Jackson NewsLocal news for Jackson, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Timeline of gang activity- April 29, 2008 Documented incidents of gang violence in Monroe, West Monroe and Richwood police departments and Ouachita Parish Sheriff's office. via News-Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/timeline-of-gang-activity?fromrss=1 Southern Digest- April 27, 2008 Gas Prices, Obama, chancellor search headline DIGEST top stories The memories of the 2007-08 school term will be etched into the hearts of those students who have reached the end of their undergraduate career ... via The Southern Digesthttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/southern-digest?fromrss=1 Deputies book 3 more in robbery- April 25, 2008 Sheriff's deputies from East and West Feliciana parishes, along with State Police, arrested three more people Wednesday in the investigation of the Dec. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rougehttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/deputies-book-3-more-in-robbery?fromrss=1 EBR sheriff names new warden- April 17, 2008 "It requires someone with extensive correctional and administrative experience. Warden Grimes has that experience." East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux announced his latest administrative change Wednesday, naming Dennis Grimes to the post of Parish Prison warden. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rougehttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/ebr-sheriff-names-new-warden?fromrss=1 Louisiana Weekly Examines Suicide, Mental Illness Among Blacks- April 14, 2008 "The helplessness and the hopelessness is not the same. We seem to have some other avenues that we employ, and some just say we have some economic implications for it that makes a difference." The Louisiana Weekly on Sunday examined suicide and depression in the black community. via MediLexiconhttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/louisiana-weekly-examines-suicide-mental-illn... Confessed Murderer Could Go Free- April 12, 2008 "Timothy Felix, an insanity acquittee to the charge of first degree murder, is not currently dangerous to self or others." Ajudge is scheduled to determine if a man who confessed to a double murder and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, will be conditionally released from a mental health facility."); var headline = escape ... via KATChttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/confessed-murderer-could-go-free?fromrss=1 Judge: Murder charge filed too late to stand- April 10, 2008 "Meanwhile, Leonard Moore continued to live in the community of his birth, never going into hiding nor fleeing, all the while realizing he might be snatched up and falsely accused of involvement or complicity" A state district judge threw out a murder charge Tuesday against a suspect in the 1996 shooting death of a man in Clinton. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rougehttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/judge-murder-charge-filed-too-late-to-stand?f... Phares, company win parish contract- April 8, 2008 The East Feliciana Police Jury voted 6-2 Monday night to enter into contract negotiations with Greg Phares and partners of GPS Group LLC to take over some management duties. via 2theadvocate.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/jackson-la/2008/04/phares-company-win-parish-contract?fromrss=1 |