OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman who was five months pregnant was fatally shot while struggling over a gun with her boyfriend, according to police.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Two Louisiana sheriff's deputies have been fired and face charges for allegedly beating a jail inmate.

Former St. Landry Parish deputies Damian Anderson, 30, of Eunice...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana police officer charged with malfeasance in the alleged beating last year of a young man at a hospital has entered a plea in the case.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — New leadership is ahead for a southwest Louisiana parish after its president announced his resignation Tuesday.

St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot said he's...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A white officer accused of beating a hospitalized black teenager had been suspended at least four times for improper conduct during his 17-year career with a Louisiana police...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The 2020 Evangeline Downs horse racing season opens Friday, almost three months later than originally scheduled.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) —

A male middle school teacher in Louisiana was accused of sending inappropriate text messages to at least one female student, police said.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana priest convicted of molesting an altar boy was released from jail on bond over coronavirus safety concerns.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Twoinnocent bystanders were among three people shot at a restaurant in Louisiana, according to a police chief.

The shooting happened early Sunday morning at an...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Opelousas (op-uh-LOO-suhs) will celebrate its tricentennial in 2020 and the community is being asked to participate.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A large cross has disappeared from the wreckage of an African American church in Louisiana that was burned down in an arson case.

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Police in Southeast Texas say an officer shot and killed a robbery suspect after he grabbed the officer's baton and began beating him with it.

Four Louisiana men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Mississippi’s former corrections commissioner and trying to bribe a Mississippi sheriff.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The dismissal of all but one charge against a woman involved in a crash that killed a Louisiana teen has sparked a protest.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana mother says her son walked away from his elementary school in the middle of the day and the school never notified her that the kindergartner was...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two voting rights groups are holding a four-day bus tour across Louisiana, seeking to register thousands of convicted felons whose voting rights were restored earlier this...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The suspect in three Louisiana church arsons took photos and videos of the fires while they were burning and shared them with his friends, federal prosecutors said...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Auditors of a Louisiana city have asked the district attorney to investigate travel costs for a former mayor previously charged with offenses including theft and...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Authorities have confirmed the deaths of two people in a small plane crash on a river levee in Louisiana.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz tells news outlets the...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit with community and faith leaders near Opelousas, Louisiana, where three black churches were destroyed by an...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A 28-year-old Louisiana man is accused of stabbing his mother to death.

St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputies say Cody James Arceneaux, of Opelousas, was arrested...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Members of three historically African American churches that burned in recent weeks in Louisiana say fires won't stop them from worshipping.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The body of a missing Louisiana woman has been found in St. Landry Parish.

News outlets report Alana Vanol-Zuccaro, of Pineville, had been missing since March 20....

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Authorities in southern Louisiana are investigating a string of "suspicious" fires at three African American churches in recent days.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Two historically black Baptist churches have been destroyed by fires in one week in a Louisiana parish.

News outlets report that the Greater Union Baptist Church in...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge delayed the trial of a former Opelousas mayor indicted on charges of malfeasance, theft of public funds, public records tampering and forgery.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office says a 70-year-old woman has died in a house fire.

Spokeswoman Ashley Rodrigue says Patricia Stephens' body was found in bed...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana llama named Earl believed to have been shot by his owner last month is now recovering at an animal shelter in St. Landry Parish.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman is accused of shooting her pet llama named Earl who she says attacked her.

News outlets report 67-year-old Madeline Bourgeois told St. Landry Parish...

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A female trainer at a Louisiana high school has been arrested and charged with having sex with a student.

Opelousas police told news outlets that 28-year-old Laura Lynn Huval of Crowley has been arrested and charged with felony prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and student.

Huval had been working for a company in Lafayette that provides trainers to schools and had been assigned to Opelousas High School.

JACKSON, La. (AP) — An employee at a Louisiana prison is in custody after allegedly conspiring to smuggle contraband into the facility.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections says an investigation found that an inmate at Dixon Correctional Institute paid 23-year-old Kelvin Smith, of Opelousas, to smuggle various banned items into the prison.

Officials say Smith admitted to taking money to smuggle in cigarette lighters and tobacco.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four Louisiana men pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that they tried to bribe a Mississippi sheriff with $2,000 in casino chips, seeking lucrative jail contracts.

Entering not guilty pleas to conspiracy and bribery charges in federal court in Jackson were 70-year-old Michael LeBlanc Sr. of Baton Rouge, 40-year-old Michael LeBlanc Jr. of Prairieville, 59-year-old Tawasky Ventroy of Opelousas and 50-year-old Jacque Jones of LaPlace.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four Louisiana men are pleading not guilty to charges that they tried to bribe a Mississippi sheriff with $2,000 in casino chips, seeking lucrative jail contracts.

Entering not guilty pleas in federal court in Jackson Tuesday were 70-year-old Michael LeBlanc Sr. of Baton Rouge, 40-year-old Michael LeBlanc Jr. of Prairieville, 59-year-old Tawasky Ventroy of Opelousas and 50-year-old Jacque Jones of LaPlace.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — St. Landry Parish now has its first symbols of the Opelousas Massacre, a little-known racial clash in 1868 that claimed dozens of African-American lives. On the conflict's 150th anniversary, archivist and genealogist Marie Marcel gave certificates to current member of families who survived the event.

Red ribbons adorned the certificates, symbolic of the ribbons their ancestors used to survive.

BUTTE LA ROSE, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities say a 46-year-old man has died in a boating accident.

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a witness reported that Robert Julien Jr. of Opelousas fell while trying to load his personal watercraft onto a trailer near the Butte La Rose boat launch, and never resurfaced.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after leading police on a car chase.

News outlets report the girl has been identified by the Opelousas Police Department as Bryla Bell.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Dustin Miller gets nostalgic when he talks about his Lawtell dancehall, Miller's Zydeco Hall of Fame. Miller and his wife, Nichole, dated in the zydeco music landmark, built in 1947 as Richard's Club.

The Millers purchased the dancehall in 2012 and enjoyed brisk business until April 26, 2017. That's when a suspected arsonist reduced it to ashes. An empty lot remains.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Gregg Martinez, the soul-singing bus driver from Opelousas, has enjoyed some high-profile fans in his 42 years in music. In the 1980s, one woman couldn't stop clapping and smiling during a casino show in Atlantic City, NJ.

She turned out to be the owner's wife — Ivana Trump. Martinez received a four-year contract to perform exclusively at the casino.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The body of a missing woman has been found in a south Louisiana lake, after an angler hooked her purse.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz (GIH'-droze) told news organizations that divers found the body in Lake Dubuisson (DOO'-bih-sawn) early Monday.

Authorities are withholding her name until her family can be notified.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The St. Landry Parish School Board has voted to give employees a $1,000 bonus check next month.

The board's finance committee last week approved Superintendent Patrick Jenkins' recommendation to give full-time workers a $750 supplement in addition to their regular paycheck as a Christmas bonus.

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana mayor has surrendered to authorities following his indictment earlier this week on 15 counts, including malfeasance in office and theft, stemming from overtime payments he received after the August 2016 flood.

Multiple media outlets report Opelousas Mayor Reggie Tatum was arrested Friday at the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office. Afterward Tatum posted a $10,000 bond and was released.