Continuing to focus on the women of Opelousas and St. Landry Parish during National Women’s…
Carola HartleyMarch 4, 2022
Since 1987 the month of March has been designated as National Women’s History month.
Carola HartleyMarch 2, 2022
For those of us who have been around Opelousas for some time, when we talk…
Carola HartleyMarch 1, 2022
ST. LANDRY NOW Today the town will have a big Opelousas Mardi Gras celebration when…
Carola HartleyMarch 1, 2022
Grab your lunch and join us at the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center for a…
Carola HartleyFebruary 28, 2022
For several years Frank’s Liquor Store, now Frank’s Poboys, held a Mardi Gras Ball and…
Carola HartleyFebruary 28, 2022
Mardi Gras, that rowdy celebration, has been riding piggyback on the Catholic Church’s Lenten celebration…
Carola HartleyFebruary 28, 2022
Are you thinking about finding a new hobby? If so, you might want to consider…
Carola HartleyFebruary 26, 2022
A few months ago, a good friend gave me two antique photograph albums. Most of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 26, 2022
The Eunice Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the City of Eunice presents the 35th…
Carola HartleyFebruary 24, 2022
Several years ago, Robert “Bob” Bienvenu (1936-2022) sent me this photo and information on the…
Carola HartleyFebruary 24, 2022
The 1942 AIC six-man Football Team is pictured on school grounds in the fall of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 23, 2022
The history of education for the Opelousas area Black community goes back to the late…
Carola HartleyFebruary 22, 2022
From time-to-time St. Landry Now will highlight one of our advertisers. Today we feature Savoie’s®…
Carola HartleyFebruary 20, 2022
What began as the St. Landry Training School over a century ago, became J. S.…
Carola HartleyFebruary 20, 2022
The first college for Blacks in Opelousas was St. Joseph’s Industrial College, also called St.…
Carola HartleyFebruary 18, 2022
If you are looking for something different and enjoyable to cook for a holiday or…
Carola HartleyFebruary 15, 2022
Although the game of football came to St. Landry Parish in about 1893, the first…
Carola HartleyFebruary 12, 2022
The Magnolia Lodge #197 in Washington was chartered on February 16, 1870, with Daniel H,…
Carola HartleyFebruary 11, 2022
Ever think about some of the first things that happened in the historic town of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 10, 2022
Three friends who were born and raised in Washington, Louisiana are shown here in this…
Carola HartleyFebruary 9, 2022
As part of the United States Work Progress Administration started by President Franklin Roosevelt uring…
Carola HartleyFebruary 7, 2022
In 1906, a group of cotton planters who were tired of traveling to Opelousas to…
Carola HartleyFebruary 5, 2022
What began as an idea for a blog, quickly turned into an online newspaper when…
Carola HartleyFebruary 3, 2022
The featured photograph above shows the Petetin Store in Grand Coteau, photographed by Lester Jones…
Carola HartleyFebruary 2, 2022
A little over a year ago Tommy Lafleur loaned me two photo albums to look…
Carola HartleyJanuary 31, 2022
In 1896 Fred Sandoz opened his general merchandise store on the corner of West Landry…
Carola HartleyJanuary 28, 2022
As in other towns, newspapers were an important part of life and the economy in…
Carola HartleyJanuary 25, 2022
For centuries the chain of lakes in St. Landry Parish around the Opelousas area flowed…
Carola HartleyJanuary 22, 2022
The Opelousas Imperial Mardi Gras Association is pleased to announce our 2022 Royalty. Reigning over…
Carola HartleyJanuary 22, 2022
The history of education in Washington is similar to the education history in neighboring Opelousas…
Carola HartleyJanuary 20, 2022
A bit of Opelousas History: Since the first newspaper made its appearance in Opelousas, the…
Carola HartleyJanuary 19, 2022
1912 was an important year in the history of Breaux Bridge in St Martin Parish,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 18, 2022
Main Street in downtown Opelousas has always been a vital part of the commercial districts…
Carola HartleyJanuary 17, 2022
Although the Academy of the Immaculate Conception, called AIC, began as an all girl’s school,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 13, 2022
St Landry Now (SLN) made their first presentation in front of the Kiwanis Club of…
Carola HartleyJanuary 12, 2022
or many, many years I have made spaghetti sauce. Sometimes it is strictly Italian style,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 12, 2022
Recently we published a photograph of the Jewish Temple in Opelousas during its early days.…
Carola HartleyJanuary 12, 2022
