LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities said Friday that eight inmates escaped from a rural jail, including some facing murder charges, setting off another manhunt in a state where bold jail ...

A former lake area state Trooper is rising in the ranks. Lieutenant Scott A. Ballard has been promoted to the rank of captain and will now serve as the commander of the Human Resources Division of ...

Washington County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Shawn Ellingson is calling it a career after more than 35 years in law ...

Court records portray Sheriff Raphael "Ray" Washington as a "womanizing man whore" and raise questions about his fitness for ...