St. Landry News

The current salary for a teacher this year in St. Landry Parish holding a Ph.D. and with 25 years experience is more than $52,000 a year with no possibility of a raise.

A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad.

The St. Landry Parish Council voted unanimously to introduce a $1.2 million 2013 operating budget for the parish-wide Community Action Agency.

Students in Lafayette, St. Landry and St. Martin parishes can learn more about career options and earn elective credit toward their graduation requirements during South Louisiana Community College's free "Career Pathways Summer Camp." The camp highlights career fields, such as health care and emergency medical services, information technology, ... (more)

LAFAYETTE This summer, South Louisiana Community College in conjunction with the Lafayette, St.

St. Landry Crime Stoppers needs your help identifying this female subject wanted for questioning regarding unauthorized use of an access card.

Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas with Father James Brady officiating. The bride is the daughter of Lonnie and Cindy Ortego of Opelousas.

The St. Landry Economic Industrial Development District expects its new executive director to be on the job on May 20.

742, Port Barre, will host the "Seven I am Statements of Christ" program at 7 p.m. tonight.

Edward Brown was selected Thursday as the new St. Landry Parish school superintendent following a 7 to 4 vote by the board.

State Police say they suspect a woman from Sunset was driving a 2005 GMC Yukon too fast when she ran off the road and into a St.

The U.S. Postal Service's National Association of Letter Carriers will hold their nationwide annual food drive for local food pantries on Saturday, May 11, 2013.

Opelousas and St. Landry Parish Animal Control are seeking the owner of a horse that died after entangling itself in several trees by the rope used to leash it to another tree.

The St. Landry Parish Council on Monday approved for the Oct. 19 ballot a two-cent sales tax proposition that parish officials say will generate an estimated $7 million annually for road construction and maintenance in the unincorporated areas.

A grand jury on Thursday formally charged Robert H. Miller III, 34, in the death of 19-month-old Victoria Renee LeJeune, who was pronounced dead on Feb.

Landry and Vicinity will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the Greater Union Missionary Baptist Church.

Keith Fontenot, archivist with the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Courts, has been named St.

Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas. Father James Brady officiated the ceremony.