Gibsland News

A Gibsland man wanted by Bienville sheriff's officials on drug charges was returned Wednesday to Bienville Parish Jail in Arcadia after being arrested in Missouri, Sheriff John Ballance said.

Feaster, Arphelia, 85, of Arcadia, died Monday; services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Arcadia; burial in Kilgore Cemetery, Arcadia; arrangements by Paradise Funeral Home, Arcadia.

Gibsland Bank and Trust is offering a $5,000 reward for information that can help authorities capture the person who robbed the bank back on September 1. About 8:00 am that morning, a man entered the bank's branch in Athens and took an undisclosed amount of money.

Bradley, Hillory, 92, of Bienville, died Sunday; services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Bienville; burial in church cemetery; arrangements Paradise Funeral Home, Jonesboro.

A 29-year-old Shreveport man who is accused of raping a woman in woods near downtown Shreveport remained Tuesday evening in Caddo Correctional Center, where his bond has been set at $200,184. The woman told police she was sexually assaulted about 12:15 a.m. Aug.

ATHENS - The FBI is assisting the Claiborne Parish sheriff's office in its investigation of a bank robbery early this morning, Sheriff Ken Bailey said.

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Problems with the water supply in Gibsland has prompted the town to issue a boil advisory to its residents.

Celebrating a birthday today: KIMBERLY GANTT, 15, daughter of JEFF GANTT, of Jacksonville, Fla.

ARCADIA - The Bienville Parish sheriff's office expects to be busy in the coming weeks picking up suspected street and midlevel drug dealers identified through a parishwide undercover drug investigation that began three months ago, Sheriff John Ballance said today.

Toni Magee Causey of Baton Rouge will have three of her novels published in mass market paperback this summer.

GIBSLAND - When Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shredded by more than 160 bullets south of here 75 years ago, the day was oppressively hot and humid, a sticky, nasty day well suited for death.

The Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum is in Gibsland, La. When lawmen used a field near this tiny town to set the trap for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, they wrote Gibsland into a macabre love story thata s fascinated generations.

A monument stands May 17 where lawmen ambushed Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in Gibsland.

Filming for "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde," featuring Hilary Duff and Kevin Zegers, will begin in Alexandria toward the end of July, according to the film's producer.

This weekend will probably be as busy as it ever gets in Gibsland. The Bienville Parish town's major claim to fame, as the place outlaws Bonnie and Clyde ate their last meal before heading to appointments with bloody death at the hands of pursuing lawmen, is being celebrated this weekend on the 75th anniversary of the famous ambush.

GIBSLAND - Like a lot of small towns, Gibsland has lost most of its once thriving downtown atmosphere.

When lawmen eager for revenge used a field near this tiny town to set the trap for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, they wrote Gibsland into a macabre love story that's fascinated generations.

All of the dozen people who were at the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde in 1934 are dead.