Guest speaker Chef Randy David gave a cupcake decorating demonstration during the Opelousas Noon Rotary…
AdminApril 27, 2022
Sports became an activity for schools in the area after baseball, football and basketball came…
Carola HartleyApril 25, 2022
Anthony “Tony” Chachere (1905-1995), pharmacist, award-winning insurance salesman, business owner, and popular chef during his…
Carola HartleyApril 20, 2022
The photograph shows Robert Bienvenu and Lessley Prescott at the Old Garland House on Easter…
Carola HartleyApril 16, 2022
When St. Landry Now reporter Bobby Ardoin asked me to accompany him to NuNu's Wednesday…
Freddie HerpinApril 13, 2022
The northeast corner of Landry and Main streets in downtown Opelousas was named for Dr.…
Carola HartleyApril 12, 2022
Although racing horses as a sport, and a business goes back over 200 years in…
Carola HartleyMarch 28, 2022
The son of Jules Leopold Cahanin (1862-1953) and Philomene Marvina Richard (1866-1919), Leopold was born…
Carola HartleyMarch 14, 2022
Here are some of the recent e-mails written beginning in late February and early March…
Bobby ArdoinMarch 11, 2022
Have you ever entered the St. Landry Parish Courthouse from Court Street?
Carola HartleyMarch 10, 2022
A few months ago, a good friend gave me two antique photograph albums. Most of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 26, 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
The first college for Blacks in Opelousas was St. Joseph’s Industrial College, also called St.…
Carola HartleyFebruary 18, 2022
Although the game of football came to St. Landry Parish in about 1893, the first…
Carola HartleyFebruary 12, 2022
Things seem to be looking much nicer in downtown Opelousas as several of the historic…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 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
As part of the United States Work Progress Administration started by President Franklin Roosevelt uring…
Carola HartleyFebruary 7, 2022
A new year's resolution and a bucket list in 2017 proved to be a second…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 5, 2022
Job seekers arrived at the Yambilee Building early Thursday in hopes of finding employment at…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 3, 2022
The featured photograph above shows the Petetin Store in Grand Coteau, photographed by Lester Jones…
Carola HartleyFebruary 2, 2022
Popcorn is good but if you really want a tastyt treat try a sample of…
Freddie HerpinJanuary 29, 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
Although the Academy of the Immaculate Conception, called AIC, began as an all girl’s school,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 13, 2022
I had the pleasure of sampling a grilled chicken salad at Wednesday's Opelousas Kiwanis Club…
Freddie HerpinJanuary 12, 2022
Recently we published a photograph of the Jewish Temple in Opelousas during its early days.…
Carola HartleyJanuary 12, 2022
Donna and John Miller get assistance from their daughter, Kadie, as they program a new…
Freddie HerpinDecember 26, 2021
This is a photo of STLTAN reporter Bobby Ardoin from New Orleans in 1952 before…
Freddie HerpinDecember 23, 2021
Alderman at Large Marvin Richard got a headstart on Christmas when he and his assistants…
Freddie HerpinDecember 22, 2021
A solemn occasion combined with a moment of surprise joyfulness as memorial Christmas wreaths were…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 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
Monthly meeting of the St. Landry Parish Government held Wednesday night at the Old City…
Freddie HerpinDecember 15, 2021
