+5 East Feliciana Evening puts Clinton charm, culture front and center BY FRANCES Y. SPENCER | Contributing writer Apr 28, 2026 Downtown Clinton was transformed into a vibrant hub of creativity this past weekend as the Clinton Is Home Foundation hosted its first Evening…
East Feliciana Police Jury re-elects top officers despite objection from one juror who wanted change in leadership BY JAMES MINTON | Contributing writer Jan 8, 2026 East Feliciana Parish police jurors reelected their body’s president and vice president to begin the new year Jan. 5, but one juror objected t…
AmericanQueen_Leaving Clinton.jpg PROVIDED PHOTO Sep 27, 2023 American Queen Voyages offers four riverboats — the American Queen, American Empress, American Duchess and American Countess — which are divid…
+4 News Open houses planned for new round of Amite River drainage studies by Army Corps of Engineers BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Apr 24, 2019 Two of three open houses to gather ideas for a future U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the Amite River Basin, its flood risks and possibl…
+2 Crime/Police Alleged East Feliciana serial killer told police he'd have kept killing if not for arrest BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Aug 16, 2018 A man accused in the 2017 string of Clinton-area fatal shootings told authorities he had plans to continue his killing spree, with 12 more "ta…
+8 Crime/Police Alleged East Feliciana serial killer told authorities he killed three men to fill hunting 'tags,' filings show BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Aug 15, 2018 A man accused of killing three Clinton-area men last year told investigators he shot them because — as though he were deer hunting — he was "f…
+6 Crime/Police Alleged East Feliciana serial killer pleads not guilty in October slaying BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Jan 9, 2018 For a morning she knew would be difficult, the wife of Brad DeFranceschi — one of four men authorities say was shot by alleged serial killer R…
+13 Crime/Police Alleged East Feliciana serial killer pleads not guilty Tuesday to charges in two of four shootings BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Nov 28, 2017 Clinton — Suspected serial killer Ryan Sharpe, who's been accused of a string of four shootings within a 25-mile radius, pleaded not guilty Tu…
+3 Crime/Police Source: Alleged East Feliciana serial killer's ex-girlfriend had married another person soon before first killing BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Oct 17, 2017 Investigators looking into new information about what led a Clinton man to allegedly shoot four people, killing three of them, say his motive …
+5 Crime/Police East Feliciana sheriff: Authorities looking to see if possible serial killer had help BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Oct 12, 2017 East Feliciana Sheriff Jeff Travis said while he's glad the alleged shooter who killed three men and wounded another is in custody, he knows i…