The first college for Blacks in Opelousas was St. Joseph’s Industrial College, also called St.…
Carola HartleyFebruary 18, 2022
To better protect you during the Mardi Gras celebration, law enforcement has some recommendations.
Police NewsFebruary 17, 2022
On February 15, 2022, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office was contacted by St. Landry…
Police NewsFebruary 17, 2022
Public Information OfficerDeputy Chief Eddie ThibodeauxPhone: 337-948-6516Fax: 337-942-7202 PRESS RELEASE February 17, 2022 Jason Cristobal…
Police NewsFebruary 17, 2022
A group of St. Landry Parish and community leaders gathered together on February 17th at…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 17, 2022
Port Barre Man Arrested in Connection in to a Melville Area Death and Another Victims…
Police NewsFebruary 17, 2022
According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, on 2/15/2022 at 7:28PM, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's…
Police NewsFebruary 16, 2022
Washington Community Festival will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, from 10am-5pm on the…
AdminFebruary 16, 2022
Saturday, February 12, the city of Washington hosted a focus group to pinpoint the best…
AdminFebruary 15, 2022
The St Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is hosting a 1 day concealed carry permit training…
AdminFebruary 15, 2022
The blues music that once filtered across the Davis family’s Leonville-area household on tube-type radios…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 14, 2022
Eunice’s largest community event of the year, The Cajun Mardi Gras Festival will include five…
AdminFebruary 13, 2022
According to the Sunset Police Department Facebook page, Mardi Gras for 2022 has been cancelled.
AdminFebruary 12, 2022
Queen Vera Jeremy Nagy visits with guests at the Mardi Gras Queen's Luncheon held Saturday.…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 12, 2022
Although the game of football came to St. Landry Parish in about 1893, the first…
Carola HartleyFebruary 12, 2022
The heavy equipment, new dump trucks and graders loaded onto dual axel trailers were parked…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 12, 2022
The Opelousas Imperial Mardi Gras Association (OIMGA) is pleased to announce Healthcare Heroes from throughout…
AdminFebruary 11, 2022
It wasn’t until she received a standing Delta Grand ovation that Pat Mason-Guillory, a longtime…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 11, 2022
An historic late 19th century Opelousas home that perhaps many thought was a candidate for…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 11, 2022
The Magnolia Lodge #197 in Washington was chartered on February 16, 1870, with Daniel H,…
Carola HartleyFebruary 11, 2022
Things seem to be looking much nicer in downtown Opelousas as several of the historic…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 10, 2022
Mayor Julius Alsandor distributes a covid testing kit to Thomas Hebert Thursday morning on the…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 10, 2022
Officers are on the scene of a shooting that happened at Fern @ Hall Streets.…
Police NewsFebruary 10, 2022
Patrice Melnick, Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center director, cuts the ribbon officially announcing the grand…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 10, 2022
There may no longer be a mileage restriction for employees who work for the City…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 10, 2022
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz is confirming that last night at 6:30pm the…
Police NewsFebruary 10, 2022
While national sports television has displayed an array of media experts discussing aspects of Sunday’s…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 10, 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
Patrice Melnick, right, Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center director, listens as historian Marie Marcel talks…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 8, 2022
he palm trees and the rats that once apparently enjoyed living in them have evidently…
Bobby ArdoinFebruary 8, 2022
