Local News Downtown Market A hearty crowd takes advantage of the spring weather to visit the Downtown Opelousas Market…Freddie HerpinMarch 26, 2022
Local News Public Officials Speak Out Against Parish Littering and Dumping Illegal trash disposal and littering two St. Landry Parish elected officials agree have become issues…Bobby ArdoinMarch 25, 2022
Local NewsCommunity Opelousas Love Fest The first annual Opelousas Love Fest scheduled Sunday in North City Park is aimed at…Bobby ArdoinMarch 23, 2022
Local NewsCommunity Vice President Kamala Harris in Sunset It was a historic moment Monday as The Town of Sunset vaulted briefly onto the…Bobby ArdoinMarch 21, 2022
Local News Veterans ground breaking The stories and experiences that Pat Mason-Guillory often hears when she speaks to St. Landry…Bobby ArdoinMarch 19, 2022
Local NewsParish Council Council Votes to Send Monument Somewhere Else A 102-year-old Confederate monument could soon leave the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square, destined for…Bobby ArdoinMarch 18, 2022
Local News Kamala Harris visit Sunset Mayor Charles James has waited this long for the vice-president of the United States…Bobby ArdoinMarch 18, 2022
Local News Best Burger in Opelousas You didn't have to travel far Thursday if you were looking for the best burger…Freddie HerpinMarch 17, 2022
Local NewsBreaking News Letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Family of Brent Renaud BOBBY ARDOINContributing Writer Editor’s Note: Opelousas attorney Bruce Gaudin, a friend of the Renaud family,…Carola HartleyMarch 16, 2022
Local NewsBusiness News Support St. Landry Now It’s been three months since St. Landry Now went live and began publishing local and…Carola HartleyMarch 16, 2022
Local NewsOpelousas City Council City Annual Audit Report Gets an “A” Recent financial accounting procedures instituted by the City of Opelousas have received acknowledged praise by…Bobby ArdoinMarch 14, 2022
Local News Early voting story and March 26 election St. Landry Parish voters began ascending the Courthouse steps Saturday morning to cast early ballots…Bobby ArdoinMarch 12, 2022
Local News Hope for Opelousas Art How to raise funds for camp? The students at Hope for Opelousas had the perfect…Freddie HerpinMarch 10, 2022
Local News City Honors Opelousas area women Six Opelousas-area women were recognized before the start of the city's Board of Aldermen meeting…Bobby ArdoinMarch 10, 2022
Local News Un Ojo at Copper Crowne It is quickly becoming apparent that no one in the horse industry should underestimate a…Bobby ArdoinMarch 9, 2022
Local News One Book One School Northeast Elementary School in Opelousas started off the month of March with a bang when…Freddie HerpinMarch 8, 2022
Local News Student Masking in Schools Becomes Optional Students in St. Landry Parish public schools began classes this week with the option of…Bobby ArdoinMarch 8, 2022
Women in HistoryLocal NewsHistoryCommunity International Women’s Day March is Women's History Month, and today, March 8, 2022, is International Women's Day. We…Carola HartleyMarch 8, 2022
Local NewsParish Council Logistical and other problems facing monument removal How to remove a 25,000-pound marble statue from the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square and…Bobby ArdoinMarch 5, 2022
Local News Citizens meet in opposition of SLPSB’s upcoming property tax proposition Citizens against the St. Landry Parish School Board property tax proposal met Wednesday night at…Carola HartleyMarch 3, 2022
Local News Ash Wednesday Services It's Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season. For those who celebrate, it's a time…Freddie HerpinMarch 2, 2022
Local News Thank A Cop St. Landry Now's Karen Cox snapped this photo of Opelousas' finest working security at the…Freddie HerpinMarch 1, 2022
Local News Opelousas Mardi Gras Parade Up and down Landry Street there was unanimous agreement among the crowd that it was…Bobby ArdoinMarch 1, 2022
Local NewsBreaking NewsCommunity Happy Mardi Gras St. Landry Parish! ST. LANDRY NOW Today the town will have a big Opelousas Mardi Gras celebration when…Carola HartleyMarch 1, 2022
Local News Former District Attorney Questions The Presence of Courthouse Monument A plaque awarded to former St. Landry Parish First Assistant District Attorney Charles Cravins rested…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 28, 2022
Local News Passing A Good Time at the Eunice Mardi Gras Passing a good time at the Eunice Mardi Gras Sunday morning. Cold weather didn't stop…Freddie HerpinFebruary 27, 2022
Local News St. Landry Gets the Broadband Check Despite Harris’ Sunset Cancellation The vice-president may have canceled her appearance in Sunset, but money St. Landry Parish is…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 26, 2022
Local News School board tax proposition story Proponents of a March 26 St. Landry Parish School District property tax stressed the need…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 23, 2022
Local NewsPolice News Walmart distribution center evacuated According to Sheriff and Bobby J. Guidroz we are confirming that the Walmart distribution center…Police NewsFebruary 23, 2022
Local News Water restored to Grolee area City water service has been restored to an area of West Grolee Street following repair…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 22, 2022
Local News VP Harris Scheduled to Visit St. Landry Vice-President Kamala Harris is planning to visit St. Landry Parish and depending on scheduling, her…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 21, 2022
Local NewsSchool Board SLPSB – remote learning for Grolee Elementary Monday, February 21, 2022 Students at Grolee Elementary will have remote instruction Monday, February 21, 2022, due to low…AdminFebruary 21, 2022
Local News Mardi Gras Ball or several hours Saturday night, downtown Opelousas orbited inside a detached universe of Mardi Gras…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 20, 2022
Parish CouncilLocal News Tourist Commission Remains Nearly Unchanged Following Vote With one exception, the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission won’t look any different than it…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 19, 2022
Local NewsCulture Beef Cook-Off Starting off with a trailride through the countryside around Opelousas and ending at the St.…Freddie HerpinFebruary 19, 2022
Local News Broussard speaks to Parish Council about School Board Tax A St. Landry Parish NAACP representative told Parish Council members Wednesday night that if approved…Bobby ArdoinFebruary 18, 2022
Local News Black History Opelousas Museum Marie Marcel, left, talks with Mayor Julius Alsandor and other guests Thursday afternoon at the…Freddie HerpinFebruary 17, 2022
Local News Leadership St. Landry Infrastructure Day A group of St. Landry Parish and community leaders gathered together on February 17th at…Freddie HerpinFebruary 17, 2022
Local NewsPolice News Shooting near Melville results in one dead and one injured According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, on 2/15/2022 at 7:28PM, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's…Police NewsFebruary 16, 2022
Local NewsSchool Board St. Landry Parish School Board Town Hall meeting schedule AdminFebruary 15, 2022