
Staff Report 
December 10, 2025
In what is often described as the most boring stretch of highway in LaSalle Parish, over a dozen Buddhist monks walked the approximate 10-mile La-Sall...
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas…
News, Photo Gallery
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas…
Staff Report 
December 10, 2025
Children of all ages throughout LaSalle Parish have been busy during the first full week of December as they prepare for Christmas. Throughout the par...
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LaSalle Arrests
News
LaSalle Arrests
Submitted Article 
December 10, 2025
The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: John Bradly Cruse, 35, of Olla, was arrested...
Jena Christmas Parade Date Changed
News
Jena Christmas Parade Date Changed
Staff Report 
December 10, 2025
The Town of Jena’s annual nighttime Christmas Parade has been moved to next Friday, in light of the Jena Giants football team winning their semifinal ...
Joyful December Meeting for School Board
News
Joyful December Meeting for School Board
By Craig Franklin Editor 
December 10, 2025
The joyfulness of the Christmas season was certainly evident during the December 2 meeting of the LaSalle Parish School Board, where students of the y...
The JHS Drama Club Presents “THE GAME’S AFOOT”
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The JHS Drama Club Presents
The JHS Drama Club Presents “THE GAME’S AFOOT”
Staff Report 
December 10, 2025
The Jena High School Drama Club brought the dangerously funny murder mystery “The Game’s Afoot” to the stage, with hundreds in attendance over the cou...
ULM President visits LaSalle High
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ULM President visits LaSalle High
By Craig Franklin Editor 
December 10, 2025
It was a special day at LaSalle High School last Wednesday, December 3, as the top two administration leaders from the University of Louisiana Monroe ...
Snow White vs Happily Every After: Affair or Coincidence?
News
Snow White vs Happily Every After: Affair or Coincidence?
JHS Civics Class to present Mock Trial
Submitted Article 
December 10, 2025
On May 7th, 2011, in the village of Happily Ever After, Snow White was charged with the murder of Prince Charming. Due to the nature of decomposition,...
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Third Time is the Charm
Photo Gallery, Sports
Jena 30 – Union Parish 6
Third Time is the Charm
By Austin Whatley Sports Writer, By Austin Whatley Sports Writer CONTNUED on page 3A 
December 10, 2025
For the third straight season the Jena Giants played for a chance to make it to New Orleans and play for a state championship. The last two seasons th...
BACK-to-BACK-to-BACK SEMIS
Photo Gallery, Sports
Jena 44 - Mansfield 20
BACK-to-BACK-to-BACK SEMIS
By Austin Whatley Sports Writer, By: Rev. Randy Ray Sponsored By: JENA PHARMACY Brandon Poole, Pharm D 
December 3, 2025
Jena to Host Union Friday for a Trip to the Dome For the third straight year the Jena Giants had the privilege of playing football the Friday after Th...
Giants In Third Straight Quarterfinal
Photo Gallery, Sports
Jena 48 – St. Helena 14
Giants In Third Straight Quarterfinal
Submitted Article, By Austin Whatley Sports Writer 
November 26, 2025
For the sixth straight season, the Jena Giants football team would be playing a second-round playoff game. For the 11th straight season the Jena Giant...
LaSalle’s Great Season Comes to a Close
Photo Gallery, Sports
Elton 36 - LaSalle 14
LaSalle’s Great Season Comes to a Close
By Word Lindsey Sports Writer 
November 19, 2025
It is now playoff time in Louisiana, and it is a privilege to be playing around this time of year. The best teams in the state met to see who would ad...
#FINISH
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#FINISH
The Ultimate Goal:
By Craig Franklin Editor 
November 19, 2025
The Ultimate Goal: The Dome From the moment the Jena Giants got back to Jena after suffering their second semifinal loss in a row last December, their...
JHS/LHS Proposed New Districts
Sports
JHS/LHS Proposed New Districts
Staff Report 
November 19, 2025
Every two years, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) uses updated school enrollment data to reclassify and restructure the district...
Jena to Face Tough 2nd Round Opponent
Sports
Jena to Face Tough 2nd Round Opponent
By Austin Whatley Sports Writer 
November 19, 2025
For the sixth straight season, the Jena Giants will play a second-round play-off game this Friday night. The Giants who are 9-1 earned the #1 seed in ...
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columns/opinions ›
Justified Destruction of Drug Boats
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Justified Destruction of Drug Boats
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
December 10, 2025
America has been engaged in fighting a War on Drugs since at least the 1980’s. We finally have a president who fights the tyranny of the ‘War on Drugs...
All I Want for Christmas
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
All I Want for Christmas
December 10, 2025
Kirk and I have reached the ages when we want or need nothing extra for Christmas. God has blessed us abundantly with love, family, home and above all...
Reflections on Historic Game
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
Reflections on Historic Game
December 10, 2025
As the final minutes ticked off the clock last Friday night, I turned to capture some crowd pictures, and my eyes were immediately drawn to the words ...
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obituaries ›
Sharon Quaidy
Obituaries
Sharon Quaidy
December 10, 2025
Sharon Kay Quaidy, 76, of Jena, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, surrounded by the love and comfort of her family. Services were...
Mike Owens
Obituaries
Mike Owens
December 10, 2025
Mike Owens, 66, of Trout LA, passed from this life on Thursday, December 4, at The Columns in Jonesville LA, Services were held at 12p.m. Saturday, De...
Betty Hanes
Obituaries
Betty Hanes
December 10, 2025
Betty Faulkner Hanes, 73, of Jena, LA, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2025, at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria LA.Services were held...
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PLUNGING INTO SCOUTING
News, Photo Gallery
PLUNGING INTO SCOUTING
Boy Scouts Hold Annual Winter Camp
By Craig Franklin Editor 
December 3, 2025
Boy Scouts Hold Annual Winter Camp The first weekend of the Thanksgiving break is always a special time for Scouting America youth as their annual Win...
Veterans Day in LaSalle Parish 2025
News, Photo Gallery
Veterans Day in LaSalle Parish 2025
November 19, 2025
Veterans Day Special Section pages: 11192025JENC01 11192025JENC02 11192025JENC03 11192025JENC04 11192025JENC05 11192025JENC06 11192025JENC07 11192025J...
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