Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunitySt Landry Parish Lewis Disqualified As Parish President Candidate Richard Lewis III, a candidate for St. Landry Parish president, was disqualified for the second…Bobby ArdoinAugust 29, 2023
FootballSportsCommunity Parish Teams Audition In St. Landry Jamboree Crowd security was tight and attendance was near capacity as six public school football teams…Bobby ArdoinAugust 26, 2023
SportsCommunityFootballWestminster Christian Academy Westminster Searches For Improvement There’s always tomorrow, but for the Westminster Christian Academy football team, that also means there…Bobby ArdoinAugust 26, 2023
Local NewsBusiness NewsCommunity ODDD Requests Special Meeting for Stadium Project Opelousas Downtown Development board members discuss funding for Phase 1 of the Donald Gardner Stadium…Bobby ArdoinAugust 25, 2023
Local NewsParish Council Parish Officials Hire Defense Attorney The St. Landry Parish Council agrees to hire Defense Attorney to represent parish officials.Bobby ArdoinAugust 24, 2023
Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunity Water, Sewer Improvement Funding Appropriated For Opelousas, Sunset Nearly $38 million from state funding has been earmarked for water and sewer improvements for…Bobby ArdoinAugust 22, 2023
SportsCommunityFootball St. LANDRY 2023 FOOTBALL – Opelousas High Outlook What’s New - For the first time since the 1990’s Opelousas High is considered to…Bobby ArdoinAugust 21, 2023
SportsCommunityFootballSt Edmund High School 2023 ST. LANDRY FOOTBALL – St. Edmund Outlook What’s New - This season appears to be more of a continuation for a building…Bobby ArdoinAugust 21, 2023
Port Barre High SchoolSportsCommunityFootball ST. LANDRY 2023 FOOTBALL – Port Barre Outlook What’s New - Port Barre has a new head football coach – Brent Angelle –…Bobby ArdoinAugust 21, 2023
Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunity Courthouse Oak Trees And Flowers Receive Attention Landscape architect Greg Brandl and members of his St. Landry Parish Courthouse beautification crews were…Bobby ArdoinAugust 21, 2023
SportsCommunityFootballNorth Central High School 2023 ST. LANDRY FOOTBALL – North Central Football Outlook What’s New: The Hurricanes have Julian Rideau as the program head football coach and a…Bobby ArdoinAugust 20, 2023
Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunitySt Landry Parish Bellard Candidacy Is Ruled Unopposed St. Landry Parish president Jessie Bellard had his reelection candidacy ruled unopposed Friday morning after…Bobby ArdoinAugust 18, 2023
Local NewsCommunityOpelousas City Council City Workers Say Millage Increase Is Necessary Opelousas municipal employees told Board of Aldermen members Wednesday night that the passage of a…Bobby ArdoinAugust 18, 2023
CultureLocal NewsEvents & ActivitiesCommunity Original Zydeco Festival Season Begins The Original Southwest Zydeco Music Festival season has begun as planners for the 41st event…Bobby ArdoinAugust 12, 2023
SportsCommunityOpelousas CatholicFootball ST. LANDRY 2023 FOOTBALL — Opelousas Catholic Outlook The Vikings won’t display much resemblance to the teams of the last half decade. OCS…Bobby ArdoinAugust 11, 2023
School BoardLocal NewsCommunity School Superintendent Discusses Renewal Proposition, Other Issues St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Milton Batiste III during a Tuesday noon meeting of the…Bobby ArdoinAugust 10, 2023
Local NewsCommunityPolice News OPD Officer Promoted Opelousas police veteran police officer Frank Boudreaux was promoted to the rank of probational captain…Bobby ArdoinAugust 10, 2023
CommunityOpelousas City CouncilLocal News City Puts Tax Millage Proposition On Nov. 18 Ballot Opelousas residents who own property inside the corporate limits are being asked on Nov. 18…Bobby ArdoinAugust 9, 2023
SportsCommunityBeau Chene High School Beau Chene Volleyball Looks Different This Year The Beau Chene offensive attack is expected to provide more versatility this season, a dimension…Bobby ArdoinAugust 6, 2023
SportsCommunityNorthwest High School 2023 ST. LANDRY FOOTBALL – Northwest High Outlook The redesigned aspect for Northwest actually represents a nod towards the past. Expect the Raiders…Bobby ArdoinAugust 6, 2023
Parish CouncilLocal NewsCommunity Parish Council Sets Special Meeting For Election Issues St. Landry Parish Council members are scheduled to convene Wednesday at 6 p.m. to discuss…Bobby ArdoinAugust 6, 2023
Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunityPublic NoticesParish Council Notice of Public Special St. Landry Parish Council Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING has been called…Bobby ArdoinAugust 4, 2023
CommunitySchool BoardLocal News St. Landry Parish School District Experiences Cyber Security Threat On July 26, 2023, the St. Landry School Board became aware of a threat against…Bobby ArdoinAugust 4, 2023
Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunity Waguespack Stops For An Opelousas Campaign Visit Between his hurried nibbles on a Soileau’s hamburger and quick bites of French fries, Louisiana…Bobby ArdoinAugust 3, 2023
CommunityOpelousas High SchoolULLPeopleSportsPeople & Places Opelousas’ Murphy Learning The College Game Trent Murphy hasn’t played a minute of college football, yet he already speaks with the…Bobby ArdoinAugust 3, 2023
Local NewsCommunityOpelousas City Council Committee Discusses Pay Raises, Millage Increase Opelousas Aldermen Budget Committee members agreed Tuesday night that it’s time to raise the salaries…Bobby ArdoinAugust 2, 2023
Local NewsCommunityOpelousas City Council Many Opelousas Residents Scheduled To Receive Water Consumption Increases Many Opelousas residents will soon begin examining their monthly bills for possible increases that city…Bobby ArdoinAugust 1, 2023
SportsCommunityFootballBeau Chene High School 2023 ST. LANDRY FOOTBALL OUTLOOK – Beau Chene High School Beau Chene High School Football Outlook: There’s the appearance of urgency among the players and…Bobby ArdoinJuly 31, 2023
Local NewsCommunitySchool Board Parish NAACP Introduces School Concerns The St. Landry Parish NAACP is proposing to assist School District officials with creating immediate…Bobby ArdoinJuly 29, 2023
EuniceSportsCommunityFootball 2023 ST. LANDRY FOOTBALL OUTLOOK – Eunice High What’s New: Actually the Bobcats are moving forward and plugging in new players without any…Bobby ArdoinJuly 29, 2023
SportsCommunityFootballWestminster Christian Academy 2023 ST. LANDRY PARISH FOOTBALL – Westminster Christian Academy Outlook What’s New: There’s a father-son coaching team at Westminster as Byron Porter and his son,…Bobby ArdoinJuly 27, 2023
Local NewsBusiness NewsCommunityOpelousas Downtown Development District Sports Consulting Firm Offers To Develop South Park Project A sports consulting company is offering to assist the City of Opelousas through a private-public…Bobby ArdoinJuly 25, 2023
PeoplePeople & PlacesCommunity Pearl Harbor Hero Celebrates 100th Birthday Pearl Harbor attack survivor Joseph W. Richard celebrated his 100th-birthday Sunday afternoon with a tribute…Bobby ArdoinJuly 24, 2023
BaseballPeopleSportsPeople & PlacesCommunity Bihm Chooses To Follow A Major League Dream It’s not often that two life-changing decisions for a 21-year old occur within a matter…Bobby ArdoinJuly 23, 2023
Events & ActivitiesBusiness NewsCommunity PBS Special Will Highlight St. Landry A projected Public Broadcasting System episode that features St. Landry businesses and recreational destinations is…Bobby ArdoinJuly 21, 2023
CommunityLocal NewsPeopleSportsPeople & Places Thibodeaux Revived Legion Baseball Locally It was eight summers ago – in 2015 – and Opelousas-area American Legion baseball had…Bobby ArdoinJuly 19, 2023
Local NewsCommunityParish Council Parish President Talks Road Improvements Maintaining 900-plus miles of roads on a limited budget requires innovative methods of financing, a…Bobby ArdoinJuly 19, 2023
OPDLocal NewsCommunityPolice News OPD Makes Funding Request For LPR Surveillance The Opelousas Police Department is seeking to identify interstate criminal activity with the requested financial…Bobby ArdoinJuly 17, 2023
Local NewsBusiness NewsCommunityOpelousas City Council City Approves Residential Development A proposed large-scale new residential housing development behind Interstate 49 has been cleared for development…Bobby ArdoinJuly 14, 2023
Business NewsCommunity CSLEDD Makes $1.5 Million Offer For Equine Center The Central St. Landry Economic Development District is continuing to move forward with a proposed…Bobby ArdoinJuly 14, 2023