For Immediate ReleaseThe Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center will be hosting a Civil War Presentation…
Courtney JenningsApril 30, 2024
The Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center is honoring Black History Month with a celebration of…
Courtney JenningsFebruary 2, 2024
BOBBY ARDOIN Editor/Consulting Writer What would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. write if he addressed…
Bobby ArdoinJanuary 15, 2024
Hope For Opelousas executive director Loren Carriere receives the St. Landry Preservationists, Inc. Preservationist of…
Bobby ArdoinDecember 4, 2023
The Preservationists of St. Landry, Inc., hosted the dedication of Marker placed at St. Landry…
Bobby ArdoinOctober 29, 2023
Volunteers with the Louisiana Orphan Tain Museum, Bernadette Gaudin and Martha Aubert, are sprucing up…
AdminOctober 13, 2023
Lafayette Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be Thursday, October 19, 2023 beginning at 6:00p.m., Lafayette…
AdminOctober 10, 2023
A female medical field pioneer, Confederate soldiers, pioneer educators, Swamp Pop musicians and the legendary…
Bobby ArdoinOctober 9, 2023
Did you know at one time the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square in the heart…
Carola HartleyOctober 4, 2023
In 1920, a monument was erected by the citizens of St. Landry Parish in honor…
Carola HartleySeptember 29, 2023
Lafayette Genealogical Society Meeting Date - SEPTEMBER 21 (Thursday), 2023 -- Time - 6:00 PM Location - Southside Library…
AdminSeptember 21, 2023
From the first floor to the roof, the St. Landry Parish Courthouse is now featuring…
Bobby ArdoinSeptember 20, 2023
Opelousas is a small town with a BIG story to tell! And there are many…
Carola HartleySeptember 18, 2023
The ringing of the 19th century bell on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square Sunday…
Bobby ArdoinSeptember 18, 2023
We're thrilled to invite you to a truly historic event! St. Landry Parish Government is…
AdminSeptember 13, 2023
Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur was described Thursday night as a man on a mission, whose…
Bobby ArdoinSeptember 9, 2023
It’s time again for the St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery Tours. The theme this year…
AdminSeptember 8, 2023
Saturday, October 28, 2023, is the annual event "Visiting the Past", sponsored by the Town…
AdminSeptember 8, 2023
The Sorry State of Estates for September tells the story of one of the important…
Guest ContributorSeptember 6, 2023
On Tuesday, October 24, the Opelousas Museum will showcase books of family history. Family historians are invited…
AdminSeptember 6, 2023
Lafayette Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be Thursday, September 21, 2023 beginning at 6:00p.m., Lafayette…
AdminSeptember 5, 2023
A memorial Mass marking the anniversary of the death of Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur is…
Carola HartleySeptember 3, 2023
Over the years of its existence, Opelousas had several different hotels, some better known than…
Carola HartleyAugust 23, 2023
Where can you find the Michel Prudhomme Home? Where can you find St. Landry Catholic…
Carola HartleyAugust 21, 2023
Today’s Photo from the Past is this one of Rev. Carmen George Chachere (1909-1939), the…
Carola HartleyAugust 19, 2023
Opelousas, one of the oldest Louisiana’s towns, has so many great stories to tell. One…
Carola HartleyAugust 13, 2023
Lafayette Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be Thursday, August 17th, 2023 beginning at 6:00p.m., Lafayette…
AdminAugust 11, 2023
See this latest article (a paid advertisement) on The Sorry State of Estates in Opelousas,…
Guest ContributorAugust 8, 2023
Note: At the presentation on the Visual Historic Tour of Opelousas at the museum last…
Carola HartleyJuly 28, 2023
The St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery in Opelousas, Louisiana has many old graves including the…
Carola HartleyJuly 26, 2023
Taylor Trache from KADN TV 15 in Lafayette, Carola Hartley and Patrice Melnick, from the…
Carola HartleyJuly 24, 2023
On Tuesday, July 25, historian Carola Lillie Hartley will present, “A Visual Historic Tour through Opelousas” at the…
AdminJuly 23, 2023
Most people who have lived some time in Opelousas have heard stories about the old…
Carola HartleyJuly 22, 2023
Creole Summer Enrichment Program continues the legacy of passing down generations of skills to young…
Courtney JenningsJuly 18, 2023
On July 18, 1863, during the Civil War, the African American 54th Massachusetts regiment led…
AdminJuly 18, 2023
Lafayette Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be Thursday, July 20, 2023 beginning at 6:00p.m., at…
AdminJuly 13, 2023
