LaSalle Spared From Major Damage From all accounts, LaSalle Parish was spared the worstcase scenario as Winter Storm Fern blew into Louisiana Saturday, January 24. As of press time Monday morning, only 1,999 customers of Concordia Electric and Entergy were without electricity, a far cry from the pre...

Dr. Debra Jo Gifford Hailey, LaSalle Parish native and Northwestern State University Professor of Child and Family Studies, has been named among the recipients of the 2026 Bright Lights Awards by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in conjunction with Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. Hailey is recei...

The winter storm that arrived Saturday, January 24, resulted in a murder trial rescheduled until March due to witnesses unable to travel to LaSalle Parish. LaSalle Parish’s 28th Judicial District Attorney J. Reed Walters announced Friday, January 23, that the Second Degree Murder trial of Kenny Wayn...

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Volunteer Louisiana are accepting nominations for the 2026 Champions of Service Awards, which recognize indivi...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: JHS Senior Brandon Rowton is currently serving as one of 30 high school students from throughout the state on the Legislative Youth Ad...

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: Anibal Cruz, 29, of Texas, was arrested Janu...