North Central High boys’ basketball coach Basil Brown II hasn’t had much time to learn…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 21, 2021
The reopening of the Opelousas Museum Dec. 28 represents an exciting venture for newly-appointed director…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 21, 2021
Opelousas thoroughbred owner, trainer and breeder Gerard Perron somewhat expected success last week as his…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 20, 2021
Opelousas Main Street, Inc. and the City of Opelousas Tourism are excited to present the…
AdminDecember 18, 2021
A solemn occasion combined with a moment of surprise joyfulness as memorial Christmas wreaths were…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 17, 2021
Chief Martin McClendon & State Representative Dustin Miller is having Turkeys & Toys Giveaway. Register…
AdminDecember 17, 2021
Wreaths Across America Ceremony with wreaths presented to Gold Star Families.
Freddie HerpinDecember 17, 2021
George Baillio (1892-1976), the son of Judge George K. Baillio and Mary Elizabeth Schmit, shown…
Carola HartleyDecember 17, 2021
Med Express Ambulance Service has signed an agreement announced on Wednesday which allows the company’s…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 16, 2021
Monthly meeting of the St. Landry Parish Government held Wednesday night at the Old City…
Freddie HerpinDecember 15, 2021
Information from Chad Pitre, St Landry Parish District Attorney regarding a result on a cold…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 15, 2021
Loretta Richard, Acadian Special Volunteers representative, accepts a check in the amount of $1200 from…
Freddie HerpinDecember 15, 2021
This was a very significant arrest in light of the growing issues with suspected overdoes…
Police NewsDecember 14, 2021
Sixteen years ago, when Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, I was away from the state, living…
Carola HartleyDecember 14, 2021
Rebecca is a long time resident of Opelousas and St. Landry Parish with ties to…
Freddie HerpinDecember 14, 2021
Operations Director Claudia Blanchard told a Building, Lands and Sites Committee on Monday night that…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 14, 2021
Corrective measures have been put in place in order for the City of Opelousas to…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 14, 2021
Anyone coming into Opelousas at the east entrance on Highway 190 will notice the Myrtle…
Carola HartleyDecember 14, 2021
After seeing the book is about an eleven year boy who goes on a road…
Carola HartleyDecember 12, 2021
The town of Washington kicked off the Christmas season Saturday with a day long schedule…
Freddie HerpinDecember 11, 2021
The town of Washington celebrates the re-opening of the town's historic museum. Washington Mayor Dwight…
Freddie HerpinDecember 11, 2021
Elbert Guillory decided 31 years ago that it was also best to donate at Christmas…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 11, 2021
1986 was a historic year in Opelousas. In November the city election was held with…
Carola HartleyDecember 11, 2021
From the St. Landry Parish Tourist Information Center comes this weekend schedule for Music in…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
Larry Cox constructing a new porch on the Andrepont Building at Le Vieux Village.
Freddie HerpinDecember 10, 2021
It’s obvious to anyone who has met her that Vera Nagy is attracted to what…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 10, 2021
Members of the Armand Brinkhaus Library Club in Sunset, LA celebrated the holiday season with…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
Eighth grader Kendall Costano makes her home in Lakeland, Fla. with her parents, Heather and…
Freddie HerpinDecember 10, 2021
With so many spectators wearing shorts and t-shirts, it might have seemed as though Landry…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 10, 2021
Opelousas native Rodney “Rod” Milburn, track star at J. S. Clark High School (under the…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
Bobby Ardoin has been writing for newspapers and magazines for 55 years. During that time…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 10, 2021
Freddie Herpin was Staff photographer Opelousas Daily World – 35 years (retired). He's now the…
Freddie HerpinDecember 10, 2021
Carola Lillie Hartley is a Louisiana native, preservationist, local historian, and the author of many…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
This historic photograph shows the City Hall in Melville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in the…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
Tom and Eula Morris Savoie (1926-2010) opened Savoie’s Grocery on the old Port Barre Road…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
The annual Opelousas Christmas Parade rolled through downtown Opelousas officially kicking off the Christmas season…
Freddie HerpinDecember 10, 2021
