Palmetto News

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n David Roy Bouley, 27, 224 Alex Lormand Road, Kinder, arrest warrant for second-degree kidnapping, aggravated rape and armed robbery.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Peter Carter, 49, 414 Arkansas Street, Opelousas, theft of goods.

MELVILLE - A natural gas well about two miles north of Melville, just off La. 105 North, began spewing natural gas and salt water into the air Thursday.

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.

Sabrina Nicole Lair and Ronald Dwayne Andrus, both of Opelousas will be united in marriage on October 10, 2009, at 6 p.m., at Mt.

A Palmetto man was killed late Friday night after he was struck by a vehicle while walking along a St.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Gaylin Jarod Tezeno, 23, 849 Bolden Road, Palmetto, arrested on a bench warrant for failure to appear in court to answer charges of aggravated battery.

There's a big jump in enrollment at Palmetto elementary Two schools both Melville and Morrow elementary schools were forced to shut their doors.

About 150 teachers, parents and students stood and sang along to "We Are Family" as they attended a meeting Saturday at Palmetto Elementary School designed to make them feel at home.

With court-ordered re-zoning and school closures in St Landry Parish, the northern part of the parish is seeing major changes as the school year gets closer.

About 150 teachers, parents and students stood and sang along to "We Are Family" as they attended a meeting Saturday at Palmetto Elementary School designed to make them feel at home.

Few schools in St. Landry Parish will be undergoing more change this year than Palmetto Elementary School.

MELVILLE -- There were once upon a time three public schools in Melville -- an elementary school, a middle school and a high school.

Few schools in St. Landry Parish will be undergoing more change this year than Palmetto Elementary School.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Lue Dell Bates, 51, 260 HUD Housing Road, Apt.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Damon Trinard Kinnerson, 30, 628 Hall St., Opelousas, charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of schedule III drugs.

A Crowley man has died from injuries sustained in a May 2 crash in St. Landry Parish.

Two St. Landry Parish principals are among the regional finalists vying for the title of Louisiana's Principal of the Year.

Thousands of people in St. Landry parish are without phone service Saturday evening and authorities say they have no idea what may have caused the communication breakdown.

A state district judge increased the bond Wednesday after having previously reduced it on a 28-year-old Palmetto man who faces life in prison if he is convicted on pending rape, attempted murder and aggravated burglary charges.