Concordia Sentinel - Thu Nov 12
In April 1716 a dozen signs were placed along the banks of the Mississippi warning voyagers that there was trouble on the river.
Prisoners at the FenceJPG - Mon Oct 26
"For those who live out their lives there, Angola is the world. Eighteen thousand acres of land elbow out into the brown current of the Mississippi.
Search crews locate escaped murdererWAFB-TV Baton Rouge - Mon Sep 14
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA - After five days on the run, a convicted killer that escaped from the Louisiana State Penitentiary was caught Monday morning and taken back into custody.
Escaped Angola inmate captured after spotted on road4 WWL-TV - Mon Sep 14
An Angola chase team has captured escaped inmate Henry Smith. Henry Smith West Feliciana Parish Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said a chase team member spotted Smith Monday morning crossing a parish road northeast of the prison.
West Feliciana students to be movedThe Advocate - Sun Sep 13
Students who attend Tunica Elementary School will be bused Monday to two other West Feliciana Parish schools away from the area where authorities are looking for an escaped Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate , school officials said today .
Hundreds search rugged Tunica Hills for Angola escapeeTimes-Picayune - Sat Sep 12
Authorities search vehicles Thursday during a search for an escaped Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate.
Escapee existed as loner2theadvocate.com - Sat Sep 12
A Louisiana State Penitentiary official described an inmate who walked off the prison farm Thursday as a "loner" who lost his only friend in Angola to a heart attack earlier this year.
Search goes on for escaped Angola inmate convicted of Jefferson Parish murderTimes-Picayune - Fri Sep 11
West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies John Thompson, left, and Grant Parker search vehicles coming from the direction of Wilkinson County, Miss., on Pinckneyville Road during a search for an escaped Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate Thursday near Tunica, La.
Closing in on escaped Angola inmateWAFB-TV Baton Rouge - Thu Sep 10
The Angola chase team is still combing the Tunica Hills Thursday night, hoping to find an escaped inmate missing since 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
Jefferson Parish murder convict escapes from AngolaTimes-Picayune - Thu Sep 10
Henry Smith escaped while picking up litter on the Angola prison grounds. A Louisiana State Penitentiary chase team is following a trail in the Tunica Hills Thursday for an inmate believed to have escaped from his assigned job of picking up litter on the grounds of the maximum-security prison at Angola.
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