Keeping the press rolling

LeJeune marks 50 years in journalism, 30 years as Basile editor, and now taking on roles at Kinder, Oakdale
Staff Report In an era when newspapers across the country are folding or fading into digital dust, one man in Basile is defying the odds—and doing so with ink-stained hands and an undying belief in the power of community journalism. This weaek, Darrel LeJeune marks 30 years as editor of The Basile Weekly, a role he took on with the first issue of August in 1995. But his history with the pap...

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