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John L Winn, Jr. and Rebecca A. Mott Noel exchanged marriage vows on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 2 00 p.m. at Life Church in Lafayette.

Jennifer J. Gandy, age 24 of 34263 Laurent Road, Slidell, LA Was arrested for Speeding, Driving under Suspension and No Vehicle Registration Robert S. Filipcik, age 35 of 1248 Gladys Street, Slidell, LA Was ...

Detectives released more information about a double-murder that took place in February, and say they still need more witnesses to come forward in another double-murder that happened in March.

Mark Bott still listens to the police radio. Though no longer a sheriff's deputy, he tunes in every day to Washington Parish dispatchers reciting incidents and addresses and to the buzz of deputies keeping the ...

The Daily News First-responders to get 'buzzed' for Dream Factory DAILY NEWS PHOTO/Marcelle Hanemann Bogalusa Fire Captain Jr.

A 24-year-old Amite woman was pronounced dead this morning, after a car she was riding in collided with a suspected drunk driver on La.

John H. Walker The Daily news I must admit I dreaded my first Citizen of the Year gathering ... the collection of nominations, taking them to the balloting session, the reception - all of it.

The annual youth summer recreation program, sponsored by the Caddo sheriff's office, has begun.

Rev. Stan Statham - "Pastor Stan" - pastor of Franklinton's Trinity Baptist Church and a leader in the ongoing recovery effort in Washington Parish following Hurricane Katrina, has been selected as the 16th ...

Vaiden Barlow was as gracious and unassuming as always as more than 100 people gathered at the Bogalusa Country Club Thursday afternoon to honor her as the 2007 Citizen of the Year for Bogalusa/East Washington ...

The Daily News It's the same story every year as the June 1 opening day of hurricane season draws near.

Categories: Franklinton First congressional district congressman Steve Scalise will address the Washington parish town meeting on Thursday, May 29, to be held at the Southeast Research Station off of La.

Two prisoners in a Washington Parish work-release program walked away from their dormitory sometime around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Washington Parish Sheriff's Capt. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

“They stay ready to kill or be killed."</[> Jones also breeds pitbull terriers on the 88-acre farm and has admitted letting them fight on his property. </[> "I let them fight but not like that serious”

Whitney Houston's daughter was sent to a psychiatric ward after trying to stab her mum, it was reported last night. via Daily Star

Today, at 2:44 AM, Louisiana State Police Troop L investigated a one vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a Franklinton resident. via Louisiana State Police

Sheriff's deputies say a traffic stop in Texas led police officers to a triple murder in Washington Parish. via WLOX

Three bodies were discovered in a home in Washington Parish early Sunday morning. via 4 WWL-TV

A man who is being returned here from Louisiana will be held under a $1 million bond on at least one charge that he sexually abused a child over a period of five years.

Authorities arrested the man, a 34-year-old Waveland resident, at the home of a friend in Franklinton, La., at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Bay Police Chief Tom Burleson said the man had been working in Louisiana when a local resident who was keeping the child filed a police complaint about the alleged abuse. It had gone on for about five years, from the time the child was 9 years old, Burleson said. Read more

A man charged with sexually abusing a child for a five-year period has been returned here from Louisiana, where he was arrested Sunday.

The man was extradited from Franklinton, La., after being tracked down by members of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force. The 34-year-old Waveland resident is being held under $1 million bond for forced sexual battery of a minor.

He was located at the home of a friend in Franklinton and arrested without incident Sunday evening. Read more

“It has to be done. The violence has to be stopped.”

Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil in Franklinton Thursday night to remember the victims in Sunday's deadly shooting. via WWL-TV New Orleans