Annual Community Thanksgiving Service

News

November 23, 2021

My mother sent a photo of a huge female turkey sitting on her bird feeder. The giant, ungainly creature looked ridiculous, perched on the little wooden roof of a feeder intended for chickadees and nuthatches.

News

Try These Plants For Rare Winter Color

By Olivia McClure LSU AgCenter

January 15, 2025

Trying to find plants that bloom profusely in the shade during the dreary wintertime can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Your options ...

News

Home Fire Safety Urged By Fire Marshal

Staff Report

January 15, 2025

State Fire Marshal Chief Bryan J Adams urges Louisianans to be aware of and proactive about addressing home fire hazards after six lives were lost ove...

Community Events, News

Community Events

Wild Horse Ministries

January 15, 2025

Upcoming Events at the Library • Friday, Jan. 17: Crochet Level 2, 5-7 p.m. in Jena • Tuesday, Jan. 21: Creative Journaling, 5-7 p.m. in Jena • Friday...

Columns/Opinions, Editorial

It Was In The Paper!

Craig Franklin:

January 15, 2025

During the last two years since acquiring this newspaper, my social media life has been drastically downgraded. In fact, although I’m a member of Face...

Columns/Opinions, Editorial

The Gender Gap

January 15, 2025

Wives are caretakers. Husbands, shall we say, are caretakers too, just of a different kind and from an alternate universe. The extremes between the tw...

Columns/Opinions

Letters to the Editor

January 15, 2025

Dear Editor, On Thursday morning, January 9, my house in Jena flooded. A town water line busted and all of the water came down my driveway and into my...