St. Landry News

About 700 Opelousas Catholic School students filled the pews and a couple of hundred visitors stood Friday morning at the back of St.

Opelousas Catholic students and faculty will be fortunate and blessed to witness the relic of St.

All veterans and supporter are urged to attend Saturday's Washington Garden Club's Veteran's Day Program.

A Eunice woman is behind bars after authorities say she tried to have her estranged husband and his new girlfriend murdered.

The normally serene St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery has been abuzz with activity this week as family members of the deceased scrub, clean and repaint tombs and graves in preparation for All Saints' Day when the Church commemorates all saints known and unknown.

For the second time within the last seven days, a St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Deputy is arrested for allegedly doctor shopping.

A St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy, the second in as many weeks, has been arrested on drug charges.

A meeting of the state's Joint Legislative Committee on Transportation will be held in Lafayette next week, and local communities, organizations and individuals are urged to attend.

St. Landry Parish is the only one of 64 parishes in Louisiana without a unified public library system.

Throughout the month of October, one event after another has taken place, leading up to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Plans to establish a business incubator in Opelousas are looking less likely by the day.

Eunice has a new alderwoman, and all seven St. Landry Parish tax propositions passed in Saturday's elections.

Police say four people have been charged in a carjacking case involving the kidnapping of two small children.

OPELOUSAS - A carjacking case involving the kidnapping of two small children has resulted in the arrest of four residents.

Police are looking for the man in this surveillance image. Officers say he's accused of holding up a Circle K at gunpoint early Tuesday morning, all to get cash and a pack of Kool cigarettes.

After a shockingly violent attack, the St Landry Parish Sheriff is releasing a statement as to how an arrest was made so quickly, but he's not the only one speaking out about the crime.

After orders from the state fire marshal's, blueprints are now in for renovations to the St Landry Parish Jail, allowing space for more than 100 extra inmates.

The spirits of some of Opelousas' most prominent citizens came back to life Saturday.

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Teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and parents from throughout St. Landry Parish gathered Thursday for a Title I workshop held at the St.