With the impeding retirement of Marion County Sheriff's Maj. Clint Bowen as head of the jail, Sheriff Billy Woods has selected Charles McIntosh as the new leader of the facility. Bowen, elevated to ...

A Black jail inmate who was dragged backward across a concrete floor by a rope attached to his handcuffed wrists is suing a Washington state sheriff’s office. The federal lawsuit says deputies used ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) – St. Landry Parish Authorities say a major synthetic marijuana dealer has been arrested.

The only medical marijuana dispensary in Acadiana will open its new Lafayette location and another in Opelousas by mid-summer. The two locations will give The Apothecary Shoppe, which landed the ...

Deon was born in Opelousas and went to school in New Orleans ... and of course food. The St. George city council approved the salaries for the mayor, police chief, and council members during ...

Since closing the municipal jail in 2009, the city has lacked an adequate detention strategy for people prosecuted in the municipal criminal justice system. The city currently contracts with ...

‘Happy Jail’ is a docu-series that focuses on the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu, Philippines. Its premise centers on a former convict taking charge of the rehab facility ...

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — A woman who is suing St. Landry Parish over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the parish courthouse is now also going after the City of ...

A New York judge plans to sentence Donald Trump on Jan. 10 for his criminal hush money conviction, rejecting efforts by the president-elect to sweep aside a jury’s verdict that found him guilty ...

But will Trump face any jail time, or any punishment at all, as a result of the sentencing? Here's what we know so far. The Trump team wanted the judge to dismiss the criminal case involving ...

In this game, you take a side as prisoner trying to escape jail or as a guard set on keeping the wild criminals contained. Whichever side you take, you'll want to use all the help you can get. This is ...

One man is dead and another is in critical condition, and police have arrested a third after a shooting on Joseph Street in Opelousas Thursday. Joseph Thomas was booked with second-degree murder ...