The small town of Jena, Louisiana was propelled into the national and international spotlight last week as a detained activitist from New York was transferred to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena. Mahmoud Khalil, the 30-year-old Columbia University graduate and anti-Israel protest ...

The LaSalle Parish Special Olympics will be held Thursday, March 20, at Guy Campbell Memorial Stadium on the campus of Jena High School.Opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. featuring the procession of athletes from schools located in La-Salle and Catahoula parishes.“This is one of our area’s m...

History was made Saturday, March 15, as Louisiana’s first National High School BBQ Association Club (HSBBQ), Jena High School’s Jena Pitbosses, captured the state’s first championship and punched their ticket to the national competition this summer. Although storms threatened the competitions, it co...

Early Voting for the March 29 election began Saturday, March 15 and will continue all this week until Saturday, March 22, according to LaSalle Parish ...

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail during the previous week: Teea Swasey, 38, of Alexandria, was arrested...

The GEO Group, Inc. conducted its first Community Relations Luncheon of the year last week at The Strand Theater in downtown Jena. Quarterly, GEO’s Fa...