The frigid temperatures have caused problems with water treatment facilities in many Louisiana towns and cities, and officials have issued boil advisories.
In a candid letter to the public, Opelousas Police Chief Graig LeBlanc admitted infidelity in the shooting incident on December 22 that resulted in injuries to both him and his wife, Captain Crystal LeBlanc of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office.
An Opelousas Police Officer turned herself in to the parish jail in connection with a peculiar shooting incident involving the Opelousas Police Chief and his wife who is a Captain with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office.
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KPEL News) - The family of an Opelousas woman is grieving after her ex-boyfriend murdered her in Sunset then killed himself in Iberville Parish.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff's deputies got the call shortly before 2:00 p.m. on Mon...
Members of the St. Landry Parish law enforcement community are mourning the loss of one of their own. He was shot defending a young woman who felt threated by her ex-boyfriend.
Louisiana law prohibits sex offenders from distributing treats on Halloween or any other holiday to children under the age of 18, under penalty of imprisonment for 6 months to 3 years. The law didn't stop one Opelousas man who was registered as a sex offender from participating in a church celebration with children in attendance on Halloween night.
Hot on the heels of the announcements that new Whataburger locations are coming to Youngsville and Breaux Bridge, today we learned a new location will soon be open in Opelousas.
St. Landry Parish detectives discovered a local educator was attempting to defraud Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) for SNAP benefits.
While many folks were not glued to the TVs yesterday as Independence Day celebrations were going on, you probably missed a pretty cool thing on Jeopardy!