Winnfield News

As Tropical Storm Gustav gains strength and approaches the Gulf Coast, about 3,000 Louisiana citizen-soldiers and -airmen have been activated in support of emergency operations and are prepared to support civil ...

WINNFIELD - The former Winnfield police officer accused of killing a suspect by shocking him multiple times with a Taser stun gun has pleaded innocent to charges of manslaughter and malfeasance in office.

A former police officer accused of repeatedly jolting a handcuffed man with a Taser before he died pleaded not guilty Thursday to a manslaughter charge.

Black America Web.com , News Report, Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, Posted: Aug 17, 2008 A former Winnfield, Louisiana policeman could face up to 45 years in jail if convicted on charges he killed a suspect by ...

Posted by Steven D., Booman Tribune at 3:21 PM on August 15, 2008. Will the officer be punished justly for tasering a man to death? Probably not, still we should, I suppose, be happy he was indicted at all.

No jury in the United States has ever convicted a police officer for killing someone with a taser, but there's a first time for everything .

A Louisiana grand jury indicted a former police officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a man who was Tasered nine times while handcuffed, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A former police officer accused of repeatedly jolting a handcuffed man with a Taser before he died has been indicted on a manslaughter charge.

A young Black male in Winnfield, La., made it to his 21st birthday on January 12.

The family of a central Louisiana man who died after a police officer repeatedly jolted him with a Taser filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday, on the eve of a grand jury's probe of the case.

WINNFIELD -- U.S. 167 Northbound in Winn Parish will be closed to traffic until further notice.

In front of Red Cross offices in both Houston and New Orleans, picket lines were formed by survivors of the federal flood during Hurricane Katrina.

The death of a Winnfield man zapped by a police officer with a Taser stun gun has been the subject of much conversation in the local law enforcement community.

Entergy emergency crews from south Louisiana were in the area Sunday after storms swept through northern Louisiana during the night, causing widespread damage.

When event coordinator Carmen Horne heard that churches had the opportunity to host a live simulcast with popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, she said she jumped at the opportunity.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development considered bids totaling more than $157 million at its June 25 public bid opening.

A 15-year-old Winn Parish boy was in critical condition Friday night after another boy accidentally shot him in the head with a rifle Friday afternoon.

WINNFIELD -- Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he never has been asked to join the Republican presidential ticket and that if Sen.

How nice. If you visit this small city's website, you'll learn that Winnfield, Louisiana was named Louisiana's top Home Town in February 2001.

Air Reunion, LLC is holding a public meeting today to inform residents of Mooretown and Hollywood Heights neighborhoods of the Shreveport Regional Airport Noise Mitigation Program.