Dice rolled down the tables and cards were frequently flipped Friday night at the historic Wolff Banquet and Reception Hall in Washington, as players competed for prizes during the fourth annual 2023 St. Landry Chamber Of Commerce Excellence Awards and Casino Night.
According to a report on KATC, TV 3 in Lafayette, a crash on Interstate 49 late Monday left a 17-year-old Washington girl dead, Louisiana State troopers say.
St. Landry Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its 4th Annual Business Excellence Awards & Casino Night will be held on Friday, January 20th from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Two arrested by St. Landry Parish Government investigators on animal cruelty charges.
Driving through downtown Washington, LA a century ago.
The story of Hebrew Rest Cemetery in Washington is one of devotion to the graves of long deceased ancestors.
Scheduled for next Saturday, October 29, 2022, “Visiting The Past” is an outdoor event at Washington Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hebrew Rest Cemetery and the Old Church Landing Cemetery, in the historic steamboat town of Washington, LA. The event begins at 9:30am and continued until 12:00 noon.
According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, “On October 12, 2022 during the early morning hours, deputies with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary alarm activation at Norma Main Street Grocery located at 517 S. Main Street in Washington.”
Today, United States Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, recognized 297 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022. We are pleased to announce that Grand Prairie
Elementary is one of those schools receiving this award. (From St.Landry Parish School Board.)
Bruce Muller, and wife Florence from Otsego, Michigan, near Kalamazoo, are trying to identify this photo from the past. Can you help?
Enola Prudhomme, the daughter of Eli Prudhomme and Hazel Reed Prudhomme, was born in St. Landry Parish on January 1, 1932. The date of her birth was a sign of the things Enola would do during her life. She was a go-getter, and a starter. Just as January 1, 1932 was the beginning of a new year, the birth of Enola Prudhomme on that date was the beginning of a new chapter in the culinary history of Opelousas and St. Landry Parish.
Ethel Park in Washington reception held on Friday Night prior to grand opening and dedication Saturday morning. Photo gallery by Bobby Ardoin.
The Ethel Park project dedicated Saturday in the Town of Washington was celebrated in advance Friday night as hundreds crammed into the historic Wolff Reception and Banquet Hall for a gala ceremony and preview event.
The highly anticipated opening of Ethel Park is finally happening in the Town of Washington. Celebrate the occasion just a little early on August 5 at 6pm at the Wolff Hall right along Washington’s Main Street. Then, be there Saturday morning (August 6) for the official dedication and ribbon cutting.
Photographs of the Depot in Washington courtesy of Tommy Lafleur and were used in the book Through A Lens, Early 20th Century Washington, LA. – Photo Album of Ophelia Pitre Lafleur – by Carola Lillie Hartley and Tommy Lafleur.
Those who recall their social and political relationships with Dallas Leger say the longtime St. Landry Parish elected official was someone who seldom allowed a difference of opinion to affect him personally or deter a chance to establish a friendship.
This photo from the past shows a group of young ladies enjoying themselves on Main Street in Washington over a century ago.
The Washington State Bank is one of the oldest banks in St. Landry Parish. organized on April 11, 1893.
A St. Landry Parish treasure and one of Louisiana’s historic places, the town of Washington, was first settled as part of the Poste des Opelousas in the 18th century.
In 1978, the historic Steamboat Warehouse Restaurant in Washington was selected as the first-place winner in the “Business for Beauty” program.
North Central High School basketball standouts Ya’Jaia Goudeau and Reginald Stoner highlighted a week of accolades last Tuesday with a nod towards the future as each senior signed college scholarships that are intended to continue their athletic careers.
The Plonsky’s Opera House, pictured here in the early 1900s, is from Ophelia Pitre Lafleur’s photo album, owned by Tommy Lafleur.
According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, “On December 31, 2021, deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of East Saint Mitchell Street in Washington relative to a male subject that was shot.
It was crafts and catfish today at the Washington Community Festival and Catfish Gravy Cook-Off. Mother nature provided the perfect weather for today’s event.
Many of those attending the Washington Community Festival and Catfish Gravy Cook-Off took time to check out the car show.
Today’s photograph from the past is from the album of Ophelia Pitre Lafleur, featured in the book Through A Lens, courtesy of the Tommy Lafleur collection.
As her high school basketball career heads towards a conclusion, Ya’Jaia Goudeau is making sure the ending is shrouded in superlatives.
It will be a postseason Mardi Gras Mambo for three of the four St. Landry Parish basketball teams remaining in the state playoffs.
A few months ago, a good friend gave me two antique photograph albums. Most of the photographs in the albums were from St. Landry Parish, and many from Washington.
The North Central High girls’ basketball team has arrived at a familiar destination.
While the North Central girls’ basketball team is one win away from another state tournament appearance, three other St. Landry Parish playoff programs ended their seasons during regional round games played Monday night.
Washington Community Festival will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, from 10am-5pm on the town lot and along Main Street in Washington, Louisiana. Vendors will be lined up for 3 city blocks up and down Main Street.
Saturday, February 12, the city of Washington hosted a focus group to pinpoint the best parts of the city. Communication students from the University of Louisiana are studying the city of the Washington and interviewing residents to better market the city.
The Magnolia Lodge #197 in Washington was chartered on February 16, 1870, with Daniel H, Quirk, George O. Elms and James Jackson Hicks as principal officers. However, the Washington Masons were active before the organization received its charter.
Three friends who were born and raised in Washington, Louisiana are shown here in this photograph taken during their early teenage years.
A little over a year ago Tommy Lafleur loaned me two photo albums to look over. The albums that belonged to Ophelia Pitre Lafleur, the wife of Tommy’s great uncle Leo Lafleur, had photos that were mostly from the town of Washington.
As in other towns, newspapers were an important part of life and the economy in the early days of Opelousas and St. Landry Parish.
