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OPW Celebrates Women’s History Month
March 5, 2024The Opelousas Women's Club invites the public to join a Women's History Month Celebration honoring…
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Opelousas Museum Highlights Black History Month
February 2, 2024The Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center is honoring Black History Month with a celebration of…
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Speaker Imagines What MLK Would Say Today About Opelousas
January 15, 2024BOBBY ARDOIN Editor/Consulting Writer What would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. write if he addressed…
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 Neighborhood Revitalization Program Receives Preservationist Award
December 4, 2023Hope For Opelousas executive director Loren Carriere receives the St. Landry Preservationists, Inc. Preservationist of…
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American Revolutionary War Marker Dedication
October 29, 2023The Preservationists of St. Landry, Inc., hosted the dedication of Marker placed at St. Landry…
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Le Vieux Village Being Readied for Louisiana Orphan Train Reunion Gathering Set for Tomorrow.
October 13, 2023Volunteers with the Louisiana Orphan Tain Museum, Bernadette Gaudin and Martha Aubert, are sprucing up…
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St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery Tours
October 12, 2023Tour Dates: October 14, 15, 21, 22, 2023 It’s time again for the St. Landry…
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Lafayette Genealogical Society to Meet on Thursday, October 19th
October 10, 2023Lafayette Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be Thursday, October 19, 2023 beginning at 6:00p.m., Lafayette…
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Spirits Speak Again During Cemetery Tours
October 9, 2023A female medical field pioneer, Confederate soldiers, pioneer educators, Swamp Pop musicians and the legendary…
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The First Woman US Cheerleader’s Opelousas Connection
October 9, 2023As I like to say, Opelousas is a small town with a big story to…