Mayor Julius Alsandor and Carola Hartley welcome out of town visitors Mel and Ellen Cooper…
Freddie HerpinSeptember 3, 2022
Is Lafayette guilty of geographic misdirection or does Bill Rodier have it right?
Bobby ArdoinAugust 25, 2022
Emile and Anna Roger with their two sons Frank and George, at their home in…
Carola HartleyAugust 20, 2022
Following the US Civil War, the merchants and businessmen of Opelousas started to discuss the…
Carola HartleyAugust 18, 2022
The annual Memorial Mass to commemorate the 78th Anniversary of the death of Servant of…
Carola HartleyAugust 16, 2022
It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Ansley…
Freddie HerpinAugust 14, 2022
Photo from the Past - Roger Family from Arnaudville, LA (Photograph from John Coffey Collection.)
Carola HartleyAugust 10, 2022
We know Opelousas had an opera house as early as the 1830s, with the first…
Carola HartleyAugust 9, 2022
The Ethel Park project dedicated Saturday in the Town of Washington was celebrated in advance…
Bobby ArdoinAugust 6, 2022
Rockin on the River is a non-profit organization inviting all surrounding community, friends, and family,…
AdminAugust 6, 2022
It was a magical time in Opelousas. A time when there were opera houses in…
Carola HartleyAugust 3, 2022
The context for this graduation might have seemed a bit unusual, since there were state…
Bobby ArdoinJuly 28, 2022
Presiding over a variety of sports activities is nothing new for newly-hired St. Landry Parish…
Bobby ArdoinJuly 27, 2022
Opelousas Downtown Market will again be opened for business this Saturday, July 30, 2022 from…
Carola HartleyJuly 26, 2022
The construction of a new volunteer fire department building in Arnaudville scheduled for completion sometime…
Bobby ArdoinJuly 25, 2022
The story of the Opelousas Opera Houses continues: By the end of the 1880s and…
Carola HartleyJuly 25, 2022
The highly anticipated opening of Ethel Park is finally happening in the Town of Washington. Celebrate…
AdminJuly 23, 2022
The last name of a young slave girl sold and relocated to a Louisiana sugar…
Bobby ArdoinJuly 21, 2022
Photographs of the Depot in Washington courtesy of Tommy Lafleur and were used in the…
Carola HartleyJuly 21, 2022
From its humble beginning in the 1700s, Opelousas provided different forms of entertainment for its…
Carola HartleyJuly 21, 2022
Ever wonder as you ride through Opelousas what it must have been like one hundred…
Carola HartleyJuly 8, 2022
St. Landry Now editor Bobby Ardoin was one five sports writers inducted last week into…
AdminJuly 8, 2022
Ken Cochran, DSc, FACHE, President & CEO was recently featured in the May 2022 issue…
SponsorsJune 28, 2022
One of the city’s historic landmarks was recently lost when a fire destroyed Toby’s, also…
Carola HartleyJune 28, 2022
Opelousas’ Famed 1912 Baseball Club: The featured photo from the past for today shown the…
Carola HartleyJune 26, 2022
St. Landry Now is pleased to announce that Bobby Ardoin, Editor and contributing writer, will…
Carola HartleyJune 25, 2022
The Board of Directors of Westminster Christian Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.…
AdminJune 20, 2022
William Schwing came to Washington from the New Iberia area in the early 1880s and…
Carola HartleyJune 18, 2022
Marina Suponina a former resident of the Ukraine and 1995 Opelousas Catholic High School graduate…
AdminJune 16, 2022
The St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission will pay a tribute to Clifton Chenier on June…
Carola HartleyJune 13, 2022
Designated by the State of Louisiana, tomorrow, June 14, 2022, is the official Tony Chachere…
Carola HartleyJune 13, 2022
Whenever the inevitable conflict appeared about which sport he should continue to play, Steve Duhon…
Bobby ArdoinJune 13, 2022
This photo from the past shows a group of young ladies enjoying themselves on Main…
Carola HartleyJune 10, 2022
Did you know before there was a Cedar Lane Club, there was the Cedar Crest…
Carola HartleyJune 8, 2022
In 1922, Frank Truman Daly became the area salesman and associate dealer for the Dodge…
Carola HartleyJune 5, 2022
