Krotz Springs News

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Lester Richard, Jr., 43, 124 Ashton St., Port Barre, bench warrant.

For the past 50 years, the Krotz Springs Exxon, also known as Morrow's Diner and Morrow's Food Mart, has stood in the same spot on U.S. Route 190 in Krotz Springs.

Carey Cortez, 32, of Krotz Springs, the father of a 5-year-old Park Vista preschool student, was arrested Tuesday on charges of cruelty to a juvenile.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Keaton Tremell Darby, 24, 151 Kenneth Boagni Sr.

The first phase in the competition for St. Landry Parish's Student of the Year is complete.

The various municipalities in St. Landry Parish have announced their official trick-or-treat times.

The 64th Louisiana Yambileee Cooked Foods and Yam-I-Mal competition winners have been announced.

Krotz Springs- Today, Troopers with the Louisiana State Police, assisted by the St.

St. Landry Parish is in line to receive $12.7 million in federal hurricane recovery funds and the parish's 12 municipalities will share in $5.4 million of that total.

St. Landry Parish holds the distinction of being the only parish in the state without a library system.

Angelique Selise Devillier and Michael Christopher Stelly were united in marriage of October 17, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Opelousas, during a 2 p.m. double ring ceremony.

Police say a man walked inside the St Landry Parish Courthouse, and waited in the hallway, like dozens of people do every day.

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

Please update the Midway Water Works activities. Over two hundred people have signed up to get clean water for the area.

Sales tax collections in St. Landry Parish, which were up 40 percent two months ago, are now back to earth.

Early voting for the Oct. 17 election begins Saturday and continues through Oct.

They call it the Battle of the Bands. And that's just what it is. Northwest High School's major fundraiser for the past seven years has been a competition for school marching bands from around southwest Louisiana and southeastern Texas.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office booked the following people: n Kelvin Cassimere, 32, 2175 U.S. Route 167, Opelousas, charged with driving while intoxicated , careless operation of a vehicle, possession of a Schedule IV narcotic and possession of marijuana.

After years of delay, a new municipal boat launch for Krotz Springs is finally back on track.

A reunion for all the those students who graduated from Melville High School will be held this fall in the Krotz Springs Community Center.