Browse past news stories for Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, LA.

• Rally urges end to violence (The Advocate)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:22:25 am
  When KaDeidra Willis, 17, and her friends saw dozens of people gathered around a black hearse and casket in a parking lot on Thomas Delpit Drive, they walked over to find out what was holding the crowd’s attention.
• Warden, legislators look at Angola, budget (The Advocate)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 06:20:31 am
  Angola’s warden Burl Cain told a group of legislators Friday that there are about 200 prisoners he would send home if he could. At an average cost of $54.50 a day to house a state prisoner, those 200 are costing the state about $4 million a year.
• Supervisors give OK for penal farm (Laurel Leader-Call)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:55:44 pm
  The Jones County Sheriff’s Department is a step closer in establishing an inmate-operated garden on Highway 11 near the Jones County Adult Detention Center.
• One brave child abuse victim speaks out, and her father goes to prison (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 11:17:14 am
  Sexually assaulted at age 8 by her father in her Gretna home, Rachel Fletcher did something rare and courageous: She told a concerned relative what happened. And when the case came to trial in a Jefferson Parish court two years later, she bravely testified against her father.
• Couple accused of taking child (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:59:08 pm
  A Meadville woman has been charged with kidnapping, and her husband faces charges of child endangerment and resisting arrest by flight in the alleged abduction of a child Sunday, Amite County sheriff’s officials said.
• Top 10 Current and World Events (Western Carolinian)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 06:30:18 am
  10. RESTON, Virginia (CNN) -- William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. He feels cheated out of a chance to save his only boy.
• Wiley, Baraka Team Up for Celebration of Music, Poetry at Yoshi’s (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:00:02 pm
  Tenor saxophonist Howard Wiley, Berkeley High Jazz Band alum, will perform with his trio and with acclaimed poet Amiri Baraka Monday night at Yoshi’s in Oakland.
• Fright night: Billy Cannon's Halloween run for LSU still haunts after 50 years (The Alexandria Town Talk)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 08:02:00 am
  BATON ROUGE -- Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and the Jigsaw Killer are nothing compared to the chill that the mere mention of the name, "Dr. Billy Cannon," can conjure up among some former Ole Miss football players in their 70s.
• Prison rodeos provide escape from routine (USA Today)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 04:53:35 pm
  For 8.8 seconds, convicted murderer Michael Fasola felt like a free man courtesy of a 1,600-pound Brahman bull charging down on him.
• Halloween loss to Cannon, LSU still haunts Ole Miss 50 years later (USA Today)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 03:54:35 pm
  Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and the Jigsaw Killer are nothing compared to the chill that the mere mention of the name, "Dr. Billy Cannon," can conjure up among some former Ole Miss football players in their 70s. "I think about it every day and night," said Richard "Possum" Price, a Rebel offensive lineman in 1959. "Sometimes I wake up, and I think it didn't happen for a minute. Then reality ...
• Cannon's run celebrated 50 years later (MSNBC)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:19:09 pm
  When Billy Cannon first pulled on a purple and gold LSU uniform, he never figured he'd do anything on a football field that would last 50 years.
• Cannon's Halloween trick still a treat (USA Today)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:11:01 am
  Cannon's Halloween trick still a treat
• Chaplain walks alongside Angola inmates (BPNews.net)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 09:15:00 pm
  ANGOLA, La. (BP)--Angola Prison is home to the worst of the worst -- murderers, rapists, armed robbers and habitual felons. It's also home to godly men like North American Mission Board chaplain Robert Toney and prison warden Burl Cain.
• Bev Shea gives Angola 100th birthday gift (BPNews.net)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 09:14:46 pm
  ANGOLA (BP)--The familiar voice of George Beverly Shea, still rich at 100 years of age, filled the prison chapel with the old redemption story that radically changes lives. Every eye in the 800-seat room at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola was on him.
• New Orleans Bikefest, Antique Fair on tap for Sunday, Oct. 25 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 06:04:14 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS French Food Festival Larose Regional Park and Civic Center, 307 E. Fifth St., Larose. Old-fashioned festival with local specialty dishes, rides, art, Cajun food, folklife demonstrations, dancing and music by Gary T., The CheeWeez, Roland Cheramie & Friends,...
• Spooktacular events in store this week in and around New Orleans (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 06:34:12 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS New Orleans Bikefest Motorcycle Rally & Music Festival Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 West Bank Expressway, Westwego. Sanctioned bike show with games, stunt shows, demo rides, food, vendors, poker run, camping and live music, including Geneva, 7 tonight;...
• La.’s top court denies appeal (The Advocate)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 05:14:29 am
  The Louisiana Supreme Court will not review the 1974 murder conviction of Herman Wallace in the stabbing death of Prison Security Officer Brent Miller.
• Don't miss last day of the Blues & BBQ festival, other events Sun., Oct. 18 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 07:04:20 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Lafayette Square Park, 580 St. Charles Ave. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation sponsors the festival with music on two stages, a crafts fair and barbecue, 9:30 a.m.-7. On the Dancehall...
• A complete outlook of events happening in around New Orleans this weekend (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 06:49:11 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS Mandeville Oktoberfest -- Mandeville Trailhead Amphitheatre. German bands, food, beer stein races, yodeling contests, music by Miss Claudia & Her Biergartners and others, 4-9 today. Free. Sat., features music by Benny Grunch & the Bunch and the Wienerschnitzel...
• Dixie Mafia's Fabian moved to Mississippi prison (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 07:05:52 am
  An ailing former Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate who linked Angola prison telephone scams to the 1987 murders of a Mississippi judge and his wife talks as if he’s giving up hope of winning freedom in return for his past cooperation with authorities.
• N.O. Comedy Fest and other events happening Sunday, Oct. 11 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 07:04:11 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival Water Street along the Tchefuncte River, Mandeville. The 20th annual festival features hundreds of vintage boats on display, marine and food vendors, crafts, a children's village, souvenirs, boat-building demonstrations and "The Quick 'n' Dirty...
• ‘Dixie Mafia’ inmate’s hopes of freedom fading (The Advocate)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 05:14:33 am
  An ailing former Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate who linked Angola prison telephone scams to the 1987 murders of a Mississippi judge and his wife talks as if he’s giving up hope of winning freedom in return for his past cooperation with authorities.
• He'd rather have Jesus (The Advocate)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 05:10:05 am
  George Beverly Shea is wheeled in for a concert in the Tudy Chapel at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola by Major David Voorhies. Following them is longtime Billy Graham Crusade organist John Innes.
• What's happening in and around New Orleans, Friday, Oct. 9 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 07:04:13 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS Oktoberfest Deutsches Haus, 200 S. Galvez St. The annual festivities featuring traditional German music, dancing, food and drink now includes children's activities Saturday afternoons. Opens 5 today, 1:30 Sat., continues weekends through Oct. 24. Admission is $6, free...
• Students get look at life on "The Farm" (Beauregard Daily News)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 05:35:39 pm
  There is only one place you will end up when traveling the 19 miles of Louisiana Highway 66–Angola.
• Death row female inmate denied high court review (CNN)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 05:31:55 pm
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a female death row inmate who said fetal alcohol syndrome should have been considered by the state court that reviewed her sentence.
• Oktoberfest continues, several festivals to catch on Sunday, Oct. 4 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 07:04:12 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS Gretna Heritage Festival Music stages and booths right on the river, Gretna. Rides and games, crafts, music on seven stages, a German Beer Garden, a food court, 2-9. Music tonight by Jo Dee Messina, Better Than Ezra, Trombone...
• Louisiana festivals for October of 2009 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 06:19:16 pm
  Louisiana area festivals for October of 2009 Keith I. Marszalek / NOLA.comOktoberfest Througout October. New Orleans, Deutsches Haus, 200 S. Galvez St. Traditional German music, dancing, food and drink. 522-8014. Find area events Fanfare Oct. 1 - 31 (Daily Events),...
• Events happening in and around New Orleans this weekend (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 07:34:21 am
  SPECIAL EVENTS Gretna Heritage Festival Music stages and booths right on the river, Gretna. Rides and games, crafts, music on seven stages, a German Beer Garden, a food court, 4-11 today; 2-11 Sat; 2-9 Sun. Music tonight by Kool &...
• Religion News in Brief (The Morning News)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 07:33:45 am
  Study: Religiously Unaffiliated Trend Male, Younger