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• State Police: Impaired driver arrested after crash that flipped vehicle, killed one passenger

  April 10, 2022 12:21 PM

  FRANKLINTON - A woman was arrested after an impaired driving crash Saturday that flipped her vehicle and killed one passenger. State Police said the crash happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday on LA 16, west of LA 25 in Washington Parish. Troopers said that Kieanna Mitchell was driving... more »

• Prisoner accused of smuggling drugs into jail, leading to inmate's death

  February 4, 2022 7:33 PM

  WASHINGTON PARISH - Two inmates were arrested after another inmate died when they all took drugs together in prison. The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office told WWL-TV that 42-year-old Prentis Slocum hid narcotics inside his body before he was transferred from the Pike County jail in Mississippi to Washington Parish... more »

• Bicyclist, 70, killed in crash on LA 21 in Washington Parish

  January 22, 2022 11:41 AM

  WASHINGTON PARISH - A bicyclist was killed Friday night in a fatal crash on LA 21. The crash claimed the life of 70-year-old Barry Seal. State Police say the collision happened shortly before 7 p.m. on LA 21 south of LA 436 in Varnado. Seal was biking... more »

• Tylertown woman killed in Washington Parish crash

  September 9, 2020 6:00 AM

  FRANKLINTON - Louisiana State Police have reported the death of a 27-year-old Tylertown, Mississippi resident in a tragic car wreck that occurred early Tuesday (September 8) morning on Washington Parish's LA 25. Police say Tamesha P. Shaffer lost her life after her vehicle went off road on LA 25,... more »

• Married couple arrested for allegedly kidnapping boy in Washington Parish

  July 25, 2017 1:44 PM

  ANGIE – A married couple was arrested for allegedly kidnapping the husband's son from his biological mother while the child was in her custody. Washington Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a home on Moses Road in Angie on July 21 and found a woman standing in... more »

• Women rescued from burning car by Washington Parish deputy, then arrested

  July 14, 2017 6:13 PM

  WASHINGTON PARISH – Two women were rescued from a burning car by a Washington Parish deputy and then arrested on Friday morning. The incident took place in the Lee's Creek Road area as Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy Ronnie Manning spotted smoke as he was driving near... more »

• Teen escapes from detention center, goes on crime spree

  July 29, 2016 10:38 AM

  WASHINGTON PARISH - Authorities say a teen from the Bush area escaped from a juvenile detention center in Alabama before embarking on a crime spree in St. Tammany Parish. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said 16-year-old Jordan Cox was taken back into custody after he’d burglarized three different... more »

• Donations sought after 40 animals taken from hoarders

  October 13, 2015 1:32 PM

  BOGALUSA, La. - Sheriff's deputies arrested a Washington Parish couple for cruelty to animals recently and seized more than 40 neglected cats and dogs from their home in Bogalusa, according to the Humane Society of Louisiana. HSL Director Jeff Dorson said deputies arrested Terri Turner and her daughter, Frannie... more »