Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 in 2025. This year he's the subject of a book, a box set and a tribute ...

The Louisiana Folk Roots Kids Camp, which is all about deep cultural immersion, is underway in Opelousas. Kids at the camp ...

The man who police said confessed to injecting his mother with meth, beating her to death, and stuffing her into a trash bin is now ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill in the state legislature looks to help emergency room workers identify and appropriately treat victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse.HB359, written by State Rep ...

Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor launched the Opelousas Dashboard website to provide residents with up-to-date information on city spending and projects, and to improve transparency and communication.

Zydeco musician Jeffery Broussard releases a new album, "Bayou Moonlight," blending traditional Creole music with New Orleans brass influences. Broussard, raised in a musical family, learned to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The inspirations behind the staging of “Antony and Cleopatra,” which imagines a world in which celebrities can be tantamount to gods. Julia Bullock as Cleopatra in John ...

He has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the last 20 years straight, and was asked to return in 2020; his plan was to release La Danse à St. Ann’s in conjunction with ...

OPELOUSAS, La. — An Opelousas woman has been charged with raping her own children after confessing and turning herself in, authorities said.Keirsten White, 31, of Opelousas, is charged with ...

The native of Opelousas, La., and Buffalo’s 2024 second round draft pick, who just turned 21 in May, has recently been introduced as a spokesperson for Buffalo-based staffing agency Imagine ...