Gov. Reeves said Louisiana's infamous Angola prison under Burl Cain went from "beatings to Bible studies." What has he done ...

America's most famous prison rodeo returns in 2025 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with a new warden who is very familiar with overseeing what's known as the "Wildest Show in the South.

During his working career, Ray served as a prison guard at Angola Penitentiary, a game warden for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and eventually retired from state employment ...

Afterward, he visited the vacant Unit 29, where much of the violence took place, and he hired Cain, the former head of the ...

As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s acting ...

Isn't it about time to change the distance between hitter and pitcher? College football needs more than one playoff.

Afterward, he visited the vacant Unit 29, where much of the violence took place, and he hired Cain, the former head of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Reeves said that under Cain’s ...

The commencement service for the graduating class of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) and Leavell College was ...

All charges to which he pleaded guilty on Dec. 3. He was reportedly on his way to serve his sentence at Angola State Penitentiary but did not make it. “Lawrence Hecker choked out and raped a ...

Williams said he will request that Hecker spend the rest of his life at Angola State Penitentiary, but according to Hjortsberg, the disgraced priest will likely remain incarcerated at a long-term ...

Excitement is brewing for this year’s FloydFest. Organizers have announced seven new acts that music lovers can look forward to this summer. FILE - The sun shines through concertina wire on a ...

FILE - The sun shines through concertina wire on a fence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) (Gerald ...