Opelousas News

As victims of Hurricane Gustav's fury turn to their insurance companies for help in recovering from the wind and water inflicted damage to their property, some are coming away with smiles while others may have ...

As power returns to much of Opelousas and Eunice following Hurricane Gustav, parish relief efforts are now focusing on the hard-hit eastern side of the parish.

As victims of Hurricane Gustav's fury turn to their insurance companies for help in recovering from the wind and water inflicted damage to their property, some are coming away with smiles while others may have ...

The areas to be serviced will be the Wednesday/ Saturday City of Opelousas route, City of Washington, City of Cankton and the rural Thursday/Friday routes.

Efforts to clean up water and debris at Opelousas High School began Thursday. Workers from Texas a restoration company swept water out of the school's main hallways.

One person is dead and two people are in jail after a fatal crash Wednesday night.

Hurricane Gustav may not have lived up to its dire possibilities and the chance of being a repeat Hurricane Katrina; this time the levees held, and New Orleans, while battered, is standing.

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A generator is being used to power Holy Ghost Catholic Church after Hurricane Gustav's wind stripped it of electricity late Monday.

"We are a bit bruised right now but we will recover," said Opelousas Mayor Donald Cravins Sr.

As the worst of Gustav begins to make its way into St. Landry Parish, officials here are reporting that power throughout much of the parish is out.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

It is Zydeco weekend in Opelousas and the music is expected to bring in hundreds, if not thousands of visitors.

Another Opelousas Board of Aldermen meeting came and went Thursday and Alderman Brian Thomas was once again a no-show. Thomas hasn't attended a meeting of the board or any of its committees since May 13.

Volunteers, expertise, skills, services and equipment may all be needed as we anticipate Hurricane Gustav's arrival.

Police say shots rang out in the parking lot of the Louisiana Technical College TH Harris campus right across the street from an elementary school Tuesday.

The best exercise is something you want to do anyway. The Zydeco Ballers Dance Program, a local group dedicated to Opelousas' home grown music, is taking that advice to heart and producing an exercise video ...

A Texas driver apparently feel asleep at the wheel of his pickup truck Wednesday afternoon.

OPELOUSAS -Three students at Louisiana Technical College's T.H. Harris campus were arrested after an on-campus confrontation that resulted in shots being fired feet away from the school's administration ...

Opelousas Police have confirmed a shooting Tuesday afternoon at the T.H. Harris campus of Louisiana Technical College.