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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Broussard Family Juré will be inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center’s ... The Broussard Sisters, who are from Opelousas, started doing juré as young children, picking up the songs ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — A vigil held in St. Landry Parish Wednesday remembered the victims of the Opelousas Massacre 154 years ago that killed nearly 300 Black people. It happened Sept.

The Opelousas massacre also set the stage for future acts of violence and intimidation. “Lynching became routinized in Louisiana, a systematic way by which whites sought to assert white ...