The Bienville Parish Journal’s Top Ten News Stories were a mixture of crime-related stories, a couple of feature stories and hard hitting news concerning local government entities.
The number at the end of each story reflects the number of readers. To see a breakdown of readership numbers for the entire years, see Fridays’ Bienville Parish Journal.
10. Agents Cite Bienville Parish man for harvesting deer at night. A man from Castor was arrested on Nov. 25 for hunting a deer during illegal hours. (2,585)
9. Dog attack in Ringgold results in serious injury. A dog attack on Pine Street in Ringgold resulted in serious bodily injury of a 30-year-old Ringgold man. (2,964)
8. Reed named new head football coach at Ringgold High School. 2001 Ringgold High School graduate, Chris Reed, was welcomed back to RHS at the new head football coach. (3,064)
7. BREAKING NEWS: Juvenile deceased following shooting in Arcadia. A 17-year-old lost his life following a shooting that occurred at an apartment complex in the West Town area of Arcadia. (3,241)
6. Relatives fight to reunite Bonnie and Clyde. For the past few years, Buddy Barrow and Rhea Leen (pronounced Ray Leen) Linder have been fighting to have Bonnie reburied in the burial plot next to Clyde. (3,249)
5. Town of Ringgold under strict curfew following two shootings; one fatality. On April 10, the Mayor of Ringgold, Milton Vining, issued a mandatory curfew for the entirety of the Town of Ringgold following two shootings, one of which resulted in a fatality. (3,259)
4. School board votes ‘nay’ on Superintendent’s proposed contract. At the Bienville Parish School Board’s October monthly meeting members voted against Superintendent William Wysinger’s proposed contract. (3,539)
3. Bienville Parish Sheriff Deputy finds himself behind bars. A Bienville Parish Sheriff jailer deputy from Arcadia was arrested for malfeasance of office and six counts of simple battery following an incident that occurred on June 15. (4,613)
2. New Bienville Lumber company still hiring. The new Hunt Forest Products Sawmill in Taylor, the largest new industrial project in the parish in recent memory, is still on the hunt for employees. (4,749)
1. BREAKING NEWS: Arrests made in connection to human remains discovered in Ringgold last week. The Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Department made four arrests and seized twenty-six dogs from 2747 Pine Street in Ringgold, in connection to the human remains discovered in a wooded area at the end of the street on October 27. (7,992)