News

Jail coffee gave spunk to mystery blonde

Mystery and glamour always make a good news story. If you throw in a big-time gangster, it’s almost guaranteed to make the front page. That’s why the first paragraph of the Opelousas Daily World story on March 27, 1940, caught my eye.

Arrest made in agent-involved shooting in Evangeline Parish

Following the investigation into the altercation that took place on Feb. 12 involving a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent, State Police investigators have arrested 43-year-old Johnny Clark of Turkey Creek.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

The following people obtain marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office, Opelousas.
Wednesday, March 13
Damien Lawrence Ned of Opelousas and Lee Rene Antoniou of Opelousas.
Thursday, March 14

St. Landry Parish civil cases

The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial Court District, Opelousas.
Wednesday, March 13
Lakeview Loan Servicing vs Stephen Craig Bristol et al, executory process.

8-story, 204-room hotel planned at Coushatta

Chairman Jonathan Cernek and members of the Coushatta Tribal Council, and Coushatta Casino Resort General Manager Todd Stewart joined principals from TBE Architects, Yates Construction and the Wenaha Group in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new ho