John Rudd, a McNeese Sports Hall of Fame basketball player and one of the greatest…
AdminJanuary 11, 2023
Entrances and streets around the St. Landry Parish Courthouse were spectacularly blocked for a lengthy…
Bobby ArdoinJanuary 11, 2023
Macaroni KID would like to introduce our current Kool Kid, Landry S., who is a…
Guest ContributorDecember 29, 2022
Opelousas resident and longtime community volunteer and activist, Estelle Mason Perrault died last Sunday, on…
Carola HartleyDecember 27, 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
Addressing Systemic Inequities to Reduce Tobacco (ASIRT), a program of Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI)…
AdminNovember 28, 2022
Editor’s note: The following story about the World War II experiences of U.S. Army Air…
Bobby ArdoinNovember 11, 2022
The first graduates from Our Lady of Sacred Heart School in Church Point, LA pictured…
Carola HartleyNovember 8, 2022
If Steve Duhon could have made a wish, everyone in St. Landry Parish would have…
Bobby ArdoinOctober 30, 2022
About this vacation, Dale Bienvenu wrote, “This place is truly incredible. On some of our…
Bobby ArdoinOctober 26, 2022
Photos of Lake Ouachita taken by former Opelousas resident Dale Bienvenu
Freddie HerpinOctober 20, 2022
Students from Bolton High School in Alexandria enjoy the cool fall morning while touring the…
Freddie HerpinOctober 18, 2022
Since the beginning of the Opelousas town market in early 1800s, there was always a…
Carola HartleyOctober 18, 2022
Mike Francis isn't opposed to solar energy, as long as power from the sun is…
Bobby ArdoinOctober 17, 2022
Each year the City of Opelousas honors property owners for special contributions and efforts in…
AdminOctober 12, 2022
The line of shoppers outside Ollie's was getting longer as the 9 a.m. grand opening…
Freddie HerpinOctober 12, 2022
The St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery Tour will continue next week-end, Saturday and Sunday, October…
AdminOctober 9, 2022
The book Cherie Quarters: The Place and the People That Inspired Ernest J. Gaines by…
AdminOctober 9, 2022
Murphy Thomas takes a selfie with Governor John Bel Edwards Thursday at the Opelousas Civic…
Freddie HerpinOctober 6, 2022
Governor John Bel Edwards and Judge Ledricka Johnson Thierry pose for photos prior to the…
Freddie HerpinOctober 6, 2022
St. Landry Parish Government committee meeting held Wednesday at the Old City Market.
Freddie HerpinOctober 5, 2022
No history of the printing and newspaper industry in Opelousas would be complete without knowing…
Carola HartleyOctober 4, 2022
Richard Medical Clinic, at 507 N. Market St. In Opelousas will have its ribbon-cutting ceremony…
AdminOctober 3, 2022
It was a ribbon cutting, 24 years in the making. In 1998, then-mayor Richard M.…
AdminOctober 3, 2022
This rare photo from the past shows the first Yambilee office on Court Street in…
Carola HartleyOctober 3, 2022
Former Opelousas residents Pat Melancon and wife Veronica, who attended Opelousas High and graduated around…
AdminOctober 2, 2022
Med Express Ambulance Service representatives Marvin Richard, second from left, and Connie Shakesnider, second from…
Freddie HerpinSeptember 30, 2022
Bobcat in St. Landry Parish - by Wildlife Photographer Berchman Soileau
Guest ContributorSeptember 29, 2022
Opelousas resident Etha Amling visits with the statue of St. Landry on display on the…
Freddie HerpinSeptember 28, 2022
After reviewing the materials I’ve collected over the last 40 plus years of researching the…
Carola HartleySeptember 27, 2022
I've seen Danny Wells at several news events over the years but never had the…
Freddie HerpinSeptember 27, 2022
St. Landry Now is proud to announce the start of a new feature. Berchman Soileau,…
AdminSeptember 20, 2022
This is a photograph from c. 1908-09 of the Christman Building on West Landry Street…
Carola HartleySeptember 14, 2022
As with the rest of the world, people in this area of Louisiana were also…
Carola HartleySeptember 9, 2022
The story of how the lives of Father Lafleur, Father Sylvester and Father Beekman intertwined…
Carola HartleySeptember 8, 2022
The itinerant story of an ordination chalice used in 1938 by Servant of God Father…
Bobby ArdoinSeptember 6, 2022
Where was Jim Bowie Born? Did Jim Bowie Live in Opelousas? The Jim Bowie Oak
Carola HartleySeptember 4, 2022
