Malena Mitchell News Today

The husband of former Forres Highland Games chieftain and retired nurse Lena Scott has paid trubute to his "one in a million" wife.

Julie Thackeray picked a bad day to fill in for a sick employee last week. As the matriarch owner of Dreamies Creamery, along with daughters Julie, Allison, Maria and daughter-in-law

Race is often categorized on forms and documents as distinct categories, succinctly encapsulated in neat boxes. But for Afro-Latino students, with both African and Latino heritage, the topic of identity

Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Inc. crowned Ruben Henderson III and Malena Mitchell King Toussaint lOuverture LXIV, and Queen Suzanne Simonne’ Feb 12

Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Inc. crowned Ruben Henderson III and Malena Mitchell King Toussaint lOuverture LXIV, and Queen Suzanne Simonne’ Feb 12

The other day at the Oren Dunn City Museum, we read through a 1999 oral history interview with the Rev. Robert Jamison, conducted by former Daily Journal reporter Lena Mitchell.

If you ask anyone who knows anything about Girls on the Run (GOTR) they’ll tell you it’s not really about running at all. The program was founded in 1996 by Ironman triathlete Molly Barker, M.S.W, in an effort to create a safe space for young girls. GOTR, actually, is about empowerment—running and exercise are just the tools used to teach it. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the organization, which has coached and mentored two million girls across all 50 U.S. states and throughou...