A jury unanimously found Asa Bentley guilty of the second-degree kidnapping of Jessica Guillot in 2013. The victim has not been reported seen since her disappearance.
Three applicants will advance to the final round of the selection process for a new superintendent of schools this Wednesday after the Avoyelles Parish School Board members narrowed the field of six in a special meeting.
American Pickers, a reality series television show, explored Ronnie Sanders collection of antiques Wednesday in Patterson. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz travel around the United States “picking” various items for the show.
( Photo by Crystal Thielepape)
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, stars of American Pickers on History Channel, spent Wednesday at Ronnie Sanders’ warehouse in Patterson to pick through the treasures he’s been collecting for 50 years and now rents as movie props.
Officers ease around corner of mobile home in which abductor was holding his hostage. Image provided from scene.
An alleged hostage taker was shot and killed Thursday afternoon after deputies and state police swarmed into a trailer park on Rock Pit Road, just off Highway 13 south of Pine Prairie, after a neighbor called 911 after hearing loud arguments and then gunshots.
Louisiana Army National Guard Spc. Jordon Giglio and Sgt. Todd Pomier with the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based in Fort Polk, Louisiana, service a RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle during a training exercise, Dec. 17, 2014, at the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Facility (TUASOF) at Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center. The unit supports every type of unit in the Army that comes through JRTC including conventional brigade combat teams, Special Operations Forces and U.S. Air Force and Navy units. The TUASOF also provides UAS specific training for other National Guard unmanned aerial surveillance platoons. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office)
The Louisiana National Guard held a ceremony to celebrate the opening for the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Facility (TUASOF) at Fort Polk in Leesville, Louisiana, Jan. 13.
