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Winn Parish was established in 1852 from lands which had belonged to the parishes of Catahoula, Natchitoches, and Rapides. [3] During the Civil War, David Pierson, a young attorney, was elected to represent the parish at the Secession Convention called in January 1861 in Baton Rouge by Governor Thomas Overton Moore. Pierson voted against ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents.
Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, 1980-2007; father of current Jefferson Parish president Cynthia Lee-Sheng [82] Walter Lee (1921–2015) 2009: Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, 1956–2012 Bob Livingston (1943–) 2003: United States House of Representatives [83] Earl Long (1895–1960) 1993: Governor of Louisiana [84] Gillis William Long (1923 ...
In December 2021, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wrote in a memorandum to the acting director of ICE at the time that after an investigation into Winn in August 2021, it had ...
He’ll be the parish’s first Black sheriff. Returns from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office show Whitehorn defeated Republican John Nickelson — this time by more than 4,000 votes.
When Winn Parish was officially formed by the state legislature in 1852, Winnfield was established as the parish seat. [citation needed] During the Civil War, the area around Winnfield was the site of some minor skirmishes. Confederate forces defeated a Union detachment near Salsbury Bridge sent to destroy the Drake's Salt Works in the area.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Shannon Hanks at (318) 473-6727, the sheriff's office at (318) 473-6700 or Crime Stoppers at (318) 443-7867.
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana) This page was last edited on 21 April 2013, at 20:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...