During “See Tracks? Think Train Week” through September 21, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission is reminding drivers to always watch for trains when crossing railroad tracks and to never try to beat a train.Although Louisiana ranks only 25th among states in the number of rail-public road crossin...

When Marilyn D. White was growing up in Tullos in the 1950s and 1960s, she never envisioned her family and acquaintances living in the small oil boom town would one day be the basis of a fiction-based on reality novel…but that’s exactly what happened.At the age of 73, White recently released her fir...

Two people recently died in Louisiana after eating raw Gulf oysters contaminated with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. Now that we have returned to the “r” months of autumn, a period historically considered safer to consume the mollusks on the half shell, seafood lovers are rightfully on...

On Saturday, September 13th Spirit Reins hosted the 9th Annual 5K Run/Walk and Pancake Breakfast and the 5th Annual Incrediball Softball Tournament. A...

JHS CLASS REUNIONS JHS Class of 1954 Attention all class members of the Jena High School graduating class of 1954: Efforts are underway to contact all...

BREAKFAST THURSDAY, 25th: Pancake/sausage stick, fruit, juice FRIDAY, 26th: Maple butter waffles, sausage, fruit, juice TUESDAY, 30th: Breakfast pizza...