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Robertson’s Facebook page shows he was a local DJ. In an Instagram post from about two months ago, Robertson shared a photo of him and Ardoin with the caption: "Me & You Against The World.". If ...
The original part of the Wing–Allore House, dating from approximately 1829, is a two-story, red brick, gable-front Italianate structure. Smaller additions were built on the side and rear at some point during ht 19th century, and further additions, mostly complementary flat-roofed structures, were added after 1939 when the house was converted to a funeral parlor.
Braun Colonial Funeral Home, located at 3701 Falling Springs Road, was consolidated with Braun Family Funeral Home in Columbia. The last day of operation for Braun’s Cahokia Heights location was ...
Opelousas is home to the St. Landry Parish Airport (KOPL), owned by the St. Landry Parish Government, which has a main paved runway 5,999’ by 100’. [26] Commercial air transportation is available at Lafayette Regional Airport , about 26 miles to the south, [ 27 ] or Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport , about 59 miles to the east.
Attakapas Parish was formally created from the Attakapas and Opelousas districts in 1805 by Governor William C. C. Claiborne. [3] It occupied the triangle between the Mermentau River on the west, the Atchafalaya River on the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. [4] In 1811, the parish was divided into St. Martin and St. Mary parishes. As ...
St. Landry Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Opelousas, Louisiana.It is dedicated to Saint Landry of Paris (Bishop c. AD 650). [2] [3] The current church building, in Gothic and Romanesque Revival style, was completed in 1909. [4]
The name is also used for St Landry Parish in Louisiana. [3] An 1890 history of southwest Louisiana reported, "Mr. Alfred Louaillier states that within his recollection there were more Indians to be seen in the streets of Opelousas than there are negroes at the present days."
John R. Thistlethwaite Jr. (July 16, 1918 – April 6, 1996) was an American journalist who founded the Daily World of Opelousas, Louisiana on December 24, 1939, the first American small town daily newspaper to use offset and photo-offset printing. Ducote “Duke” Andrepont was the newspaper's cofounder.