A 79-year-old man is accused of attempted murder in connection with a shooting at an Opelousas motel, authorities said. Leo ...

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the head in Opelousas, Louisiana, and is in critical condition at a regional trauma center.

Nottoway Resort, the state's largest antebellum mansion, was 166 years old. A devastating fire destroyed the Louisiana's historic Nottoway Resort, the largest antebellum mansion in the South ...

ASCENSION PARISH, La. (WAFB) - An Opelousas man is dead after an early morning crash in Ascension Parish. Louisiana State Police Troop A confirmed it happened on LA 70 at Panama Road around 6 a.m ...

In Opelousas, it's easier to buy a gun than it ... The ease of access to firearms is one of the main reasons Louisiana struggles with gun violence, Olivia Li, a lawyer with Everytown for Gun ...

Opelousas High football coach Jimmy Zachery has filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and the St. Landry Parish School Board. The action is in response to the ...

Shauna Sias, 48, has lived in Opelousas, Louisiana, almost her entire life. And thanks to her father, a civil rights advocate who battled racial segregation in the Deep South, she’s always known about ...

Shauna Sias, 48, has lived in Opelousas, Louisiana, almost her entire life. And thanks to her father, a civil rights advocate who battled racial segregation in the Deep South, she’s always known about ...

In December, Opelousas knocked off Cecilia in the Louisiana high school football Division II non-select state championship. As of Wednesday, the school has reportedly been stripped of that ...

NEW ORLEANS - On Oct. 20, Opelousas let a 14-point lead slip ... including a game-clinching 14-yard run with 1:33 left to play. Follow Louisiana editor Buck Ringgold (@Buck_SBLiveOkla) for ...

OPELOUSAS, La. — The Opelousas Police Department is currently investigating two shooting incidents that have occurred over the past few days. The first shooting occurred shortly after 7:30 pm ...