Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANGOLA, LOUISIANA — It's been three years since Myron Smith has heard the roar of a rodeo crowd. In April, the 10,000-person arena ...

Tickets for the annual fall Angola Prison Rodeo are now available to buy. The Louisiana State Penitentiary rodeo tradition ...

For 55 years, from 1931 to 1986, Texas prisoners were given the chance to participate in a wild west rodeo every October as ...

Once drawing thousands to Huntsville, the Texas Prison Rodeo combined inmate competitions, wild bulls and big crowds in a ...

Aug. 13—It's been nearly 12 years since the last Oklahoma State Penitentiary Prison Rodeo in McAlester — but another attempt to bring the rodeo back is out of the chutes and gaining speed. Some have ...

ANGOLA, La. - They're often thrown like rag dolls and risk being stepped on or gored by bucking bulls and broncos. But in those few seconds in the spotlight of the Angola Prison Rodeo, the inmates ...

America's most famous prison rodeo returns this fall to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, where the event known as "The Wildest Show in the South" will draw tens of thousands of fans. The ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo kicked off Sunday and continues every Sunday in October at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Proceeds from the longest running prison rodeo in the nation cover rodeo expenses, ...

The popular Angola prison rodeo will be investigated further at the request of Louisiana lawmakers after a legislative audit exposed several problems with the way money has been handled at Louisiana ...

With barely a peep from preservationists, another piece of Texas history was razed in mid-January as bulldozers unceremoniously demolished the prison rodeo arena in Huntsville. The brick-and-concrete ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – On August 18, it was announced that the longest-running prison rodeo in the country, would be canceled. “Due to the recent statewide surge in COVID-19 cases, and out of an abundance ...