This week, on Thursday, March 16th the Opelousas Woman’s Club is holding a celebration for…
Carola HartleyMarch 12, 2023
During colonial times women in Louisiana had more rights than women in other areas of…
Carola HartleyMarch 10, 2023
As we celebrate National Women’s History Month this year, we want to remember a special…
Carola HartleyMarch 9, 2023
March is National Women's History Month. During this month St. Landry Now will publish tidbits…
Carola HartleyMarch 8, 2023
No organization in Opelousas has more to celebration than the GFWC Opelousas Woman's Club. And…
Carola HartleyMarch 2, 2023
The story on the old downtown, the heart of Opelousas, continues where we left off…
Carola HartleyFebruary 22, 2023
Although racing horses as a sport, and a business goes back over 200 years in…
Carola HartleyFebruary 22, 2023
Please click to see the following note from the family of Opelousas native Ambassador James…
Carola HartleyFebruary 20, 2023
In order for all to know and understand how important a healthy downtown is to…
Carola HartleyFebruary 19, 2023
We invite you to continue to explore historic Opelousas during Black History Month. Here is…
Carola HartleyFebruary 11, 2023
Opelousas citizens and visitors to the community can learn more about the contributions African Americans…
Carola HartleyFebruary 10, 2023
From February 1st through March 11th, Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA), in Lafayette, Louisiana,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 31, 2023
Walking around the Gumbo Cookoff held at the Ag Arena in Opelousas on Sunday.
Carola HartleyJanuary 31, 2023
1942 began as a year of uncertainty in the United States, and Opelousas as well.…
Carola HartleyJanuary 19, 2023
Our photo from the past for today comes from the first page of the Sunday…
Carola HartleyJanuary 18, 2023
Although there were several attempts at public education in Opelousas for some time prior to…
Carola HartleyDecember 31, 2022
Opelousas resident and longtime community volunteer and activist, Estelle Mason Perrault died last Sunday, on…
Carola HartleyDecember 27, 2022
Tomorrow is Christmas! A day of joy as all of the Christian faith celebrate the…
Carola HartleyDecember 24, 2022
Undientified Opelousas home from the early 1900s. Anyone know what home this is?
Carola HartleyDecember 12, 2022
Photo from the Past is the family of Dr. Armand Lafleur (December 19, 1871 –…
Carola HartleyDecember 7, 2022
On a grave in the small Pitre cemetery near Prairie Ronde in St. Landry Parish,…
Carola HartleyNovember 29, 2022
The first graduates from Our Lady of Sacred Heart School in Church Point, LA pictured…
Carola HartleyNovember 8, 2022
Lafayette Mayor President Josh Guillory introduced Judith Estorge as the city’s new Police Chief on…
Carola HartleyNovember 6, 2022
Last Friday, November 4, 2022, Judith Estorge, a resident of Opelousas, was introduced to the…
Carola HartleyNovember 6, 2022
The story of Hebrew Rest Cemetery in Washington is one of devotion to the graves…
Carola HartleyOctober 27, 2022
What most people in Opelousas know as Pap’s Motel, was opened on West Landry Street…
Carola HartleyOctober 26, 2022
St. Landry Chamber of Commerce Events Calendar, including this weeks special events and activities. https://www.stlandrychamber.com/events/
Carola HartleyOctober 24, 2022
Since the beginning of the Opelousas town market in early 1800s, there was always a…
Carola HartleyOctober 18, 2022
The first issue of the Clarion-News was published in Opelousas on Thursday, January 3, 1929.…
Carola HartleyOctober 15, 2022
Opelousas Police Chief Martin McLendon has detailed a list of police department responses to gun…
Carola HartleyOctober 10, 2022
No history of the printing and newspaper industry in Opelousas would be complete without knowing…
Carola HartleyOctober 4, 2022
This rare photo from the past shows the first Yambilee office on Court Street in…
Carola HartleyOctober 3, 2022
As the statewide stage grows larger the Opelousas High football team continues to match the…
Carola HartleyOctober 1, 2022
After reviewing the materials I’ve collected over the last 40 plus years of researching the…
Carola HartleySeptember 27, 2022
First known a Benny's Big Star in 1976, Benny's Supermarket remains in business today in…
Carola HartleySeptember 23, 2022
